Mandwi massacre refers to the general massacre of the Bengalis of Mandwi village near Agartala in the Indian state of Tripura on 8 June 1980 , by tribal insurgents . According to official figures 255 Bengalis were massacred in Mandwi , while foreign presses , independent sources and eyewitnesses put the figure anywhere between 350 and 400 . Many of the victims had their heads crushed and their limbs severed . The children were spiked through . Pregnant women had their stomachs slit open . The Amrita Bazar Patrika described the Mandwi massacre as My Lai massacre put into shade . According to Major R. Rajamani , the commander of the Indian army contingent that arrived on 9 June , the My Lai massacre was not even half as gruesome as in Mandwi
My Lai massacre
My Lai Massacre
Mandai massacre