India, June 22 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday described the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's decision to rename Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road as a "historic" move, ...
AM IST During the communal violence that engulfed Calcutta in 1946, supporters believe the organization played a crucial role in protecting local communities and providing assistance to those affected ...
The premise is based on 'patchy half-history' said former Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar; 'The BJP and many Bengalis have a valid reason to hate Huseyn, the Premier of Bengal in 1946, but unfortunately ...
By Srijit Das The history of Kolkata's Suhrawardy Avenue has come under renewed focus after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation ...
Do people refer to Camac Street as Aba­nindranath Thakur Sarani? Yet Theatre Road is often Shakespeare Sarani. Can ...
Direct Action Day on 16 August 1946 led to brutal communal riots in Calcutta, Bengal Muslim League called the day to press for Pakistan, urging Muslims to suspend business Violence involved armed ...
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has renamed Suhrawardy Avenue after Gopal Mukherjee, or Gopal Patha, the saviour of Hindus during the communal killings after the Muslim League called for Direct ...
Bengal Assembly launches YouTube channel, uploads June 20, 1947 Partition debate records showing split votes that led to West Bengal and East Pakistan.