Tamil Nadu Timeline

Massacre

6 events, 1920 to 2018; 2 marked as turning points.

  1. 1920

    1. 1920PerungamanallurConflict

      Perungamanallur police firing

      Police fired on Piramalai Kallar villagers at Perungamanallur near Madurai who resisted registration under the Criminal Tribes Act.

  2. 1968

    1. 25 Dec 1968KilvenmaniConflict

      Kilvenmani massacre

      Around 44 Dalit agricultural labourers' family members, mostly women and children, were burnt to death at Kilvenmani in Thanjavur district.

  3. 1993

    1. 9 Apr 1993Male Mahadeshwara HillsConflict

      Palar landmine blast by Veerappan's gang

      A landmine attack by the sandalwood smuggler Veerappan near Palar killed 22 members of a police and forest team from Tamil Nadu.

  4. 1997

    1. 30 Jun 1997MelurConflict

      Melavalavu massacre

      Dalit panchayat president K. Murugesan and six other Dalit men were murdered at Melavalavu near Madurai by members of a dominant caste.

  5. 1999

    1. 23 Jul 1999TirunelveliConflict

      Manjolai labourers massacre on the Tamirabarani

      Seventeen people, mostly Dalit tea estate workers, died in the Tamirabarani river at Tirunelveli while fleeing a police lathi-charge.

  6. 2018

    1. 22 May 2018ThoothukudiProtest

      Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite police firing

      Police fired on protesters marching against the Sterlite copper smelter in Thoothukudi, killing 13 people; the state ordered the plant closed.