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The Great Calcutta Killings: Hidden History of 1946 Direct Action Day | Tathagata Roy

Former West Bengal Governor Tathagata Roy reveals the suppressed history of the Great Calcutta Killings of August 16, 1946 - one of the most devastating communal riots in Indian history that has been systematically hidden from public discourse. In this powerful #SangamTalks presentation, Roy exposes how political leaders orchestrated mass violence, the role of British complicity, and why this crucial chapter remains absent from mainstream historical narratives. He draws parallels to contemporary politics and discusses the ongoing suppression of historical truth. Key Topics Covered: The Cabinet Mission Plan and Nehru's fateful press conference Suhrawardy's orchestration of Direct Action Day Eyewitness accounts of unprecedented violence British administrative complicity Hindu retaliation and Sikh leadership Comparison with Jallianwala Bagh and Chuknagar massacres Modern attempts to whitewash history This is essential viewing for understanding the true cost of Partition and the importance of historical honesty. The Great Calcutta Killings of 16th August 1946, euphemistically called 'Direct Action Day', was a desperate bid by the Muslim League to achieve Pakistan, which succeeded. It was conceived by Mohammed Ali Jinnah and implemented by Husseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, then Premier of Undivided Bengal. The British Governor, Sir Frederick Burrows, was a silent but willing participant, and the Communist Party lent it wholehearted support. The casualties could not be counted, but are estimated at 15,000 dead and countless grievously injured. It shook the Congress leaders into conceding Pakistan. About the Author Tathagata Roy, the former governor of Tripura and Meghalaya, and erstwhile president of the BJP West Bengal, grew up with stories of how theirs was an affluent family which was forced to flee their country and came to India as refugees from what is now Bangladesh. I, myself have heard similar stories on the other side of the border. Tathagata Roy began life as a civil engineer in the Indian Railways, but moved to teaching and politics. He joined the RSS in 1986, the BJP in 1990 and was the state president of the party in West Bengal 2002-2006. He served as the Governor of Tripura, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. He is an author of five books in English and Bengali on socio-political subjects and also of many articles. Timestamped Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction: The Suppressed History 04:22 - Cabinet Mission Plan and Nehru's Fatal Mistake 08:55 - Jinnah's Direct Action Announcement 10:46 - Suhrawardy's Orchestration of Violence 15:18 - The Massacre Begins: August 16, 1946 17:48 - Hindu-Sikh Retaliation and British Complicity 24:03 - Eyewitness Account: Ashok Mitra's Journey 29:23 - Aftermath and Historical Cover-up 31:07 - Modern Controversies: Khela Hobe Day 33:20 - Academic Suppression and Secular Historians 38:06 - Comparative Genocides: Chuknagar vs Jallianwala Bagh 43:02 - Political Leadership Failures 51:14 - Contemporary Challenges and Infiltration 57:52 - Bengali Identity vs Historical Truth 1:03:59 - Personal Journey: From Engineer to Historian Reference Reading: My People Uprooted – by Tathagata Roy A Suppressed Chapter in History: The Exodus of Hindus from East Pakistan and Bangladesh 1947-2006- by Tathagata Roy Ja Chhilo Amar DeshA CHHILO AMAR DESH- by Tathagata Roy Chuknagar Gonohatya ’71 (Genocide at Chuknagar in 1971—by Muntasir Mamun The Great Calcutta Killings of 1946: What Went before and After—by Asok Mitra Freedom at Midnight—by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre Syama Prasad Mookerjee – by Tathagata Roy Apratim Nayak Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee (Hindi Edition)- by Tathagat Roy Subscribe to our YouTube channels: YouTube English:    / sangamtalks   YouTube Hindi:    / sangamhindi   Follow Sangam Talks on social media Telegram : https://t.me/sangamtalks Twitter:   / sangamtalks   Facebook:   / sangamtalks   Instagram:   / sangamtalks   Website: https://www.sangamtalks.org Donate: https://www.sangamtalks.org/donate Hashtags: #directactionday #calcuttakillings #partition1947 #bengalhistory #hiddenhistory #tathagatroy #sangamtalks #suhrawardy #britishraj #communalriots #historicaltruth #indianhistory #bengal #jinnah #nehru #gandhi #academicbias #secularhistorians #khelajhobe #bangladesh #eastpakistan #hinduexodus #sikhleadership #britishcomplicity #cabinetmission #groupingplan #chuknagar #jallianwalabagh #genocide #masskillings