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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Char Bhadrasan massacre <br/>চরভদ্রাসন গণহত্যা
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| map = {{Location map|Bangladesh|lat=23.57|long=90.00|caption=}}
| map_caption =
| location = Char Bhadrasan, Faridpur, East Pakistan
| target = [[Bengali Hindus]]
| coordinates =
| date = May 1971
| time =
| timezone = UTC+6:00
| type = [[Mass murder]], [[Massacre]]
| fatalities = 50-60
| injuries =
| perps = [[Pakistani Army]], Razakars
| weapons = Rifles
| numparts =
}}

'''Char Bhadrasan massacre''' ({{lang-bn|চরভদ্রাসন গণহত্যা}}) refers to the massacre of unarmed Hindu residents in [[Charbhadrasan Upazila|Char Bhadrasan]] in [[Faridpur district]] by the Pakistani occupation army and the Razakars in the middle of May 1971.<ref name="tdj10042012">{{cite news |script-title=bn:অভিযোগপত্র ১ ॥ চরভদ্রাসনে তিন শ’ বাড়ি পোড়ায় ও ৫০ জনকে হত্যা করে মুজাহিদ |last=Datta |first=Bikash |url=http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2012-04-10&ni=92788 |newspaper=The Daily Janakantha |location=Dhaka |date=April 10, 2012 |language=bn |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915070018/http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15 |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="pa22062012">{{cite news |script-title=bn:মুজাহিদের বিচার শুরু |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/267679 |newspaper=Prothom Alo |location=Dhaka |date=June 22, 2012 |language=bn |access-date=June 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625063031/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/267679 |archive-date=June 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="samakal22062012">{{cite news |script-title=bn:মুজাহিদের বিরুদ্ধে ৭ অভিযোগ |url=http://archive.samakal.net/print_edition/details.php?news=17&view=archiev&y=2012&m=06&d=22&action=main&menu_type=&option=single&news_id=270304&pub_no=1091&type= |newspaper=Samakal |location=Dhaka |date=June 22, 2012 |language=bn |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105800/http://archive.samakal.net/print_edition/details.php?news=17&view=archiev&y=2012&m=06&d=22&action=main&menu_type=&option=single&news_id=270304&pub_no=1091&type= |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed]], the leader of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]] led a team of [[Razakars (Pakistan)|Razakars]] and Pakistani army to the Hindu-dominated villages of Baidyadangi, Majhidangi and Baladangi where they massacred 50-60 unarmed [[Bengali Hindus]]. The attackers set fire to 300-350 Hindu households forcing them to flee the country.
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== Background ==
[[Charbhadrasan Upazila|Char Bhadrasan]] is located on the southern bank of the [[Padma]]. The area is dominated by [[sandbank]]s along the river, which are known for changing their course over time, submerging existing sandbanks and creating new sandbanks in the process. The word ''Char'' literally means a sandbank. The villages of Baidyadangi, Majhidangi and Baladangi, located on these sandbanks were Hindu villages inhabited by the peasant and fishermen castes.

On the evening of 25 March, the Pakistani occupation army launched the [[Operation Searchlight]]. As the army took control of [[Dhaka]] and began to proceed towards the districts, the local collaborators began to organize pro-Pakistani paramilitary organizations like the [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al Badr]] and [[Al-Shams (Bangladesh)|Al Shams]] to resist the freedom fighters.

== Events ==
In the middle of May, [[Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed]], the secretary of East Pakistan Islami Chhatra Sangha and a commander of [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al Badr]] along with one Hammad Maulana, led a group of eight to ten non-Bengali Muslims along with a contingent of the Pakistani occupation army in an attack in the Hindu-dominated villages in [[Charbhadrasan Upazila|Char Bhadrasan]]. In one morning in the middle of May, at around 6{{nbsp}}a.m. the attackers surrounded the three villages of Baidyadangi, Majhidangi and Baladangi from three sides. They looted and set fire to 300-350 Hindu households and around 50 to 60 unarmed Hindu men and women, while the rest fled.<ref name="tds17012012">{{cite news |title=Mojaheed pressed Pak army for hasty killings |last=Sarkar |first=Ashutosh |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=218696 |newspaper=The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref>

The majority of the Hindus fled to [[India]] after the massacre. Their properties were usurped by the [[Razakars (Pakistan)|Razakars]] and their supporters. Gradually the Hindus became a minority in the area. Later on the village of Baidyadangi was lost due to river erosion.

== See also ==
* [[Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed]]

== References ==
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{{1971 Bangladesh genocide|state=expanded}}

[[Category:1971 in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Massacres in 1971]]
[[Category:1971 Bangladesh genocide]]
[[Category:Massacres of Bengali Hindus in East Pakistan]]
[[Category:Faridpur District]]
[[Category:Massacres committed by Pakistan in East Pakistan]]
[[Category:May 1971 events in Asia]]

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