Khairlanji
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Khairlanji is a small village in mohadi tahsil of Bhandara district
of Indian State of Maharashtra
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The village comes in limelight due to Kherlanji massacre
of 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the Kunbi, a backward caste in India.
Bhandara district
Bhandara district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Bhandara. The district occupies an area of 3890 km² and has a population of 1,135,835 of which 15.47% are urban . It is fondly called as the 'District of Lakes'...
of Indian State of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
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The village comes in limelight due to Kherlanji massacre
Kherlanji massacre
The Kherlanji massacre refers to the 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the politically dominant, but backward Kunbi caste. The killings took place in a small village in India named Khairlanji, located in the Bhandara district of the state of Maharashtra...
of 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the Kunbi, a backward caste in India.