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Relief For 'Bengal Files' Makers, High Court Dismisses Censorship Request
'The Bengal Files' is based on the communal riots of August 1946 in Kolkata, known as the Great Calcutta Killings, and was released last Friday.
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The Story Of A Bengal Butcher Who 'Saved' Calcutta
Rather than being stoic over the aggressive agenda of the Muslim League to bring Calcutta into Pakistan, a fierce man from a city-based meat-selling Brahmin family rose to the occasion.
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Direct Action Day: Spark That Triggered Communal Violence During Partition
On August 16, 1946, a day now remembered as Direct Action Day or the Great Calcutta Killings, Bengal descended into days of brutal bloodshed, shattering hopes of unity and plunging the province into chaos.
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"Symbolise Wave Of Terror": BJP On Mamata Banerjee Call For "Khela Hobe Divas"
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement on Wednesday that the Trinamool Congress would celebrate Khela Hobe Divas on August 16th has been slammed by the BJP.
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Opinion: Mamata Banerjee's Appeasement Policies Have Created Real Danger
Bengal is sitting on a tinder box. According to those who follow the news emanating from the state, it appears on the brink of a major communal conflagration. Comments in the social media ominously recall horrific details of the Great Calcutta Killing of 1946 in which thousands were slaughtered during the carnage triggered by Muslim League leader M...
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Relief For 'Bengal Files' Makers, High Court Dismisses Censorship Request
'The Bengal Files' is based on the communal riots of August 1946 in Kolkata, known as the Great Calcutta Killings, and was released last Friday.
-
The Story Of A Bengal Butcher Who 'Saved' Calcutta
Rather than being stoic over the aggressive agenda of the Muslim League to bring Calcutta into Pakistan, a fierce man from a city-based meat-selling Brahmin family rose to the occasion.
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Direct Action Day: Spark That Triggered Communal Violence During Partition
On August 16, 1946, a day now remembered as Direct Action Day or the Great Calcutta Killings, Bengal descended into days of brutal bloodshed, shattering hopes of unity and plunging the province into chaos.
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"Symbolise Wave Of Terror": BJP On Mamata Banerjee Call For "Khela Hobe Divas"
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement on Wednesday that the Trinamool Congress would celebrate Khela Hobe Divas on August 16th has been slammed by the BJP.
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Opinion: Mamata Banerjee's Appeasement Policies Have Created Real Danger
Bengal is sitting on a tinder box. According to those who follow the news emanating from the state, it appears on the brink of a major communal conflagration. Comments in the social media ominously recall horrific details of the Great Calcutta Killing of 1946 in which thousands were slaughtered during the carnage triggered by Muslim League leader M...
