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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| title = Parkala Massacre<br />
| location = [[Parkal|Parkala]]<br />
| target = Civilians <br />
| date = 2 September 1947<br />
| timezone = [[UTC+05:30]]<br />
| type = [[mass murder]]<br />
| fatalities = 22<br />
| injuries = 150<br />
| perp = [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|Razakars]], police <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Parkala Massacre''' was the killing of 22 people on 2 September 1947, by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]'s police and the [[Razakar]]s in the town of [[Parkal|Parkala]]. The massacre suppressed the popular movement for India to annex the [[Hyderabad State]].<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Gollapudi Srinivasa|title=Elders recount Parkal massacre|accessdate=24 May 2018|work=The Hindu|date=3 September 2010|language=en-IN|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Elders-recount-Parkal-massacre/article15901477.ece}}</ref><ref name="Hans"/><br />
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==History==<br />
[[India]] became independent from the [[British Raj]] on 15 August 1947. Immediately after, the people of [[Hyderabad State]] began a civil revolt, agitating for a merger with India and against the authoritarian rule of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. Farmers in the town of Parkala also took part in the resistance.<ref name="Hindu"/> <br />
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On 2 September 1947, the police prohibited all gatherings in [[Warangal]], but more than 1,500 people from nearby villages ignored this [[diktat]] and came together to hoist the flag of India. According to eyewitnesses, the police and the Razakars fired indiscriminately, killing 22 people and seriously wounding over 150. The Razakars killed three people by tying them to a tree and shooting them. In the nearby village of [[Laxmipuram]], they sexually assaulted women, looted money, and set the huts ablaze.<ref name="Hindu"/>{{Better source|date=October 2019}} <br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Years later, Indian Prime Minister [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] deemed the Parkala Massacre as the "[[Jallianwala Bagh massacre|Jallianwala Bagh]] of the south".<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP to launch campaign against Seemandhra leaders' 'false propaganda' |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/bjp-to-launch-campaign-against-seemandhra-leaders-false-propaganda/article5084592.ece |work=The Hindu |date=2 September 2013 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was a major turning point for the Indian independence movement when a British general, Reginald Dyer, marched into Jallianwala Bagh and ordered his troops to fire on peaceful protesters, killing 379 and injuring 1,200.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dalrymple |first1=William |title=British Children Must Be Taught Imperial History |journal=Pakistan Historical Society. Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society |volume=61 |issue=4 |url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-3178363971/british-children-must-be-taught-imperial-history}}</ref> <br />
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On 17 September 2003, [[C. Vidyasagar Rao|Vidyasagar Rao]], a politician from [[Telangana]], built a memorial named the "Amaradhamam", in tribute to the victims of the massacre.<ref>{{cite news|title=RSS fought against Nizam’s rule: BJP|date=8 September 2003|newspaper=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/RSS-fought-against-Nizams-rule-BJP/articleshow/170882.cms|accessdate=25 October 2019}}</ref> The memorial was inaugurated by the then Indian Deputy Prime Minister [[L. K. Advani]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Advani to inaugurate Parkal memorial|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2003-09-07|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/09/07/stories/2003090703660400.htm}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> According to Rao, the massacre was an issue neglected by the government, and the memorial honored the people of Telangana in their [[Indian annexation of Hyderabad|struggle for the liberation of Hyderabad]]. The memorial has been used as a platform by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] to demand that the government recognize 17 September as "Liberation Day" of Telangana.<ref name="Hans">{{cite news|last1=Edwin|first1=James|title=Nizam’s tyranny recalled|accessdate=24 May 2018|work=The Hans India|date=2 September 2016|language=en|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Commoner/2016-09-02/Nizams-tyranny-recalled/251862}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BJP pushes for Liberation Day on September 17 in Telangana|work=www.deccanchronicle.com|date=3 September 2017|language=en|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/030917/bjp-pushes-for-liberation-day-on-september-17-in-telangana.html}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Hyderabad State]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]<br />
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[[Category:Massacres in India]]</div>imported>GreenC bot