Report of Proceedings .,. Minutes of Evidence. Volume III

Published by Government Printing Office [1948?], Calcutta, 1948

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33x20cm, 216 pages., Spine torn and wormed. Cover soiled. Publisher's colophon at bottom of last page reads: "WBGP - 47/8 - 18X(III) - 200" [ie: published in an edition of 200 copies]. Vol. 3 only [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 1 946 in which 4000 were killed. Contains testimony at hearings held on 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29 November 1946. Contains testimony of Lieutenant- General Francis Robert Roy Bucher, Officiating General Officer,Commanding in Chief, Eastern Command; Donald Ross Hardwick, Commissioner of Police ( continued from Volume II); Ronald Leslie Walker, Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal ["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 1 0,000 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]. Worn. Cover heavily wormed. Pinholing to margins. Fair condition.…

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Title
Report of Proceedings .,. Minutes of Evidence. Volume III
Author
Calcutta Disturbances Commission of Enquiry
Publisher
Government Printing Office [1948?], Calcutta
Publication year
1948
Binding
orig. boards
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