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{{Short description|Hindu politician killed by Kashmiri-separatists}}
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| name = Tika Lal Taploo
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| office = [[Advocate]] in the High Court of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
| term_start = 1971
| term_end = 1989
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| birth_name = Tika Lal Taploo
| birth_date = 6 October 1930
| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|J&K]], India
| death_date = 14 September 1989
| death_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|J&K]], India
|profession= Lawyer, Politician <ref>{{cite news|title=BJP pays tribute to Kashmiri Pandit leader Tika Lal Taploo|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bjp-pays-tribute-to-kashmiri-pandit-leader-tika-lal-taploo-115091300392_1.html|date=13 September 2015|language=en}}</ref>
|spouse =Sarla Taploo <ref>{{cite web|title=Sarla Taploo, wife of late Kashmiri Hindu lawyer Tikalal Taploo passes away|url=https://www.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2021/12/30/Sarla-Taploo-Kashmiri-Hindu-lawyer-Tikalal-Taploo.html|language=en|date=30 December 2021}}</ref>
|alma_mater= [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
|education= [[M.A.]], [[LLB]]
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'''Tika Lal Taploo''' was an Indian [[advocate]] and member of the [[Bhartiya Janta Party|BJP]] from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite news|title=OPINION: Three Decades after Tika Lal Taploo was Murdered, Kashmiri Pandits Must Return|url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/opinion/opinion-three-decades-after-tika-lal-taploo-was-murdered-kashmiri-pandits-must-return-4209398.html|date=16 September 2021|language=en
}}</ref> Taploo was first among the many [[Kashmiri Pandits]] who were killed by Islamic militants in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] during the events of 1989 and 1990, which later led to the [[exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]].<ref>{{cite news|title=29 years of injustice: How Kashmiri Pandits were forced out of Valley on this black day|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-29-years-of-injustice-how-kashmiri-pandits-were-forced-out-of-valley-on-this-black-day-2709665|date=19 January 2019|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Taploo was a [[Kashmiri Pandit]] from [[Srinagar]]. He graduated from Panjab University and done his Masters in Arts and LLB from Aligarh Muslim University.

He was active member of the RSS and was practicing as a senior advocate in Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

==Death==
On 14 September 1989, Taploo was brutally murdered by the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front|JKLF]] Militants at his home in Srinagar. The reason behind this was to create fear among Kashmiri Hindus living in the Valley.
Before his murder, he had received several threats from [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic Militant]] and was attacked.
On 14 September, he was shot and murdered at his residence.

His funeral was attended by many senior leaders including BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani.

Soon after his death, a judge of Srinagar High court Nilkanth Ganjoo was also shot dead who sentenced Maqbool Bhat, an [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic Militant]] and co-founder of National Liberation Front, to death.

In protest against this, Kashmiri Hindus closed they’re shops and business for a day and remember Tika Lal Taploo’s death as ‘Martyrdom Day’.<ref>{{cite news|title= Who is Tika Lal Taploo after whom a school has been renamed in New Delhi?|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/who-is-tika-lal-taploo-after-whom-a-school-has-been-renamed-in-new-delhi-article-90479862|date=21 August 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[1986 Kashmir riots|1986 Anantnag Riots]]
*[[Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/on-this-day-in-1989-one-of-the-biggest-leaders-of-kashmiri-pandits-tika-lal-taploo-was-killed-by-militants-329572.html On This Day In 1989 One Of The Biggest Leaders Of Kashmiri Pandits, Tika Lal Taploo Was Killed By Militants]
*[https://theprint.in/india/how-killing-of-this-kashmiri-hindu-leader-led-to-exodus-of-pandits-from-valley/732572/ How killing of this Kashmiri Hindu leader led to exodus of Pandits from Valley]
*[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/bjp-pays-rich-tributes-to-tika-laltaploo-133125 BJP pays rich tributes to Tika Lal Taploo]
*[https://www.indiablooms.com/news-details/N/64985/kashmiri-pandits-observe-martyrs-day-to-mark-killing-of-tika-lal-taploo.html Kashmiri Pandits observe 'Martyrs Day' to mark killing of Tika Lal Taploo]
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*[https://www.timesnownews.com/india/who-is-tika-lal-taploo-after-whom-a-school-has-been-renamed-in-new-delhi-article-90479862]

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[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]
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[[Category:Kashmiri Pandits]]
[[Category:Persecution of Hindus]]
[[Category:Persecution by Muslims]]
[[Category:People from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:People murdered in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]

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