Since the movie ‘Bengal Files’ is in discussion, here is a list of the names of the real Hindu heroes of Direct Action Day that need to be remembered ~ Some names from the Hindu Resistance group that fought back the Muslim mobs indulging in murders and rapes. I had posted a list earlier, this is an updated one. 📍Names of those who headed the Hindu Resistance in their areas /localities within Calcutta : Cassipore - Shata Ghosh, Prafullakanti Ghosh Shovabazar - Ranajit Saha Shyampukur - Malay Sarkar, Sukumar Basu Bagbazar - Sukhdeb Saha Bidhannagar area - Nabajyoti Burman Maniktala - Kajal Mukherjee and Hrishikesh Chaudhuri Bat tala - Gurupada Nandi Jorabagan - Rishikesh Chowdhury Chitpur - Nepal Ray Armhest Street - Kali Mukherjee Muchipara - Benoy Banerjee, Bhanu Bose Entally - Asutosh Ghosh, Shyamlal Ghosal, Bulu Pal Razabazar to Boubazar - Gopal Chandra Mukherjee Beleghata - Jugal Kishore Ghosh Kalighat - Malay Banerjee Ballyganj - Amal Dutta Jorasanko - Jagabandhu Mitra and Gour Goswami. Tollygunj: JN Bhaduri, Dilip Raychaudhuri, and truckloads of Sikhs from Bhabanipur. Legendary Bengali actor Jahar Ganguly was the leader of the Resistance force in Bagbazar. Loknath Nandi of Tiljala. Jaganmay Mitra has painted a vivid picture of his herculean efforts to fight off ML goons and Pashtun regiment. Bhanu Bose, the lieutenant who organized and led Gopal Mukherjee’s force. Jugal Ghosh at Beleghata, Ram Chatterjee at Kolutola, PK Ghosh at Kashirpur, Jahar Ganguly & Sukhdeb Saha at Bagbazar Basanta Kumar Saha, Dinabandhu Dutta AKA Andrew/Indu, Satya Bose, Santosh Kumar Pal, Lakshmi Narayan Pal, Krishna Bahadur Nepali , Naren Mondal of Sonarpur. Beniapukur: Ashu Ghosh, Shyamlal Ghosal Sobhabajar: Ranjit Saha Shyampukur: Moloy Sarkar, Sukumar Basu Bagbajar: Sukhdeo Saha Ultodanga: Nabajyoti Burman [these names have been collected by me after speaking to various people. Some gave names from their memories, others gave names from the various history books they have read on direct action day. I am grateful to everyone who helped me in collecting the names 🙏]