Qissa Khwani massacre
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The Qissa Khwani massacre[2] (Pashto: د قصه خوانۍ بازار خوڼۍ پېښه) in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) on 23 April 1930 was an armoured vehicle-ramming attack and mass shooting of the unarmed civilian freedom fighters by the British colonial troops, which consequently became one of the defining moments of the independence movement in British India.
Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre د قصه خوانۍ بازار خونړۍ پېښه | |
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Location | Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (Present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
Date | 23 April 1930; 93 years ago (1930-04-23) |
Target | Khudai Khidmatgar protestors |
Attack type | Massacre |
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Perpetrators | British Indian Army |
It was the first major confrontation between the British Indian Army and demonstrators in the city belonging to Abdul Ghaffar Khan's non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar (servants of God) movement against the British colonial government.[3]
Contemporary estimates put the death toll between the official count of 20 and the figure of 400 put forth by Pakistani and Indian sources.[1] The shooting of unarmed people triggered protests across British India and catapulted the newly formed Khudai Khidmatgar movement into prominence.[4]