Direct Action Day (Thread)
Part 1 : Butcher of Bengal
Direct Action Day is a chapter from history that was purposefully deleted so that Indians can never know what atrocities Hindus faced due to the secularism n non violence of Gandhi
But today entire world will know
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1946, India
Initially Gandhi was not if favor of partition
Jinnah said if they don’t get Pakistan then they will destroy India
Gandhi said Hindu Muslim r brothers n a Mslm will never kill Hindu
Jinnah smiled n said : Lets see, We will start direct action on 16th Aug 1946 for
separate country
Direct action started from Kolkata on 16th August 1946 n lasted till 22 Aug in Kolkata.
Second round of DAD started in Oct 1946 in current Bangladesh and Jinnah brought Gandhi on knees n Gandhi started to think abt partition
What happened in those 3 months
Muslim League n Congress were 2 main political parties in Constituent Assembly of India in 1940s
Muslim League had demanded, since its 1940 Lahore Resolution, that the Muslim-majority areas of India in the northwest and the east, should be constituted as 'independent states"
The 1946 Cabinet Mission to India for planning of the transfer of power from the British Raj to the Indian leadership proposed a three-tier structure: -
Centre
-Groups of provinces
-Provinces.
The "groups of provinces" were meant to accommodate the Muslim League demand.
Both the Muslim League and Congress in principle accepted the Cabinet Mission's plan.
That means there will be special states in India that will be handled by Muslims only n Central govt will take care external functions of country
Till then there was no plan of Partition
10 July 1946, Bombay
Nehru held a press conference n declared that although Congress had agreed to participate in the Constituent Assembly
But it reserved the right to modify Cabinet Mission Plan in future
It made Jinnah furious n now he started to demand partition of India
A separate country for Muslims
Gandhi rejected proposal of Partition
Next day, Jinnah announced 16 Aug 1946 would be "Direct Action Day"
Jinnah - We do not want war. If you want war we accept your offer unhesitatingly. We will either have a divided India or a destroyed India
And here Gandhi under estimated Jinnah n overestimated his secularism n Hindu Mus1im Unity
He was in misunderstanding that Mslm will never kill Hindus for separate country
In That time there was united Bengal that consist of current West Bengal n current Bangladesh
Kolkata was capital and Huseyn Suhrawardy (Butcher of Bengal) was CM of Bengal n Loyal of Jinnah
Bengal was Muslim-majority province with only 42% Hindus, but Calcutta had 64% Hindus
Bengal was the only province in British India where a Muslim League government was in power.
16th Aug 1946 (Direct Action Day)
Calcutta
18th day of Ramzan month
Suhrawardy declared strike on that day.
All Muslims closed their shop.
The meeting began around 2 pm though processions of Muslims from all parts of Calcutta had started assembling since the midday namaj.
Large number of the participants were reported to have been armed with iron bars and lathis After the afternoon namaj
Mob of around 1 lac Muslims attacked Hindus n started to butcher them.
Mob were shouting
“le kar rahenge Pakistan”
“nara a takbeer, allah hu akbar”
Direct Action Day Begins
Armed with weapon, They attacked on Hindi majority area n killed them
A mob attacked on Victoria college
All girls were raped in classroom, then killed n hung naked on windows
Hindu girls’ naked bodies were hung from hooks at Raja Bazar beef shops
17th Aug
18th Aug
19th Aug
Hindu massacre kept going
Kolkata was Hindu majority but most of Hindus were educated n were not ready for this attack
How many Hindus were killed, how many women were raped no one knows but there were streets full of dead bodies.
On 19th Aug Hindu also mobilized under leadership of one man Gopal Patha n fought back
By 22nd Aug
They defeated Mslms n saved Calcutta
(Story of 19th - 22th Aug in 2nd part - Gopal Patha)
Jinnah Calcutta plan was failed so he started second round of Direct Action Day in Oct
Second round of Direct Action Day started in all cities of East Bengal (Current Bangladesh)
Worst massacre of Hindus happened in Noakhali city.
Riots started in Noakhali from 10th Oct 1946.
Mob of 30000 Mslm attacked on Hindu area n whoever they saw chopped their head.
They snatched babies from mothers n chopped them in front of them
In Kolkata they raped woman but in Noakhali they raped in front of their family
Lot of women's naked body recovered without breast. They chopped their breast.
No one knows total causalities but people say first day 15000 Hindus were killed n thousand of women were raped
The attack on Noakhali was led by Muslim league leader Ghulam Sarwar
Worst they did with Rajendralal Roychowdhury, who was the president of Hindu Mahasabha
His head was chopped n presented to Ghulam in a plate. His daughters were handed over to guards and all raped them till they died
In next 1 week, Raipur, Ramganj, Begampur, Lakshmipur, around 1 lac innocent Hindu were killed n 1000s of women were raped n captured as sex slave
More than 1 lac people left their home
Thousands of Hindus were forcefully fed cow meat n converted to Islam.
Their plan was to Kill all Hindus of Bengal so that they can take entire Bengal n Assam in Pakistan.
How many Hindu women were raped n made sex slave no one knows.
After the incident a social worker Leela Roy rescued alone 1307 hindu girls from Muslims
August to October, the soil of Bengal became red by blood of Hindus
Gandhi’s ego of false secularism and Hindu Mslm unity had broken n he was ready for partition
Jinnah brought him down.
Jinnah’s direct action day was successful, after killing lacs of Hindus n raping unlimited Hindu women finally Pakistan was going to be formed
This chapter of history was purposefully removed from History Books
Why Jinnah chose 16th August
Coz it was 18th day of Ramzan
On this day, Battle of Badr occured which resulted first decisive victory of Islam over the heathens and the subsequent conquest of Mecca
A pious day for Jihad
Direct Action Day In Pics
23/23
How Hindus of Calcutta fought back
JInnah wanted Calcutta in 7 days but he saved Calcutta in 3 days
Story of Gopal Patha
What happened on 19th Aug to 22th Aug
How Gopal Patha saved Calcutta
What Gopal patha replied to Gandhi
In second part of this thread
on 18th August 2023
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