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{{Short description|1971 killing of Bengali Hindus by Pakistani forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Chuknagar Genocide<br>চুকনগর গণহত্যা
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| map = {{Location map|Bangladesh|lat=22.84|long=89.29|caption=}}
| map_caption =
| location = Chuknagar, Khulna, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
| target = Mostly [[Bengali Hindus]]
| coordinates =
| date = 20 May 1971
| time =
| timezone = UTC+6:00
| type = [[Burst fire]], [[mass murder]], [[massacre]]
| fatalities = 10,000 - 12,000<ref name="Dhaka Tribune"/>
| injuries =
| perps = [[Pakistan Army]], [[Razakars (Pakistan)|Razakars]]
| weapons = [[Light machine gun]]s, [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic rifle]]s
| numparts =
}}

'''Chuknagar massacre''' ({{lang-bn|চুকনগর গণহত্যা}}) was a [[massacre]] committed by the [[Pakistan Army]] and local [[Razakar (Pakistan)|Razakars]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971.<ref name="Dhaka Tribune">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=21 May 2022|title=Recognize Chuknagar Genocide, demand activists|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/war-crimes/2022/05/21/recognize-chuknagar-genocide-demand-activists|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune| access-date= 10 December 2022}}</ref> The massacre took place on 20 May 1971 at [[Dumuria Upazila|Dumuria]] in [[Khulna]]<ref name="Prothom">{{Citation |last=Rahman |first=Md Mujibur |date=20 May 2013 |script-title=bn:২০ মে চুকনগর গণহত্যা দিবস |trans-title=20 May Chuknagar Day Massacre |url=http://oldsite.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=13&dd=2013-05-20&ni=135950 |newspaper=[[The Daily Janakantha]] |language=bn |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054719/http://oldsite.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=13&dd=2013-05-20&ni=135950 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and it was one of the largest massacres during the war.<ref>{{Citation |title=Chuknagar genocide day observed | newspaper=New Age |pages=11 |date=21 May 2006 |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2006/may/21/nat.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023064055/http://www.newagebd.com/2006/may/21/nat.html |archive-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> According to local estimates, between 10,000 to 12,000 people were killed, though the exact number of persons killed in the massacre is not known.<ref name="Dhaka Tribune"/> Academic [[Sarmila Bose]], in her controversial book.<ref name="LawsonControversial">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13417170|title=Controversial book accuses Bengalis of 1971 war crimes|last=Lawson|first=Alastair|date=16 June 2011|newspaper=BBC|accessdate=30 December 2022}}</ref> dismisses claims that 10,000 were killed as "unhelpful", and argues that the reported number of attackers could have shot no more than several hundred people before running out of ammunition.<ref>{{citation |author=Sarmila Bose |author-link=Sarmila Bose |year=2011 |title=Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War |location=London |publisher=Hurst and Co |page=124 |isbn=978-1-84904-049-5}}</ref> The majority of people killed in the massacre were men, although an unknown number of women and children were murdered as well.<ref name="Bose, pg. 119">{{citation |author=Sarmila Bose |author-link=Sarmila Bose |year=2011 |title=Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War |location=London |publisher=Hurst and Co |pages=119–122 |isbn=978-1-84904-049-5}}</ref>
{{Campaignbox Bangladesh Liberation War}}

==Massacre==
Chuknagar is a small town at Dumuria of Khulna, adjacent to the Indian border. After the start of the war many people fled from Khulna and [[Bagerhat District|Bagerhat]]. They crossed [[Bhodra River]] and arrived at Chuknagar to cross the border using Satkhira Road. By 15 May 1971 large numbers of refugees from nearby localities gathered at Chuknagar, as rumors broke out of an impending Pakistani attack. On 20 May, around 10:00, a group of 10-30 Pakistani military personnel equipped with [[semi-automatic rifle]]s and [[light machine gun]]s came on around three trucks. They stopped at a place called Jhautala (then known as Pathkhola) at the left corner of the Chuknagar Bazaar. Then they opened fire on the Pathkhola grounds and later moved to Chuknagar Bazaar and continued firing until 15:00.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Many people drowned as they jumped into the river in a largely futile attempt to flee the carnage. Local people later disposed off the dead bodies by throwing them into the river.<ref name="Bose, pg. 119"/>

==Memorial==
[[File:চুকনগর শহীদ স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ.jpg|thumb|220px|Chuknagar memorial]]
A memorial was built to pay homage to the people who died in the massacre. The memorial is called ''Chuknagar Shohid Smritishoudho'' or Chuknagar martyred memorial.<ref name="Prothom"/>

==See also==
* [[List of massacres in Bangladesh]]
* ''[[Jibondhuli]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Tripathi |first=Salil |date=2016 |title=The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bcffCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA118 |publisher=Yale University Press |pages=118–124 |isbn=978-0-300-21818-3}}

{{1971 Bangladesh genocide|state=expanded}}
{{Bangladesh liberation}}

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[[Category:Military history of Pakistan]]
[[Category:1971 Bangladesh genocide]]
[[Category:Massacres in 1971]]
[[Category:Massacres of Bengali Muslims]]
[[Category:Massacres of Bengali Hindus in East Pakistan]]
[[Category:Massacres committed by Pakistan in East Pakistan]]
[[Category:May 1971 events in Asia]]

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