Arjun Mohan

#𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 : 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱. Hindu women were hung naked in beef shops, female students were raped and then hung from windows: Hear the brutality from the elderly man who witnessed ‘Direct Action Day’ Muslim leaders declared August 16, 1946, as ‘Direct Action Day’ for the partition of India, when Muslim mobs unleashed brutal violence against Hindus. The impact was particularly severe in Bengal, where riots broke out in several areas. The Noakhali riots are among the most notorious, continuing for several months. Mahatma Gandhi had to camp in the area. An elderly man has shared his experiences of these riots. Journalist Abhijit Majumdar shared a video of this on social media. Rabindranath Dutta, a survivor of ‘Direct Action Day’, witnessed the brutality of the Muslim mob firsthand. He is 92 years old, meaning he was a young man, around 24 years old, at the time. He described how the naked bodies of Hindu women were hung from hooks in the beef shops of Raja Bazaar. He recounted how several Hindu female students studying at Victoria College were raped, murdered, and their bodies hung from the windows of the hostel. Rabindranath Dutta saw the mutilated bodies of Hindus with his own eyes. There were streams of blood on the ground, flowing even under his feet. Many of these were women whose breasts had been cut off. There were black marks on their private parts. This was the epitome of cruelty. To share his experiences with the world, Rabindranath Dutta wrote a dozen books on ‘Direct Action Day’, the Noakhali massacre, and the 1971 genocide. He funded this by selling his wife's jewelry after her death. His eyewitness accounts, along with his extensive study and research, are included in these books. He says that no leader, film personality, or media figure in Bengal cares about this. Women were raped, and people were forcibly converted. The story of Gopal Chandra Mukherjee, also known as Gopal Patha, and his role on the Hindu side during these riots is very well-known. Gopal Mukherjee formed a militia that defended Hindus during the riots, and this militia fought so fiercely that the leaders of the Muslim League had to request Gopal Mukherjee to stop the bloodshed.