Author: Calcutta Disturbances Commission of Enquiry
Title: Report of Proceedings ..,. Minutes of Evidence. Volume IX
Description: Calcutta, Supt. Government Printing, [1948?]. orig. boards. 33x22cm, 176 pp.. Some cover soil. Minor rubbing. Good. ¶ Publisher's colophon at bottom of last page reads: "WBGP - 47/8 - 701B(4) -200" [ie: published in an edition of 200 copies]. Vol. 9 [of 11] of the verbatim transcript of official West Bengal state government hearings into the "Great Calcutta Riot" - communal Hindu-Muslim riots of 16 - 20 August 1946 in which 4000 were killed. Contains testimony at hearings held on 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 28 April 1947. Contains testimony of Ram Deo Singh, Head Constable, Shampukur Police-Station; Cecil Robert Smith, Sergeant, Calcutta Police, attached to Shampukur Police Station; A.K.M. Faziul Kabir Chowdhury, Officer-in-Charge, Manicktolla Police-Station; Shakurul Hosain, Officer-in-Charge, Belliaghatta Police-Station. ["The Calcutta Riots of 1946, also known as the “Great Calcutta Killing,” were four days of massive Hindu-Muslim riots in the capital of Bengal, India, resulting in 5,000 to 10,000 dead, and some 15,000 wounded, between August 16 and 19, 1946. These riots are probably the most notorious single massacre of the 1946-47 period, during which large-scale violence occurred in many parts of India. However, the “ Great Calcutta Killing” stands out somewhat in the history of Calcutta, given that it was by far the most deadly episode in the recent history of the city..." - Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence].

Keywords: Indian Political History, Great Calcutta Riot, Communal Riots, Hindu-Muslim, Religious Conflict, Colonial History, West Bengal, India South Asia, Partition, Politics