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  A pristine historical stone in Mahasthangarh, Bogra, Bangladesh.  Image: ©Sd. Raihan

  Dhongsher Kinare Boshe ধ্বংসের কিনারে বসে Book by Shamsur Rahman শামসুর রাহমান  Publisher: Beauty Book House, Dhaka, 1992 This book of poetry features the poem "Sudhangshu Jabe Na" and many other poems dealing with the human rights violation issues in Islamic Bangladesh and the atrocities on minorities. 

  September 1, 1946 newspaper report. Gandhi's house attacked by a mob few days after the 1946 Calcutta Killings that started on 16th August, 1946. 

  The Prolonged Partition and its Pogroms: Testimonies on Violence Against Hindus in East Bengal 1946-64.  Book by A.J. Kamra Publisher: Voice of India, New Delhi, 2000.  ISBN 81-85990-63-8.  

  Astracharcha: Pulin Behari Das Rachanasamagra অস্ত্রচর্চা: পুলিন বিহারী দাশ রচনাসমগ্র  Book by Pulin Behari Das পুলিন বিহারী দাশ Editors: Deeptanil Ray and Nikhilesh Bhattacharya Published: 2015 516 pages ISBN: 978-93-83660-13-1 About the Book:  Manuals on weapon-training from Bengal’s Revolutionary period are rare. Along with Lathikhela o asisiksha (fighting with sticks and sword-play), this volume brings together the publicity-shy Pulin Behari Das’ life-long research and practice—unpublished manuscripts on training with the long-stick, knife and dagger, on archery, and free-hand self-defence (jujutsu).  A rare instruction manual, Barolathi ba raibansh khela (on the long-stick and Raybansh), written by Das’ student, Jyotirmay Deb Ray Thakur of Dhaka-Bikrampur, and a brief list of forgotten Bengali strongmen compiled by Samar Basu are appended here.  This is an indispensable source-book for those interested in the history of stick-fighting and armed martial training in Bengal. Pulin

  12 books of Shiboprosad Ray 1. Rokte Jodi Aagun Dhore রক্তে যদি আগুন ধরে 2. Aar Ek Sukanto  আর এক সুকান্ত  3. Chagoladyo Netritto ebong Kashmir 4. Amra O Tomra  আমরা ও তোমরা 5. Asun Amra Sobai Mile RSS ke Khotom Kori  আসুন আমরা সবাই মিলে আর এস এস কে খতম করি 6. Chaturborgo   চতুর্ব্বগ  7. Deshe Deshe Joyojatra   দেশে দেশে জয়যাত্রা  8. Shoitanera Ghomoy Na    শয়তানেরা ঘুমোয় না 9. Teen Bigha Niye    তিন বিঘা নিয়ে 10. Buddhijibi Somipeshu   বুদ্ধিজীবী সমীপেষু 11. Dhormo Niye Du Char Kotha   ধর্ম নিয়ে দু'চার কথা 12. Sorbodhormo Somonoykari Hoite Savdhan    সর্বুধর্ম সমন্বয়কারী হইতে সাবধান

  Dibyagyan Noy Kandogyan Chai দিব্যজ্ঞান নয় কান্ডজ্ঞান চাই Book by Shiboprasad Ray শিবপ্রসাদ রায় Published: 

  Awake Hindusthan! Book by Syama Prasad Mookerjee  1945

  Leaves from a Diary Book by Syama Prasad Mookerjee(Mukhopadhyay/Mukherjee) Oxford University Press, 2000 Leaves from a Diary contains the autobiographical writings of the prominent political personality and well-known parliamentarian Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. His writings in English and the English translation of some of his Bengali writings chronicle important events of the period betweeen 1937 and early 1946.

  Mr. J.N. Mandal, Minister for Law and Labour, Government of Pakistan On 8th October, 1950          My Dear Prime Minister,           It is with a heavy heart and a sense of utter frustration at the failure of my life-long mission to uplift the backward Hindu masses of East Bengal that I feel compelled to tender resignation of my membership of your Cabinet. It is proper that I should set forth in detail the reasons, which have prompted me to take this decision in this important juncture of the history of Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent.           ( 1 ) Before I narrate the remote and immediate causes of my resignation, it may be useful to give a short background of important events that have taken place during the period of my co-operation with the League, Having been approached by a few prominent League leaders of Bengal in February 1943, I agreed to work with them in the Bengal Legislative Assembly. After the fall of the Fazlul Haque Ministry in March 1943, with a party of 21 Scheduled

  Bangalir Muktijuddhe Ontoraler Sheikh Mujib  বাঙালির মুক্তিযুদ্ধে অন্তরালের শেখ মুজিব Book by Dr. Kalidas Baidya ডাঃ কালিদাস বৈদ্য Published...  The Book is also available in English by the name "Bangladesh Liberation War: Sheikh Mujib Behind the Scene" A great book that discloses the real face of the hypocrite named Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, one of the right hand men of Suhrawardy, the perpetrator of the 1946 Calcutta Killings. 

Contribution of India in the War of Liberation of Bangladesh Book by Salam Azad (Translated from original Bengali)  Bookwell Publications (2006)

  Genocide '71: An Account of the Killers and Collaborators Book edited by Ahmed Sharif Publisher: Muktijuddha Chetana Bikash Kendra(Dhaka), 1987

  The Cruel Birth of Bangladesh: Memoirs of an American Diplomat  Book by Archer K. Blood  Published University Press Limited (2002)

  Marichjhapi: Chinna Desh, Chinna Itihas Edited by Madhumoy Pal Publisher: Gangchil, 2009

  Marichjhanpi Beyond and Within Book by Sukharanjan Sengupta  Publisher: FrontPage Publications (2010)

  The Hungry Tide  Book by Amitav Ghosh Published by HarperCollins, 2004-05 The Hungry Tide is Amitav Ghosh's sixth novel. The Marichjhanpi massacre of 1978-79 forms a background for the novel. (The massacre was perpetrated by the CPIM when they were ruling West Bengal. It involved forcible eviction thousands of Bengali refugees from Bangladesh, who had settled on the island, after being invited to West Bengal by the CPIM leadership.) It won the 2004 Hutch Crossword Book Award for Fiction and was among the final nominees for the 2006 Kiriyama Prize.

  Prosongo Onuprobesh প্রসঙ্গ অনুপ্রবেশ Book by Amalendu Dey অমলেন্দু দে Published 1993

  'Polli Kobi' (পল্লী কবি) Jasim Uddin's house in Tambulkhana, Faridpur, Bangladesh.  Jasim Uddin is known to be a rural poet. Among his famous books of verses is "Nokshi Kanthar Maath" নকসী কাঁথার মাঠ,  "Matir কান্না" মাটির কান্না, "Voyaboho Sei Dingulite" ভয়াবহ সেই দিনগুলিতে etc.  Kumar Nod near the poet's house.  Palli Kobi Jasim Uddin Songrohoshala or Jasim Uddin Museum in Faridpur.  Image: Wikimedia Commons

  Voyaboho Sei Dingulite ভয়াবহ সেই দিনগুলিতে Book by Jasim Uddin জসীম উদদীন Published 1972 

  Matir Kanna মাটির কান্না Book by Jasimuddin জসীমউদ্দিন  Published 1951 Images: Google

  Located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi river, in Murshidabad district, Jiaganj is the converted name of the ancient Hindu-Jain town of 'Baluchar'.  After capturing Bengal and the kingdom of Mokshapur, the Mughal empire went on to Islamize a certain few things under the relatively moderate Akbar. The name of Mokshapur, a relatively small kingdom was changed to Maksudabad, while Baluchar, a township along the banks of Bhagirathi was renamed to Jiaganj.  The twin towns of Jiaganj and Azimganj, located on the opposite sides of the Bhagirathi river and not too far away from 'Karnasubarna' (capital of Shashanka's Gour empire) had been important trade centres of Vanga from times immerial. While the trade remained during the Subah reign in Bengal, much of the indigenous history was wiped off from memory as Hindus made the mistake of not extensively documenting it.   It was also a holy place for Vaishnavas during the early periods of Vaishnavism and was also called

  Exhibit: Goddess  (No description)

  Dead bodies of Bengali intellectuals found on 15 December 1971 As the war neared its end, a final effort was made to kill as many intellectuals as possible, to eliminate the future leaders of the new nation of Bangladesh. On 14 December 1971, over 200 of Bangladesh's intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, and writers were abducted from their homes in Dhaka by the Al-Badr militia and the Pakistan Army. Notable novelist Shahidullah Kaiser and playwright Munier Choudhury were among the victims. They were taken blindfolded to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different parts of the city. Later they were executed en masse, most notably at Rayerbazar and Mirpur. In memory of the martyred intellectuals, 14 December is mourned in Bangladesh as Shaheed Buddhijibi Dibosh, or Day of the Martyred Intellectuals. It is widely speculated that the killings of 14 December were orchestrated by Major General Rao

A sculpture in Meherpur, Khulna, Bangladesh depicting how the pro-Bengali intellectuals of East Bengal were executed by the Pakistan Army in 1971. 

  Shiva on Bull and seated Lakshmi.  Period: 600-625 CE

  Inconsistency in Dating:  It is said that this place used to be a jungle or a place devoid of civilization before the Mughal emperor Akbar founded it. Now Akbar's period was 1556-1605 CE. So even if Akbar founded this city in his very first year 1556, or say a few years before coronation in 1551 (when he was 9 years old!), then how would one explain the Bacchewali Tope? It is said that this cannon has been dated to 12th century CE. So that means that someone had it built in the 12th century CE. This someone cannot possibly be a tribal warlord. It has to be a raja or a sultan. Most likely a Hindu raja because the Sultans had just arrived in Bengal in the 13th century. Bengal was under the Sena dynasty throughout the 12th century till Bakhtiyar Khilji attacked and sacked parts of it in 1203 CE. Now the absurd narrative the left-leaning, western and Islamic historians have about this cannon is that it was built by the Mohammedan rulers of Gour. Now the inconsistency still remains in