Calcutta police use tear gas bombs during an attempt to set fire to a Hindu temple in riots - 24 Aug, 1946
British tank in the street after bloody rioting in Calcutta between Hindus and Muslims, 1946
Pillaged stores of Hindus post destruction caused by riots in predominately Muslim area on Wellesly St, Calcutta, 1946
Men covering faces due to stench from decaying corpses lying in street after bloody rioting between Hindus & Muslims, Calcutta, 1946
Men adding wood & straw to funeral pyres in preparation for cremation of many corpses - Calcutta 1946
Men unloading corpses from truck in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting - Calcutta, 1946
16 Aug 1946: Muslim League rally at Ochterlony Monument.
100,000 plus attendance.
Bloody rioting would soon follow
1946: A charred corpse lies unnoticed and unattended on a street in Calcutta in the aftermath of the call for 'Direct Action'
Calcutta, 1946: Killed even as they went about their daily lives - thanks to the call for 'Direct Action' by Jinnah
1946: Jinnah's call for Direct Action
Poor innocent fellow. Had NO fcuking clue his message for peace would fail
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Calcutta 1946: Corpses littering the streets told a different story about the kind of 'Direct Action' that followed Jinnah's call
Calcutta, 1946: Vultures feeding on corpses lying abandoned in an alleyway in the aftermath of Jinnah's call for Direct Action
Calcutta, 1946: The dead lay littered everywhere, thanks to the Direct Action Day called by Jinnah
Calcutta 1946: Vultures had quite a feast on human flesh .. I feel they counted the 'Direct Action Day' as a blessing
Corpses lying among pieces of wood in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting
Corpses in a cart prior to being cremated - Calcutta, 1946 #Pakistan was but a few months away
The human tragedy was huge, but then, there was a partition to be effected, right?
Vultures of the winged variety weren't the only ones that had a feast in the aftermath of the Direct Action Day of Jinnah. There were many two-legged vultures as well that feasted.
Even the final journeys of the dead could hardly be called 'respectable'
It was a massacre that Jinnah had ordered.
Period
Direct Action Day, Calcutta, 1946 - Vultures Galore
I'll close this thread now.
Apologies in case anyone got offended by the graphic images of the riots.
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Today is the 105th anniversary of the #JallianwalaBagh massacre
#LestWeForget
Soldiers of 25th London enforcing the 'Crawling Order' in Amritsar, Apr 1919.
Buildup to #JallianwalaBagh massacre
"Your action is correct and the Lieutenant Governor approves" : Michael O'Dwyer (Punjab Governor) to Gen Dyer, after the #JallianwalaBaghMassacre
Dwyer was dispatched to his maker to seek his approval by Udham Singh Shaheed in 1940.
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So yesterday was the second anniversary of the day an Indian Brahmos landed up in Mian Channu in Bhikharistan. In light of the same, replugging a short thread I did in the immediate aftermath of that.
Here goes!
Folks, sharing some thoughts on the recent trip of a not so distant cousin of Shri Brahmos Ji to the Land of the Pure.
Let's see how this one goes ..
But first let me just write the phrase "Brown Pants", so that now Shri Viveek Agrawal Ji can also read this thread.
Ok, here goes ..
Here's wishing Happy #WalongDay to the heroes of 6 KUMAON.
They went to their deaths heroically & steadfastly, without any fuss, this day in 1962. Just so that a General could please a PM on his birthday.
This day in 1962 - The only attack of the war by Indian army was launched - As a birthday gift from a General to a PM.
A heavy price was paid by the Kumaonis of 6 Kumaon that night.
#WalongDay
Denied even one extra day to prepare for the attack, they went in as ordered. Out of the over 200 men that had gone into the attack, only 90 returned.
#WalongDay
A thousand years old Varun Dev Mandir in Manora Island beach Karachi - Being used by Pakistan as a toilet for tourists.
Looks like the tweet above has generated quite some discussion. Apparently, the temple is no longer being utilized as a public toilet for some time now.
That said, replugging a thread tweeted some years back with the hashtag #PakistanAgainstMinorities, chronicling systemic hatred
#PakistanAgainstMinorities
A really interesting interpretation of their flag!
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Folks, sharing some thoughts about the ongoing events in Israel.
Let's see how this thread goes ..
But first, let me take you 50 years back - to 06 Oct 1973.
That day, sometime in afternoon, the Egyptians executed a brilliant crossing of the Suez Canal and rushed ahead into the Sinai Peninsula that was theirs till 1967.
At the same time, Syrians too attacked Israel from North.
As for the Israelis, they were caught with utter and complete surprise. Add to it the fact that it was the Yom Kippur Day, most of them were actually celebrating the festival at homes when Egypt and Syria crossed into Israel in a feat of military brilliance.