Nainital wedding massacre

Nainital wedding massacre
Nainital wedding massacre
Location	Nainital, India
Date	April 21, 1950
Attack type	Mass murder
Weapons	Machete
Deaths	22
Injured	?
Perpetrator	Unknown soldier

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.

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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↑ 22 guests slain, The Bend Bulletin (21 April 1950)
↑ 22 guests slain as wedding held, The Ogden Standard-Examiner (21 April 1950)
↑ Drunk Gurkha Kills 22, Los Angeles Times (22 April 1950) Archived 13 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Murders 22 at wedding, The Huntingdon Daily News (22 April 1950)

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[1] 22 guests slain, The Bend Bulletin (21 April 1950)

[2] 22 guests slain as wedding held, The Ogden Standard-Examiner (21 April 1950)

[3] Drunk Gurkha Kills 22, Los Angeles Times (22 April 1950) Archived 13 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Murders 22 at wedding, The Huntingdon Daily News (22 April 1950)

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