GORTA the jalianwala bag of KARNTAKA

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GORTA the jalianwala bag of KARNTAKA

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During 1948, during post-independence violence, hundreds of villagers in Gorta village were massacred by Razakars of Hyderabad..The village is also described as Jallianwalabag of Karnataka in view of mass killings witnessed on May 9 and 10, 1948.A stone plaque installed in front of the village gives the date of mass killing as 5 May 1948 and the fight continued for about two weeks.It is estimated that more than 200 people were killed by Razakars, the private army of Nizam of Hyderabadbut the exact number of deaths was not recorded by body count.[Shri K.M.Munshi, then Agent General of Union Government (of India), who visited the village after the massacre, in his book "End of an Era" (page 131 and 132) puts total deaths figures around 200 and property destruction worth Rs.70 lakhs.

The bitter memories of the massacre are remembered by the women folk of the village by way of songs called Bhulai pada, a semi-folk song. There is a long-standing demand from local people for construction of a memorial at Gorta. Local people and certain political parties have collected Rs.27 lakhs (as of September 2014) with an intention to construct a 35 foot tall memorial in the villageand foundation stone was laid on 17 September 2014 (Hyderabad-Karnataka Liberation day) for the same.
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The village in Basavakalyan taluk has a population of just around 3,000. But Gorta (B) holds a unique place in the country’s history and yet it remains unknown to thousands.
On May 8, 1948, at least 200 people were killed when Razakars, a private militia organised by Kasim Razvi, attacked the village for the Nizam of Hyderabad. After India’s independence in 1947, Hyderabad state comprising Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Hyderabad-Karnataka (which includes Bidar and undivided Kalaburagi and Raichur districts) and Vidarbha region of Maharastra were under the rule of Nizam of Hyderabad. The Nizam decided to keep Hyderabad independent, but the residents of erstwhile Hyderabad State began opposing the Nizam’s rule. But he suppressed the opposition with his army, Razakars.
At this time, Gorta was one of the villages that resisted strongly against the Nizam’s rule. On May 8, 1948 the Razakars entered the village on horses, armed with rifles and other weapons and killed around 200 people. The Razakars took the bodies to the Lakshmi temple there and burned  them.

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