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| title = Ishangopalpur massacre<br/>ঈশানগোপালপুর গণহত্যা<br />
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| location = Ishangopalpur, Faridpur, East Pakistan<br />
| target = [[Bengali Hindus]]<br />
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| date = 2 May 1971<br />
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| timezone = UTC+6:00<br />
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| fatalities = 28<br />
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| perps = [[Pakistan Army]], [[Razakars (Pakistan)|Razakars]]<br />
| weapons = [[Light machine gun]]s, [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic rifle]]s<br />
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'''Ishangopalpur massacre''' ({{lang-bn|ঈশানগোপালপুর গণহত্যা}}) refers to the massacre of Bengali Hindus in Ishangopalpur village, in the outskirts of [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]] on 2 May 1971.<ref name="khan">{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Abu Saeed|title=Muktiyuddhe Pharidapura |script-title=bn:মুক্তিযুদ্ধে ফরিদপুর|year=2013|publisher=Sahitya Bikash|location=Dhaka|language=bn|isbn=978-9848320853|page=151}}</ref><ref name="bss02052014">{{cite news|url=http://bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=406856&date=2014-05-02|title=28 innocent people were killed by Pak army on May 2 in Faridpur|date=2 May 2014|publisher=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="dfk01052013">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyfaridpurkantho.com/?p=5231|script-title=bn:আজ ২ মে ঈশান গোপালপুর গনহত্যা দিবস, এদিন পাক বাহিনী নির্মমভাবে হত্যা করে ২৮ জনকে|date=1 May 2013|work=Dainik Faridpur Kantho|language=bn|access-date=30 July 2014|location=Faridpur|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140805165535/http://www.dailyfaridpurkantho.com/?p=5231|archive-date=5 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Pakistan army shot and bayoneted 28 Bengali Hindus to death.<ref name="deshtimes24.com02052014">{{cite news|url=http://www.deshtimes24.com/pagedetail.php?pid=13&aid=11938|script-title=bn:ঈশানগোপালপুর গণসমাধিতে ২৮ শহীদদের প্রতি শ্রদ্ধাঞ্জলি|date=2 May 2014|work=deshtimes24.com|language=bn|access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref><br />
{{Violence against Hindus in East Pakistan and Bangladesh}}<br />
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== Background ==<br />
On 25 March 1971, the Pakistan army launched [[Operation Searchlight]] in [[East Pakistan]]. They targeted Hindus as a community for extermination. After a few weeks, they arrived at [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]] and set up an army base. In the meanwhile, the Hindus of the locality had begun to flee. Around 60 Bengali Hindu families from [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]] took shelter in Ishangopalpur, a village located six to seven kilometers from the town. The house of former Hindu landlord Ishan Sarkar was located in the village.<ref name="dfk01052013"/> His grandson Lakshman Sen was staying at the house at that time. After 21 April, [[National Awami Party|NAP]] leader Chittaranjan Ghosh, his elder brother Jagadish Chandra Ghosh along with a few influential persons from the Bengali Hindu community took shelter in the house.<ref name="khan"/> Some of them began to train themselves to fight the Pakistan army.<ref name="dfk01052013"/><br />
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== Killings ==<br />
On 2 May, local people led a contingent of the Pakistani army towards the village. They proceeded to the house of Ishan Sarkar. As the residents attempted to flee, they were caught at gunpoint. 29 inmates of the house were rounded up and led to the banks of a pond nearby.<ref name="jjd">{{cite news|url=http://www.jjdin.com/print_news.php?path=data_files/115&cat_id=4&menu_id=16&news_type_id=1&index=9|script-title=bn:ফরিদপুর গণহত্যা দিবস আজ|work=Jai Jai Din|language=bn|access-date=30 July 2014|location=Location}}</ref> They were kicked, punched and bayoneted. Then the adult males were killed one by one in front of their wives and children.<ref name="khan"/> Before leaving, the Pakistan soldiers warned in [[Urdu]] that no freedom fighter or Hindus would be spared.<ref name="bss02052014"/> One person survived after escaping with a bullet wound.<ref name="jjd"/> The dead were buried beside the pond.<ref name="khan"/><br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
After the independence of Bangladesh, the mass killing site remained unchanged. In 2010, family members of the victims erected a memorial at the mass killing site.<ref name="deshtimes24.com02052014"/><ref name="bss02052014"/> On 2 May 2010, the victims were commemorated and verses from the Gita were recited for the peace of the departed souls.<ref name="deshtimes24.com02052014"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{1971 Bangladesh genocide|state=expanded}}<br />
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[[Category:1971 Bangladesh genocide]]<br />
[[Category:Massacres of Bengali Hindus in East Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Massacres of men]]<br />
[[Category:1971 in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Massacres in 1971]]<br />
[[Category:Massacres committed by Pakistan in East Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:May 1971 events in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Violence against men in Asia]]</div>Bot