India Pakistan Afghanistan The Hondh-Chillar massacre[note 1] (Punjabi: ਹੋਂਦ-ਚਿੱਲੜ ਕਤਲੇਆਮ [hɔ́nd tʃɪlːəɾ kə̀lːuɡɑ̀ɾɑ]) refers to the killings of at least 32 Sikhs on 2 November 1984 in a hamlet in the Rewari district of Haryana, allegedly by a political mob during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
[5] After the October 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi, thousands of Sikhs were killed in the 1984 Anti-Sikh pogroms by Congress (I) party workers' mobs being aided by government officials who provided "trucks and state buses" as well as "weapons-including oil, kerosene, and other flammable materials".
[1] They began attacking the Sikhs armed with rods, lathis, diesel, kerosene, and matches as well as chanting slogans in favor of the Congress (I) party.
[1] They continued to burn down the Sikhs' bungalows and gurdwara until the villagers who were able to escape the initial attack tried to find shelter in three different houses.
-Survivor quoted by Tehelka[1] At 6 PM on 1 November 1984 after Indira Gandhi was shot, a mob under the guidance of Congress leader Lalit Maken set fire to Pataudi's gurdwara which created a panic in the town.
Left tired and crying in front of their homes, they became separated from each other, and at 10 AM the mob returned and began burning people alive.
[9] On 2 March 2011 members of Akali Dal, the main Sikh political party in India, demanded that the Lok Sabha form a probe to look into the massacre.
[11] The American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee organized a meeting with the U.S. State Department to discuss related human rights violations and legal action.
[14] On 12 March, Sikhs for Justice met with Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova in New York to discuss preserving the ruins as a heritage site.