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	\| title = 1991 Punjab killings		\| title = 1991 Punjab killings
	\| location = ], ], India		\| location = ], ], India
	\| date = 15 June 1991		\| date = June-Dec 1991
	\| fatalities = ~~80-126~~		\| fatalities = 125
	\| injuries =		\| injuries =
	\| type = ]		\| type = ]
	\| target =		\| target = ]
			\| perpetrators = ]<ref name="GM">{{cite news\|title=A year after Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death, mysteries remain about how he really lived\|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-year-after-hardeep-singh-nijjars-death-mysteries-remain-about-how-he/\|year=2024\|publisher=The Globe and Mail\|quote= In 1991, KCF militants boarded a train, separated Sikhs from Hindus, then slaughtered 125 Hindus, many of them children.}}</ref>
	\| perpetrators = Sikh Khalistani militants
			\| motive = ]<br>]
	}}		}}

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	The '''1991 Punjab killings''' ~~was~~ a ~~massacre~~ of train ~~passengers~~ that occurred on 15 June 1991 in the ] of the Indian State of ], ~~where Khalistani~~ militants killed at ~~least 80 to 126~~ passengers<ref>{{Cite news\|url = https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615073718/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date = 2011-06-15\|title = Sikhs attack India trains, killing 126\|newspaper = Chicago Sun-Times\|publication-date = 17 June 1991 \| access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref> ~~travelling~~ in ~~two~~ ~~trains~~.		The '''1991 Punjab killings''' were a series of train massacres that occurred on 15 June 1991 and 27 December 1991 in the ] of the Indian State of ]. ]i militants killed 125 ] passengers<ref>{{Cite news\|url = https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615073718/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059486.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date = 2011-06-15\|title = Sikhs attack India trains, killing 126\|newspaper = Chicago Sun-Times\|publication-date = 17 June 1991 \| access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref><ref name="GM"/> in these incidents.

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	The militants stopped the two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by pulling the ]. They proceeded to open fire inside the trains at around 9:35 p.m. (]), killing at least 80 passengers.<ref>{{cite news \|title=110 in two trains gunned down by Punjab militants \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4xlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1867%2C3514819 \|access-date=9 December 2019 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=16 June 1991 \|page=1}}</ref> After the attackers fled, the train moved back to Badduwal station, where the rescue team arrived with doctors. Local villagers helped the survivors with food, water, medicine, and mental support.<ref name=":0">{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/world/extremists-in-india-kill-80-on-2-trains-as-voting-nears-end.html \| title=Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End \| newspaper=] \| date=16 June 1991 \| first=Barbara \| last=Crossette \| access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref> The attacks came less than five hours after polling closed in a national election already marred by violence and interrupted by the assassination of ex-Prime Minister ] around a month prior.<ref name=":0" />		The militants stopped the two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by pulling the ]. They proceeded to open fire inside the trains at around 9:35 p.m. (]), killing at least 80 passengers.<ref>{{cite news \|title=110 in two trains gunned down by Punjab militants \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S4xlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1867%2C3514819 \|access-date=9 December 2019 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=16 June 1991 \|page=1}}</ref> After the attackers fled, the train moved back to Badduwal station, where the rescue team arrived with doctors. Local villagers helped the survivors with food, water, medicine, and mental support.<ref name=":0">{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/world/extremists-in-india-kill-80-on-2-trains-as-voting-nears-end.html \| title=Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End \| newspaper=] \| date=16 June 1991 \| first=Barbara \| last=Crossette \| access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref> The attacks came less than five hours after polling closed in a national election already marred by violence and interrupted by the assassination of ex-Prime Minister ] around a month prior.<ref name=":0" />

	26===December 1991==~~Thursday~~		===December 1991===
			On 27 December, four men, believed to have been Khalistani, boarded a local passenger train travelling from ] to ] at Ludhiana. They pulled the emergency cord about 7:30 in the evening near a village called Sohian. Six other armed militants climbed aboard the train at the Sohian crossing. The militants shot at passengers who appeared to be Hindu using AK-47s. All but two of the 49 victims were Hindus. After the massacre, the gunmen left the train and disappeared into the night.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/27/world/49-slain-by-gunmen-on-train-in-india.html \| title=49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India \| newspaper=] \| date=27 December 1991 \| first=Edward A. \| last=Gargan \| access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref>
	It was frosty evening of December because in those days decemeber month was always to be chilled every year.We Boarded into a Passenger

	to travel towards Jagraon on firozepur branch line.The train was scheduled to depart at 6.00 pm but it was been already late and departed at 6.40 from Ludhiana.train was having 6 bogey and we was about to board last bogey but on of the friend of my father advised us to sit in the 2nd last bogey because last one was so messy. train departed from Ludhiana and started to move very slowly and was unusually stopping without any stoppage after departure.Because that time was full of fear and threatened by militants in Punjab and most of accidents were
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	performed by militants before.after 40 minutes of departure near about 7.20 train reached at the point called sohian fatak 5 kilometers before jagraon train was unexpectedly stopped by militants and the boarded into trains as most of the militants were already in train and engine too. Militants were successful to attack the train and started firing and killing the peoples those were seemed to be Hindu.The tried
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	to board in bogey in which we were sat but fortunately and suddenly our bogey was locked by some daily passengers and militants were not able to open fortunately after multiple tries and knocking by the buts of gun. were were lying into seats.Louder threatening and killing voice of AK47 was spreading and making environment fearful and as well as the screaming voices of peoples was also a part of the fearful night.after the killing drama of 30-40 minutes.Voices were getting slowed down.somebody called police force by factory situated near the point of Accident. Searched light were coming outsides of the closed windows.force of CRP and Police and BSF were reached. They tried to make us believe that were were safe now.they opened windows and show us identity cards.door opened. 5 out of six bogey were demolished by militants and women.mens and kids were killed brutally.only one bogey was safe in which we were sitting.they put us in van after inquired that where we have to reached.they left us at jagroan.By the grace of god we were safe.but that scary and killing night crushed many families and put them into mouth of death.After 32 years the scenes become fresh when 26 December came every year.That is more scary chapter of my life......

	26===December 1991==Thursday
	It was frosty evening of December because in those days decemeber month was always to be chilled every year.We Boarded into a Passenger
	to travel towards Jagraon on firozepur branch line.The train was scheduled to depart at 6.00 pm but it was been already late and departed at 6.40 from Ludhiana.train was having 6 bogey and we was about to board last bogey but on of the friend of my father advised us to sit in the 2nd last bogey because last one was so messy. train departed from Ludhiana and started to move very slowly and was unusually stopping without any stoppage after departure.Because that time was full of fear and threatened by militants in Punjab and most of accidents were
	performed by militants before.after 40 minutes of departure near about 7.20 train reached at the point called sohian fatak 5 kilometers before jagraon train was unexpectedly stopped by militants and the boarded into trains as most of the militants were already in train and engine too. Militants were successful to attack the train and started firing and killing the peoples those were seemed to be Hindu.The tried
	to board in bogey in which we were sat but fortunately and suddenly our bogey was locked by some daily passengers and militants were not able to open fortunately after multiple tries and knocking by the buts of gun. were were lying into seats.Louder threatening and killing voice of AK47 was spreading and making environment fearful and as well as the screaming voices of peoples was also a part of the fearful night.after the killing drama of 30-40 minutes.Voices were getting slowed down.somebody called police force by factory situated near the point of Accident. Searched light were coming outsides of the closed windows.force of CRP and Police and BSF were reached. They tried to make us believe that were were safe now.they opened windows and show us identity cards.door opened. 5 out of six bogey were demolished by militants and women.mens and kids were killed brutally.only one bogey was safe in which we were sitting.they put us in van after inquired that where we have to reached.they left us at jagroan.By the grace of god we were safe.but that scary and killing night crushed many families and put them into mouth of death.After 32 years the scenes become fresh when 26 December came every year.That is more scary chapter of my life......

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Latest revision as of 09:02, 19 December 2024

Killing of passengers on two trains in Punjab

1991 Punjab killings
Location	Ludhiana district, Punjab, India
Date	June-Dec 1991
Target	Hindus
Attack type	Mass shooting
Deaths	125
Perpetrators	Khalistan Commando Force
Motive	Sikh Separatism Persecution of Hindus

30°52′59″N 75°51′00″E / 30.883°N 75.85°E / 30.883; 75.85 The 1991 Punjab killings were a series of train massacres that occurred on 15 June 1991 and 27 December 1991 in the Ludhiana district of the Indian State of Punjab. Khalistani militants killed 125 Hindu passengers in these incidents.

Events

June 1991

The militants stopped the two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by pulling the emergency cords, triggering emergency brakes. They proceeded to open fire inside the trains at around 9:35 p.m. (IST), killing at least 80 passengers. After the attackers fled, the train moved back to Badduwal station, where the rescue team arrived with doctors. Local villagers helped the survivors with food, water, medicine, and mental support. The attacks came less than five hours after polling closed in a national election already marred by violence and interrupted by the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi around a month prior.

December 1991

On 27 December, four men, believed to have been Khalistani, boarded a local passenger train travelling from Ludhiana to Ferozepur at Ludhiana. They pulled the emergency cord about 7:30 in the evening near a village called Sohian. Six other armed militants climbed aboard the train at the Sohian crossing. The militants shot at passengers who appeared to be Hindu using AK-47s. All but two of the 49 victims were Hindus. After the massacre, the gunmen left the train and disappeared into the night.

References

^ "A year after Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death, mysteries remain about how he really lived". The Globe and Mail. 2024. In 1991, KCF militants boarded a train, separated Sikhs from Hindus, then slaughtered 125 Hindus, many of them children.
"Sikhs attack India trains, killing 126". Chicago Sun-Times. 17 June 1991. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
"110 in two trains gunned down by Punjab militants". The Indian Express. 16 June 1991. p. 1. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ Crossette, Barbara (16 June 1991). "Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
Gargan, Edward A. (27 December 1991). "49 Slain by Gunmen on Train in India". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

External links

"74 were killed in Punjab train carnage". The Indian Express. 17 June 1991. p. 5. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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