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Partition: Bengal
In the Great Calcutta killings, the Mayor of Calcutta, Syed Mohammed Usman wrote in a pamphlet, “We Muslims have had the crown and have ruled. Do not lose hearts, be ready and take swords. Oh kafir! Your doom is not far.”
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In the Great Calcutta killings, the Mayor of Calcutta, Syed Mohammed Usman wrote in a pamphlet, “We Muslims have had the crown and have ruled. Do not lose hearts, be ready and take swords. Oh kafir! Your doom is not far.”
1/7
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This was supported by Husseyn Shahid Suhrawardy, the then Bengal chief minister, who in his speech indirectly promised no actions to be taken against the armed Muslims should they decide to unleash their activities in the city.
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This was supported by Husseyn Shahid Suhrawardy, the then Bengal chief minister, who in his speech indirectly promised no actions to be taken against the armed Muslims should they decide to unleash their activities in the city.
#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay
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DN Panigrahi, the author of India’s Partition: The Story of Imperialism in Retreat, also confirmed the inaction of police & army on that ghastly day when unabated killings and rapes went on for 48 hours, after speaking to a foreign journalist present in Calcutta on that day.
DN Panigrahi, the author of India’s Partition: The Story of Imperialism in Retreat, also confirmed the inaction of police & army on that ghastly day when unabated killings and rapes went on for 48 hours, after speaking to a foreign journalist present in Calcutta on that day.
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देशाच्या स्वातंत्र्यानंतर आपण मानसिक दृष्ट्या अनेक वर्षांसाठी गुलाम होतो हे काही वेगळं सांगणं आवश्यक वाटत नाही.आपल्या शालेय जीवनातील पुस्तकांमध्ये आपण नाझी होलोकास्ट बद्दल नक्की वाचलं असेलच... 1/11
देशाच्या स्वातंत्र्यानंतर आपण मानसिक दृष्ट्या अनेक वर्षांसाठी गुलाम होतो हे काही वेगळं सांगणं आवश्यक वाटत नाही.आपल्या शालेय जीवनातील पुस्तकांमध्ये आपण नाझी होलोकास्ट बद्दल नक्की वाचलं असेलच... 1/11
...पण कधी भारताच्या फाळणीनंतर पाकिस्तानातील हिंदूंची काय अवस्था झाली होती आणि त्यांना काय सहन करावं लागलं होतं या बद्दल कधी वाचलं आहे का ? नक्कीच नाही ! 2/11
काही वर्षांपूर्वी पंतप्रधान मोदींनी १४ ऑगस्ट हा दिवस पार्टीशन रिमेम्बरंस होरर्स डे म्हणून ओळखला जाईल असे सांगितल्यावर आपल्या देशातील तथाकथित पुरोगाम्यांनी, व्यक्ती आणि विचार स्वातंत्र्यावर विश्वास ठेवणाऱ्या सगळ्यांनीच याचा कडाडून विरोध केला, हे तेच आहेत जे स्टीवन… 3/11
