Hojai massacre

Hojai massacre; হাজই গণহত্যা
Location	Hojai, Hojai district, Assam, India
Date	July 1993 (UTC+5:30)
Target	Bengali Hindus
Attack type	Massacre and Ethnic cleansing
Weapons	Guns, spears, swords, scythes, bows and arrows
Deaths	more than 100
Perpetrators	Assamese mobs

Hajoi massacre (Bengali: হাজই গণহত্যা) refers to the massacre of Bengali Hindu refugee settlers from East Pakistan in Hajoi in Hojai district in the Indian state of Assam.^[1] More than hundred Bengali Hindus were killed in the massacre. Muslim were attacked Bengali Hindus and massacred. The incident started with a tiff between a photo shop owner and a customer.^[2]

References

↑ Bhaumik, Subir (2009-12-10). Troubled Periphery: The Crisis of India's North East. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132104797.
↑ Kaur, Manvinder (1999). Challenges to Secularism in India: The Constitutional Ideal, Political Process, and Prospects. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788176291835.

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[1] Bhaumik, Subir (2009-12-10). Troubled Periphery: The Crisis of India's North East. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132104797.

[2] Kaur, Manvinder (1999). Challenges to Secularism in India: The Constitutional Ideal, Political Process, and Prospects. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788176291835.