Kharsawan
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Kharsawan garh is a town and a notified area in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Kharsawan Garh | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 22°47′29″N 85°49′43″E | |
Country | India |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Seraikela Kharsawan |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,793 |
Demographic | |
• Literacy rate | 67.70 % |
• Sex ratio | 958 |
Language | |
• Official | Hindi and English |
• Regional | Bengali, Ho, Mundari, Odia and Santali |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 833216 |
Telephone code | 06583 |
Vehicle registration | JH 22 |
Literacy | 78.05% |
Lok Sabha constituency | Khunti |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kharsawan |
Website | seraikela |
Kharsawan Massacre
On January 1, 1948, the town of Kharsawan in present-day Jharkhand witnessed a massacre reminiscent of what happened in Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. Police opened fire at a crowd gathered for a protest and the weekly haat (market), killing hundreds, or by some accounts, thousands of Adivasis.
Odisa police says that total death was around 35 but actual numbers are likely to have been far higher. In Memoir of a Bygone Era (2000), PK Deo, a former Lok Sabha MP and the last ruler of Kalahandi, stated that at least 2,000 Adivasis were killed, and many more were likely injured.