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'''Gorta''', also called '''Gorta (B)''' is a village located in [[Bidar district]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It is located in [[Basavakalyan]] taluk.

==Demography==
As per 2001 census, Gorta village has a population of 2991 distributed in 577 house holds.<ref name=cen>{{cite web|title=Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/View_Village_Population.aspx?pcaid=810470&category=VILLAGE|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Govt of India|accessdate=12 July 2014}}</ref> The village has post office with pin code 585327.<ref>{{cite web|title=pincode|url=https://pincode.org.in/karnataka/bidar/g/gorta-b|website=pincode.org.in|accessdate=18 Feb 2015}}</ref>

==Gorta massacre==
During 1948, during post-independence violence, hundreds of villagers in Gorta village were massacred by [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakars]] of Hyderabad.<ref name=chalo>{{cite news|title='Chalo Gorta' on September 17|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/chalo-gorta-on-september-17/article3073995.ece|accessdate=13 July 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 September 2006}}</ref> The village is also described as ''Jallianwalabag of Karnataka'' in view of mass killings witnessed on 9 and 10 May 1948.<ref name=chalo/><ref name=folk/> A stone plaque installed in front of the village gives the date of mass killing as 5 May 1948 and the fight continued for about two weeks.<ref name=tale>{{cite news|last1=DESAI|first1=RISHIKESH BAHADUR|title=Gorta: a village that has many tales to narrate|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/gorta-a-village-that-has-many-tales-to-narrate/article6414262.ece|accessdate=23 September 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 September 2014}}</ref> It is estimated that more than 200 people were killed by Razakars, the private army of [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad<ref name=memorial>{{cite news |title=Memorial|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/21/stories/2005012114690400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050329204540/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/21/stories/2005012114690400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2005|accessdate=13 July 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 January 2005}}</ref> but the exact number of deaths was not recorded by body count.<ref name=tale/> Shri K.M.Munshi, then Agent General of Union Government (of India), who visited the village after the massacre, in his book "End of an Era" (page 131 and 132) puts total deaths figures around 200 and property destruction worth Rs.70 lakhs.<ref name=tale/>

The bitter memories of the massacre are remembered by the women folk of the village by way of songs called ''Bhulai pada'', a semi-folk song.<ref name=folk>{{cite news|last1=Pattar|first1=Devu|title=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/sep172006/district1650372006916.asp|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/sep172006/district1650372006916.asp|accessdate=13 July 2014|publisher=Deccan Herald, Bangalore|date=17 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115436/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/sep172006/district1650372006916.asp|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> There is a long-standing demand from local people for construction of a memorial at Gorta.<ref name=memorial/> Local people and certain political parties have collected Rs.27 lakhs (as of September 2014) with an intention to construct a 35 foot tall memorial in the village<ref name=shiv>{{cite news|last1=Shiva Kumar|first1=N D|title=BJP lifts Bidar village to heroism|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/BJP-lifts-Bidar-village-to-heroism/articleshow/42399772.cms|accessdate=23 September 2014|work=The Times of India|date=14 September 2014}}</ref> and foundation stone was laid on 17 September 2014 (Hyderabad-Karnataka Liberation day) for the same.<ref name=stone>{{cite news|last1=B.S. SATISH KUMA|first1=R RISHIKESH BAHADUR DESAI|title=Free Karnataka from Congress: Amit Shah|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/free-karnataka-from-congress-amit-shah/article6421083.ece|accessdate=23 September 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 September 2014}}</ref>

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