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==Incident== | ==Incident== | ||
On the morning of April 30, 1982, a nun and 16 [[Ananda Marga]] monks were dragged out of taxis that were taking them to an educational conference at their headquarters in [[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, a nun and 16 [[Ananda Marga]] monks were dragged out of taxis that were taking them to an educational conference at their headquarters in [[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> | ||
== List of assassinated people == | |||
This is the list of the people who were killed on that day— | |||
=== At Bijon Setu === | |||
==Initial Press Reports and Reactions== | ==Initial Press Reports and Reactions== | ||