List of massacre sites in Rangpur district
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Killing Grounds of Rangpur District are the locations in Bangladesh's northwestern Rangpur Division where during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani military tortured and executed many civilians across the district. According to Banglapedia, there are ten mass grave sites in Rangpur District.
Carmichael College
On 30 April, Pakistan Army attacked Carmichael College. The Army killed Professor Chitta Ranjan Roy, Professor Boam Krishna Adhikari, Professor Kalachand Roy, Professor Md. Abdur Rahman, Professor Shah Solaiman Ali, and Professor Sunil Chandra Chakravorty. They buried the professors in a mass grave near Damdam Bridge.
Balarakhail Killing Ground
Situated southwest of Rangpur Cantonment in Balarakhail where three truckloads of Bengalis were executed on 12 April 1971. Among the victims were Dr. Zikral Hossain, Dr. Yakub Ali, Dr.
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