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List of bus killings during Punjab insurgency

See also: List of terrorist incidents in Punjab, India

There were multiple incidents of killing of bus passengers during the Insurgency in Punjab, India, which was an armed campaign by the pro-Khalistan militants from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.[1] Major incidents included the Lalru massacre of 38 Hindu bus passengers on 6 July 1987, by the Khalistan Commando Force militants near Lalru, Punjab, India.;[2] and Fatehabad bus killings on 7 July 1987, in which 34 Hindus on two buses were killed.[3][2][4]

This is a list of bus passenger killings during the Insurgency in Punjab, India in the 1980s and 1990s (also includes rail passenger killings).

Incidents involving shootings by militants

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Date Place Incident
September-

5 October 1983

Dhilwan, Kapurthala district Six Hindu passengers were shot dead by two pro-Khalistan Sikh militants,[5][6] who hijacked a bus going from Dhilwan to Jalandhar in Punjab, and opened fire on Hindu passengers.[7][8] This bus massacre triggered the President's rule in Punjab as by this time, more than 175 people had been killed in militancy-related violence.[9]
18 Nov 1983 Kapurthala district Nine armed men killed four Hindu bus passengers in Kapurthala district, Punjab, which had earlier witnessed another bus massacre in October by Sikh militants, and in both cases, the hijacked bus was abandoned at Chitiwind village on the outskirts of Amritsar.[10]
23 Feb 1984 Punjab, India 11 Hindus killed by Sikh militants, including incidents in trains and busses.[11]
21 May 1984 Moga 4 Hindu travelers were killed, and 10 others were wounded near Moga, about 175 miles northwest of New Delhi after six Sikh gunmen hijacked a bus and fired at its Hindu occupants.[12]
12 September 1984 Batala 8 bus passengers killed.[13][14]
25 July 1986 Mukatsar 15 bus passengers gunned down by suspected Sikh militants.[15]
30 November 1986 Khudda 24 Hindu bus passengers gunned down.[16]
6 July 1987 Near Lalru Khalistan Commando Force militants hijacked a Haryana Roadways bus and killed 38 Hindu bus passengers.[3]
7 July 1987 Near Fatehabad Sikh militants kill 34 Hindu bus passengers from two Haryana Roadways buses near Fatehabad[3]
15 June 1991 Ludhiana district 1991 Punjab killings; 110 passengers killed by Sikh militants.[17]

Incidents involving mobs

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Date Place Incident
8 July 1987 Jagdarshi A Hindu mob set fire to a bus with Sikhs in it killing 1 and injuring 6.[18]

Incidents involving bus bombings

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Date Place Incident
10 and 11 May 1985 New Delhi 85 Hindus were killed by militants in bombings, including bombs in a train and 2 buses. 59 Hindus had died on the spot while the rest succumbed to injuries after being hospitalized. The terrorists used transistor bombs in a train and 2 buses.[19][20]

Incidents involving Punjab Police

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Date Place Incident
11 September 1982 Tarn Taran 32 Sikh activists and two police guards were killed and 21 others injured when a speeding train slammed into a bus with the newly arrested Sikh political activists, who had courted arrest as part of Dharam Yudh Morcha.[21][22] Multiple Sikh leaders accused this of being a deliberate incident by the police to kill Sikhs who courted arrest.[23][24]
July 1992 Uttar Pradesh 10 Sikhs were pulled off of a bus by police and killed in fake encounters while heading to Gurdaspur from Hazur Sahib.[25][26]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b Tavleen Singh; Sreekant Khandekar (1987-07-31). "Terrorists kill bus passengers in Punjab and Haryana mercilessly". India Today. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  3. ^ a b c Dilip Ganguly (1987-07-07). "Sikhs Kill 34 Hindus on Two Buses, Bringing Two-Day Toll To 72". AP. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  4. ^ Richard M. Weintraub (1987-07-07). "Gunmen kill 38 passengers on crowded bus in India". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  5. ^ Martin, Gus (2011-06-15). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition. SAGE Publications. p. 544. ISBN 978-1-4522-6638-1. In October 1983, six Hindu bus passengers were slaughtered by Sikh militants
  6. ^ Hardgrave, Robert L. (1984). India Under Pressure: Prospects For Political Stability. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-71661-4.
  7. ^ "Sikhs execute six hindus on hijacked bus". The Washington Post. 6 October 1983. Two Sikh extremists hijacked a New Delhi-bound bus in northern Punjab state Wednesday night and opened fire on Hindu passengers with a machine gun, killing six
  8. ^ "Indian government orders crackdown on terrorism". Lakeland Ledger. p. 59.
  9. ^ "Indian Government takes over a state swept by religious strife". 7 October 1983. Retrieved 22 November 2014. Late Wednesday six Hindu passengers were hauled off a bus and gunned down. In the other incident, a police subinspector and a tax inspector were killed aboard a train. In all more than 175 people have died in the Punjab disturbances.
  10. ^ Shekhar Gupta (1983-12-15). "Brutal slaying of four Hindu bus travelers takes tension in Punjab to a new high". India Today. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  11. ^ Stevens, William K. (23 February 1984). "11 HINDUS KILLED IN PUNJAB UNREST, WILLIAM K. STEVENS, The New York Times, Feb 23, 1984". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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  14. ^ Carol Christine Fair (2009). Lessons from India's Experience in the Punjab, 1978-1993. Routledge. p. 108. ISBN 9780203879207. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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  16. ^ "Sikh extremists hijack Punjab bus and kill 24". NeyYork Times. 30 November 1986.
  17. ^ "Sikhs storm 2 trains, KIll 110 in Punjab". Los Angeles Times. 16 June 1991.
  18. ^ "Hindu youths attacked Sikhs and torched Sikh-owned property in..." UPI. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  19. ^ "1985 transistor blast case stuck for 20-yrs". Times of india. 21 Nov 2005.
  20. ^ "India seizes 1500 as deaths mount". The New York Times. 12 May 1985.
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  22. ^ "Timeline of incidents in Punjab (Jan to Dec 1982) | KEM". Khalistan Extremism Monitor. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  23. ^ Gill, Kanwar Pal Singh (1997). Punjab, the Knights of Falsehood. Har-Anand Publications. p. 73. ISBN 978-81-241-0569-6.
  24. ^ Dhillon, Gurdarshan Singh (1992). India Commits Suicide. Singh & Singh Publishers. p. 182.
  25. ^ "Pilibhit fake encounter: 'Will seek death penalty for guilty cops'". Hindustan Times. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  26. ^ Jaijee, Inderjit Singh (1999). Politics of Genocide: Punjab, 1984-1998. Ajanta Publications. p. 176. ISBN 978-81-202-0415-7.
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