India’s Forgotten Pogrom: Revisiting the 1948 Chitpavan Brahmin Massacre

Following Gandhi’s assassination by Nathuram Godse, mobs across Maharashtra brutally targeted Chitpavan Brahmins, resulting in thousands of deaths, rapes, and destruction of property.

The violence was not spontaneous; Congress members actively led or enabled attacks, framing them as retaliation.

Well-known figures like Veer Savarkar and his family were directly attacked, and many Brahmin families were displaced or impoverished.

Despite the scale, police files remain sealed, media coverage was minimal, and no prosecutions occurred, indicating political suppression.

To this day, the 1948 Chitpavan massacre remains one of independent India’s most silenced and unacknowledged atrocities.