Massacre Ghat

Satti Chaura Ghat or Massacre Ghat is a famous ghat in Kanpur, the commercial hub of Uttar Pradesh country in north India. It is positioned at the bank of the River Ganges in Kanpur close to Jajmau. Satichaura or embankment of satis were a place years in the past a few women had dedicated sati and in commemoration a small temple with stone steps alongside the bank to facilitate bathing, were built. The origins of the ghat date to pre-colonial instances. It changed into at this location that the initial momentous activities of Indian Rebellion of 1857, named as Siege of Cawnpore in British colonial information, took place.

The ghat become renamed as Massacre Ghat after the rebellion. It is now below the charge of the Kanpur Cantonment Board. It remains in use as a showering and formality ghat for nearby population. This Ghat has grow to be historically essential for the reason that Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. On 27 June 1857, Kanpur noticed one of the grimmest memories of Indian history of independence. Around three hundred British men, women and children were slaughtered on the Satti Chaura Ghat, later gaining identification as Massacre Ghat. Those who escaped the brutal fate that day have been later killed on the Bibighar Massacre.