Punjab Partition massacres

Target entity: Punjab Partition massacres
Context triple: [Great Calcutta Killings, relatedEvent, Punjab Partition massacres]

• A. Nankana Sahib massacre
  The Nankana Sahib massacre was a 1921 killing of unarmed Sikh reformers by hired mercenaries at the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Punjab, a pivotal event in the Gurdwara Reform Movement against corrupt mahants under British rule.
• B. 1984 anti-Sikh riots
  The 1984 anti-Sikh riots were a series of brutal, large-scale pogroms targeting Sikhs across India, particularly in Delhi, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• C. Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre
  The Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre was a 1930 British colonial shooting of unarmed protesters in Peshawar, which became a pivotal moment in the nonviolent Pashtun independence movement.
• D. Punjab insurgency
  The Punjab insurgency was a violent separatist movement in India during the 1980s and early 1990s, primarily led by Sikh militants seeking an independent state of Khalistan and marked by widespread terrorism, counterinsurgency operations, and significant civilian casualties.
• E. Noakhali riots
  The Noakhali riots were a series of communal massacres and atrocities against Hindus in the Noakhali district of Bengal in 1946, which became a grim symbol of the escalating Hindu-Muslim violence preceding the Partition of India.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Punjab Partition massacres
Target entity description: The Punjab Partition massacres were a series of brutal, large-scale communal killings and forced migrations in 1947 that accompanied the division of British India, particularly devastating the Punjab region as Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs were displaced across the new India–Pakistan border.

• A. Nankana Sahib massacre
  The Nankana Sahib massacre was a 1921 killing of unarmed Sikh reformers by hired mercenaries at the Nankana Sahib gurdwara in Punjab, a pivotal event in the Gurdwara Reform Movement against corrupt mahants under British rule.
• B. 1984 anti-Sikh riots
  The 1984 anti-Sikh riots were a series of brutal, large-scale pogroms targeting Sikhs across India, particularly in Delhi, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• C. Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre
  The Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre was a 1930 British colonial shooting of unarmed protesters in Peshawar, which became a pivotal moment in the nonviolent Pashtun independence movement.
• D. Punjab insurgency
  The Punjab insurgency was a violent separatist movement in India during the 1980s and early 1990s, primarily led by Sikh militants seeking an independent state of Khalistan and marked by widespread terrorism, counterinsurgency operations, and significant civilian casualties.
• E. Noakhali riots
  The Noakhali riots were a series of communal massacres and atrocities against Hindus in the Noakhali district of Bengal in 1946, which became a grim symbol of the escalating Hindu-Muslim violence preceding the Partition of India.
• F. None of above. chosen