Khairlanji is a village in Mohadi Taluka of
Bhandara district
Bhandara District (Marathi pronunciation: ʰəɳɖaːɾa is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Bhandara. The district occupies an area of 3717 km2 and has a population o ...
of
Maharashtra,
India
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. The village comes in limelight due to
Khairlanji massacre of 2006 lynching-style murders of a Dalit family by members of the Kunbi, a backward caste in India.
Villages in Bhandara district
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