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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 == | ||
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*[http://www.ananda-marga.org/?p=12 30 April 1982, A Pathetic Chapter of History Written in Blood of the 17 Monks and Nuns of Ananda Marga] ananda-marga.org (link from the official website of Ananda Marga) | *[http://www.ananda-marga.org/?p=12 30 April 1982, A Pathetic Chapter of History Written in Blood of the 17 Monks and Nuns of Ananda Marga] ananda-marga.org (link from the official website of Ananda Marga) | ||
*[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] | ||