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{{Infobox civilian attack<br />
| location = [[Zakura, India]]<br/>Tengpora, Srinagar<br />
| date = 1 March 1990<br />
| target = Civilians<br />
| type = [[Massacre]], [[Mass shooting]]<br />
| fatalities = 47 killed<ref>{{cite web|title= Zakoora-Tengpora massacre: Kashmir marks 34 years since deadly incident|date=1 March 2024|url= https://www.samaa.tv/2087310606-zakoora-tengpora-massacre-kashmir-marks-34-years-since-deadly-incident#|website=[[Samaa TV]]|access-date=16 May 2025}}</ref><br />
| injuries = 14–100 wounded<br />
| perpetrator = {{army|India}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Zakura And Tengpora Massacre '''was the killing of [[Kashmiri Muslims|Kashmiri Muslim]] protesters calling for the implementation of a [[United Nations]] resolution regarding the plebiscite in [[Kashmir]] at [[Zakura, India|Zakura]] Crossing and Tengpora Bypass Road in [[Srinagar]] on 1 March 1990,<ref>{{cite book |title=Kashmir: The Case for Freedom |authorlink=Tariq Ali |last=Ali |first=Tariq |first2=Hilal|last2=Bhatt|author3-link=Angana P. Chatterji|first3=Angana P.|last3=Chatterji|author4-link=Pankaj Mishra|first4=Pankaj|last4=Mishra|author5-link=Arundhati Roy|first5=Arundhati|last5=Roy |page=xii |year=2011 |publisher=[[Verso Books]] |isbn=9781844677351 }}</ref> in which 26 people were killed at Zakura and 21 at Tengpora. 14 people were injured by Indian forces.<ref name=gossman1991>{{cite book |title=Human Rights in India: Kashmir Under Siege |last=Gossman |first=Patricia |pages=59–60 |year=1991 |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |isbn=9780300056143 }}</ref> It led [[Amnesty International]] to issue an appeal for urgent action on Kashmir.<ref>{{cite book |title=Crescent over Kashmir: Politics of Mullaism |last=Maheshwari |first=Anil |pages=172–173 |year=1993 |publisher=[[Rupa & Co.]] |isbn=9788171671571 }} </ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Gawakadal massacre]]<br />
*[[Sopore massacre]]<br />
*[[Handwara massacre]]<br />
*[[Bijbehara massacre]]<br />
*[[Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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[[Category:Massacres of protesters in India]]<br />
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[[Category:1990 mass shootings in Asia]]<br />
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