10-12-2006, 05:33 PM
Also important:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dr. Mookherjee supported the partition of Bengal in 1946 to prevent the inclusion of its Hindu-majority areas in a Muslim-dominated East Pakistan; he also opposed a failed bid for a united but independent Bengal made in 1947 by Sarat Bose, the brother of Subhas Chandra Bose and Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, a Bengali Muslim politician. He is accused of condoning violence against Muslims and pro-Pakistan activists during the partition riots of 1947.
He wanted the Hindu Mahasabha not to be restricted to Hindus alone or work as apolitical body for the service of masses. <span style='color:red'>Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu fanatic, the Mahasabha was blamed chiefly for the heinous act and became deeply unpopular. Mookerjee himself condemned the murder and left the party.</span>
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dr. Mookherjee supported the partition of Bengal in 1946 to prevent the inclusion of its Hindu-majority areas in a Muslim-dominated East Pakistan; he also opposed a failed bid for a united but independent Bengal made in 1947 by Sarat Bose, the brother of Subhas Chandra Bose and Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, a Bengali Muslim politician. He is accused of condoning violence against Muslims and pro-Pakistan activists during the partition riots of 1947.
He wanted the Hindu Mahasabha not to be restricted to Hindus alone or work as apolitical body for the service of masses. <span style='color:red'>Following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by a Hindu fanatic, the Mahasabha was blamed chiefly for the heinous act and became deeply unpopular. Mookerjee himself condemned the murder and left the party.</span>
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->