05-04-2006, 09:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2006, 09:49 PM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->can we have more information about this "fooling". did he sell ahimsha to hindus, while ignoring the fact that muslims were being millitant??<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
After direct action day was done, there was Hindu retaliation in Calcutta, Gandhi was after Bengalis for this, he came to Kolkata and stayed with Suhrawardy (organiser of Direct Action Day) and Suhrawardhy in turn was pleading with him to save Muslims from Hindu retalition, Gandhi as usual did one of his fasts and asked Hindus to stop the retaliation and most of them did, this was hailed as the "Calcutta miracle" but I really doubt it was because of Gandhi, because by the time Gandhi came Hindus had more than equalled Muslim killings and the rioters were probably going home after their duty was done.
This bloody nose also gave Muslims some much needed experience and planning, so from that time on they decided to hit Hindus in areas where they were a tiny minority such as Noakhali and Tippera. But the Bihari Hindus in Bengal went to their villages and spread the word about Muslim savagery in Calcutta and about 5000 Muslims got slaughtered in Bihar as retaliation, this was when Nehru wanted to air bomb Bihari Hindus, I don't know if he actually implemented it. Gandhi also went on a fast again to prevent Bihari Hindus from taking revenge but he didn't succeed much.
After direct action day was done, there was Hindu retaliation in Calcutta, Gandhi was after Bengalis for this, he came to Kolkata and stayed with Suhrawardy (organiser of Direct Action Day) and Suhrawardhy in turn was pleading with him to save Muslims from Hindu retalition, Gandhi as usual did one of his fasts and asked Hindus to stop the retaliation and most of them did, this was hailed as the "Calcutta miracle" but I really doubt it was because of Gandhi, because by the time Gandhi came Hindus had more than equalled Muslim killings and the rioters were probably going home after their duty was done.
This bloody nose also gave Muslims some much needed experience and planning, so from that time on they decided to hit Hindus in areas where they were a tiny minority such as Noakhali and Tippera. But the Bihari Hindus in Bengal went to their villages and spread the word about Muslim savagery in Calcutta and about 5000 Muslims got slaughtered in Bihar as retaliation, this was when Nehru wanted to air bomb Bihari Hindus, I don't know if he actually implemented it. Gandhi also went on a fast again to prevent Bihari Hindus from taking revenge but he didn't succeed much.