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| location = [[Nainital]], India<br />
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| date = April 21, 1950<br />
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| type = [[Mass murder]]<br />
| fatalities = 22<br />
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| perp = Unknown soldier<br />
| weapons = [[Machete]]<br />
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The '''Nainital wedding massacre''' was a [[mass murder]] that occurred during a wedding in [[Nainital]], India on April 21, 1950, when a drunk [[gurkha]] soldier stabbed 22 guests at a wedding, all of them apparently fatally.<br />
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The man, who was armed with a machete, was enraged by a low caste money lender marrying a girl of the higher social standing [[Brahmin]] caste, and stabbed the Harijan members. All of his victims were members of the [[Harijan]] caste.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=529YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1389,1304611&dq= 22 guests slain], ''[[The Bend Bulletin]]'' (21 April 1950)</ref><ref>[https://newspaperarchive.com/ogden-standard-examiner/1950-04-21/ 22 guests slain as wedding held], ''[[The Ogden Standard-Examiner]]'' (21 April 1950)</ref><ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/423532671.html?dids=423532671:423532671&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+22%2C+1950&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Studio+Electrician+Loses+Paternity+Suit+Verdict&pqatl=google Drunk Gurkha Kills 22], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' (22 April 1950) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313203331/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/423532671.html?dids=423532671:423532671&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+22%2C+1950&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Studio+Electrician+Loses+Paternity+Suit+Verdict&pqatl=google# |date=13 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>[https://newspaperarchive.com/huntingdon-daily-news/1950-04-22/page-5 Murders 22 at wedding], ''[[The Huntingdon Daily News]]'' (22 April 1950)</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of rampage killers in Asia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mass murder in 1950]]<br />
[[Category:Massacres in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Nainital]]<br />
[[Category:1950s murders in India]]<br />
[[Category:1950 crimes in India]]<br />
[[Category:1950 murders in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Mass stabbings]]<br />
[[Category:Attacks on weddings]]<br />
[[Category:Massacres in the 1950s]]<br />
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