1962 Rajshahi massacres

The Rajshahi ethnic cleansing, marked by widespread ethnic violence and killings of minority Hindus, took place in April 1962 in Rajshahi and Pabna districts of East Pakistan. People and property were attacked. Around three hundred non-Muslims died in the massacre. In 1958, the military junta led by Ayub Khan came to power in Pakistan.

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