HOW COMES 16TH AUGUST : LOOT, MURDER, ARSON, RAPE, ABDUCTION AND CONVERSION
Part: 1. Even before the Direct Action resolution was passed on 29th July 1946 in Bombay Conference of All Indian Muslim League under the stewardship of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Bengal Muslim leaders were sharpening their weapons for Jehad in Bengal. Abul Hashim, Bengal Muslim League leader, had declared at a date quite prior to 29th […]
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Deposition of Jyotirmoee Das, Wife of Ramnath Das — A Female eyewitness of Noakhali Hindu Genocide 1946
(Collected From Saurendra Kumar Basu) On the day of Laxmipuja, Friday at about 10 a.m. many people came armed with Teta, spear, two guns. Then we all women got on the roof. Then the rogues set fire all around. Manindrababu, Kanu Roy (son of Pyari Roy)went forward to seek forgiveness. Hardly had he sought forgiveness […]
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Election Manifesto of Hindu Mahasabha- 1946
“COMING ELECTION AND THE DUTY OF THE HINDUS” The general election to the Legislative Assemblies of India is impending. Two main issues that will be raised before the countrymen are–– national unity of India and complete freedom. The ideology of the Hindu Mahasabha is very clear. Hindu Mahasabha has clearly announced to the countrymen that […]
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Mother trained daughter how to hang herself
Aratiprova Sur Roy, Father Sri Ananta Kumar Roy, Vill.-Panchgharia, P.S.-Ramganj, Dist.-Noakhali, 14 Ramnarainpur. Two days after Laxmi Puja, Rajkumar Pal of our village was beheaded & his house was set on fire. From that time forth the Muslims of our village began to threaten us that Muslims of other village would behead us. If you […]
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Self-sacrifice of Chittaranjan Datta, Chaudhury of Sayestanagar
On the third day (12th October) of the holocaust, Sri Chittaranjan Datta Chaudhury, grandson of Rai Bahadur Pyarilal Roychaudhury, zaminder of Sayestanagar, P.S.Raypur, sacrificed his life but not his honor. He with his family and servants lived in a palatial three storied building. He knew that he would be next target of the blood-thirsty rioters […]
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Letter of Ex. I.G. G.B. Majumdar to Gandhiji, the great Calcutta killing
“On the afternoon of the 16th, I intended to go to a friend’s house. I just stepped out of my house and heard slogans like ‘Nara-e-Takbir–Allah-ho-Akbar”, and immediately thereafter an extremely abominable incident occurred before my eyes. I saw a gang of Muslim hooligans armed with sticks and other weapons. One of them hit a […]
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Brothers sacrificed their lives in saving their sister’s honour
I, Sreemati Ranibala Debi, daughter of Sj. Kailash Chandra Chakraborty of Vill : Kethuri, P.S. Ramganj, Dist. : Noakhali beg to state that on the night of the 19th October 1946, 2000 Musalmans of our locality entered our house and we entered the adjacednt jungle to save our lives. I am a married girl of […]
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Case of Monomohini Devi, Noakhali Hindu Genocide 1946
Last night (Thursday the 5th of December) at about 8 p.m. one of my workers returning from Lamchar-Karpara gave me the story of how a woman was taken away from her bed at about 9 p.m. the previous night and left outside a few paces from the house. This is within the Lamchar camp. The […]
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লাবণ্যপ্রভা মজুমদারের জবানবন্দি, নোয়াখালী হিন্দু গণহত্যা ১৯৪৬
আমি লাবণ্যপ্রভা মজুমদার; পিতার নাম শ্রী চন্দ্রমাধব পণ্ডিত। আমার বয়স আঠারো। দাঙ্গার সময় আমার দুই ভাই- বিলাসচন্দ্র মজুমদার এবং যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মজুমদার খুন হয়েছিল। বৃহস্পতিবার দিন কোজাগরী লক্ষ্মী পুজো ছিল। তার ঠিক দুদিন পরেই অনেক মুসলমান আমাদের বাড়ি ঘেরাও করে লুটপাট করা শুরু করে। আমরা তখন বাড়ির উঠোনে দাঁড়িয়ে ছিলাম। পাটকাঠি কেরোসিনে ভিজিয়ে আমাদের বাড়িঘরে আগুন […]
Keep Reading →মাতৃভূমি ছেড়ে কলকাতার অজানা রাস্তা
কলকাতার অজানা রাস্তায় একদিকে অশ্রু অপরদিকে ছেড়ে আসা প্রিয় মাতৃভূমিতে থাকা মা বাবার জন্য বুকফাটা যন্ত্রণা….. আমাদের বাড়ি ছিল বাংলাদেশের খুলনা জেলার একটি গ্রামীণ শহরে। বাড়িটি ছিল অনেক বৃহৎ তাতে ছিল একটি পুকুর ও প্রচুর গাছ।আমার বয়স ছিল চৌদ্দ অথবা পনেরো। মনে পরে বৃষ্টির দিনে বড়শিতে চার লাগিয়ে তালগাছের তলায় বসিয়ে রেখে আসতাম।কিছুক্ষন পর পর […]
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