The Neerukonda Massacre happened in Andhra Pradesh on July 15, 1987, in Neerukonda village, inside the Guntur district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. An angry mob composed of members of the Kamma caste began attacking Dalit Malas after some of them held a wedding ceremony inside the town's upper-class areas.[1][2][3] The rioters killed five people, one a Yadav and the remaining four Malas. Among those people killed was a 60-year old Mala elder.[4] Many Malas fled to nearby Mangalagiri.[1]
| Neerukonda Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Caste-related violence in India | |
| Location | Neerukonda village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Date | 15 July 1987 |
Attack type | Caste-based violence |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | Unknown |
| Victims | Dalit Malas, Yadav |
| Perpetrators | Kamma caste members |
| Motive | Caste-based discrimination |
The riots, along with the Karamchedu and Tsundur massacres, have been described as having helped shape the perception of the caste system in Indian society.[5]
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- ^ "Andhra: Police Tonsure Dalit Man for 'Unruly Behaviour' Towards YSR Congress Leader". The Wire. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Unwilling to act". Frontline. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Balagopal, K. (1991). "Post-Chundur and Other Chundurs". Economic and Political Weekly. 26 (42): 2399–2405. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4398179.
- ^ Satyanarayana, K. (1 January 2007). "The discovery of Jashuva: the shaping of Dalit literary tradition in Telugu". Language Forum. 33 (1): 99–114.
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