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==Incident== | ==Incident== | ||
On the morning of April 30, 1982, 17 [[Ananda Marga]] members were dragged out of taxis that were taking them to an educational conference at their headquarters in [[:wikipedia:Tiljala|Tiljala]] in Kolkata's southern suburbs. At three spots simultaneously, they were beaten to death and then set on fire. The killings were witnessed by thousands of people. However, not a single arrest has been made to date.<ref name="Basu">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970502/12250433.html|title=Basu Govt still suppressing facts on Margi massacre|last=Namboodiri|first=Udayan|date=1997-05-02|work=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref> | On the morning of April 30, 1982, 17 [[Ananda Marga]] members were dragged out of taxis that were taking them to an educational conference at their headquarters in [[:wikipedia:Tiljala|Tiljala]] in Kolkata's southern suburbs. At three spots simultaneously, they were beaten to death and then set on fire. The killings were witnessed by thousands of people. However, not a single arrest has been made to date.<ref name="Basu">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970502/12250433.html|title=Basu Govt still suppressing facts on Margi massacre|last=Namboodiri|first=Udayan|date=1997-05-02|work=[[:wikipedia:The Indian Express|The Indian Express]]|accessdate=2008-07-04}}</ref> | ||
== List of assassinated people == | == List of assassinated people == | ||
This is the list of the people who were killed on that day— | This is the list of the people who were killed on that day— | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: | {| class="wikitable" style="width: 70%; text-align: center;" | ||
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! Name !! Designation | ! Name !! Designation | ||
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==Initial Press reports and reactions== | ==Initial Press reports and reactions== | ||
''The Statesman Weekly'', the leading Calcutta newspaper at the time, reported a week after the incident that "Seventeen Ananda Margis, two of them women, were done to death on April 30 morning by frenzied mobs at three places in South Calcutta in the suspicion that they were child-lifters."<ref name=TheStatesmanWeekly1>{{citation | ''The Statesman Weekly'', the leading Calcutta newspaper at the time, reported a week after the incident that "Seventeen Ananda Margis, two of them women, were done to death on April 30 morning by frenzied mobs at three places in South Calcutta in the suspicion that they were child-lifters."<ref name=TheStatesmanWeekly1>{{citation | ||
| | | title=The Statesman Weekly | ||
| pages=1, 7 | | pages=1, 7 | ||
| date=May 8, 1982, cited in Sil (1988), pp. 3–4 | | date=May 8, 1982, cited in Sil (1988), pp. 3–4 | ||
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| year=1988 | | year=1988 | ||
}} | }} | ||
</ref>{{rp|4}} | </ref>{{rp|4}} The wire story sent out by the [[:wikipedia:United Press International|UPI]] added the erroneous detail that two of the nuns who were killed were "seen carrying a child near a railway station".<ref name=UPI>{{citation | ||
| author=[[United Press International]] | | author=[[:wikipedia:United Press International|United Press International]] | ||
| publisher=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] | | publisher=[[:wikipedia:Sarasota Herald-Tribune|Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] | ||
| date=May 1, 1992 | | date=May 1, 1992 | ||
| title=Mobs in Calcutta Burn 5 Monks Alive, Stab 12 | | title=Mobs in Calcutta Burn 5 Monks Alive, Stab 12 | ||
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==Explanations== | ==Explanations== | ||
As part of its initial coverage, ''The Statesman Weekly'' reported the state's Chief Minister's suspicious that the attack had been staged to embarrass the party in power prior to the upcoming election.<ref name=Sil1988 />{{rp|4}} | As part of its initial coverage, ''The Statesman Weekly'' reported the state's Chief Minister's suspicious that the attack had been staged to embarrass the party in power prior to the upcoming election.<ref name=Sil1988 />{{rp|4}} Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha has always blamed the attack on the [[:wikipedia:Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. | ||
<ref name=Crovetto>{{citation | <ref name=Crovetto>{{citation | ||
| chapter=Ananda Marga, Prout, and the Use of Force | | chapter=Ananda Marga, Prout, and the Use of Force | ||
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| editor-last=Lewis | | editor-last=Lewis | ||
| editor-first=James R. | | editor-first=James R. | ||
| year=2011 | | year=2011 | ||
| publisher= | | publisher= | ||
[[Oxford University Press]]| ISBN=9780199735631 | [[:wikipedia:Oxford University Press|Oxford University Press]]| ISBN=9780199735631 | ||
| pages=249–274 | | pages=249–274 | ||
}}</ref>{{rp|257}} | }}</ref>{{rp|257}} This accusation has been repeated for many years.<ref name=HinduismToday1989>{{cite news | ||
|url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=621 | |url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=621 | ||
| accessdate=2013-02-17 | | accessdate=2013-02-17 | ||
| publisher=[[Hinduism Today]] | | publisher=[[:wikipedia:Hinduism Today|Hinduism Today]] | ||
| date=May, 1989 | | date=May, 1989 | ||
| title=Controversial Movement Survives Years Of Conflict, Emerges Stronger Than Ever | | title=Controversial Movement Survives Years Of Conflict, Emerges Stronger Than Ever | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
Allegedly, a mob was stirred up by Communist activists, making unfounded claims of child kidnapping.<ref name=Inayatullah>{{cite book | |||
| last=Inayatullah | | last=Inayatullah | ||
| first=Sohail | | first=Sohail | ||
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| title=Understanding Sarkar: The Indian Episteme Macrohistory and Transformative Knowledge | | title=Understanding Sarkar: The Indian Episteme Macrohistory and Transformative Knowledge | ||
| year=2002 | | year=2002 | ||
| publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] | | publisher=[[:wikipedia:Brill Publishers|Brill]] | ||
| ISBN=9004121935 | | ISBN=9004121935 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref>{{rp|20}} | ||
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==Investigations and memorials== | ==Investigations and memorials== | ||
The [[National Human Rights Commission]] took up the investigation of the case in 1996 but did not make much headway, allegedly due to interference from the state government at the time.<ref name=TheStatesman2012>{{citation | The [[:wikipedia:National Human Rights Commission|National Human Rights Commission]] took up the investigation of the case in 1996 but did not make much headway, allegedly due to interference from the state government at the time.<ref name=TheStatesman2012>{{citation | ||
| title=Judicial probe into killings of Margis | | title=Judicial probe into killings of Margis | ||
| publisher=The Statesman | | publisher=The Statesman | ||
| date=March 7, 2012 | | date=March 7, 2012 | ||
| url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=402481&catid=42&show=archive&year=2012&month=3&day=8 | | url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=402481&catid=42&show=archive&year=2012&month=3&day=8 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> On April 30, 1999 the Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (AMPS) demanded a high-level judicial probe into the mass killing of Ananda Margiis.<ref name=IndianExpress1999>{{citation | ||
<ref name=IndianExpress1999>{{citation | |||
| work=Indian Express | | work=Indian Express | ||
| title=Proof into killings of Ananda Margis sought | | title=Proof into killings of Ananda Margis sought | ||
| date=May 1, 1999 | | date=May 1, 1999 | ||
| url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990501/ige01007.html | | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990501/ige01007.html | ||
}}{{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> | }}{{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref> On April 30, 2004, Ananda Marga was able to hold the first rally in Calcutta commemorating the massacre without the necessity of first acquiring a court order forcing the police to allow the rally to occur.<ref name=Telegraph2004>{{citation | ||
| title=Police nod for Marga rally | | title=Police nod for Marga rally | ||
| publisher=The Telegraph | | publisher=The Telegraph | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://canvaspix.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/bijonsetu1982/ A documentary about the 30 April 1982 massacre] | *[http://canvaspix.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/bijonsetu1982/ A documentary about the 30 April 1982 massacre] | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13829121@N06/sets/72157604255490575/ Photos of Ananda Margi processions in Calcutta marking the anniversary of the massacre] | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13829121@N06/sets/72157604255490575/ Photos of Ananda Margi processions in Calcutta marking the anniversary of the massacre] | ||