Bengali Hindu Genocide of EastPakistan by Islamist Razakars in 1971 commemorated in Kolkata by Paschimbanger Janya. This is the Press Release of that Programme.
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Courtesy: Dr Mohit Ray, CAAMB,
& Kalyan Sarkar, Paschimbanger Janya.
1971 Bengali Hindu Genocide in East Pakistan by Islamist Razakars
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PRESS NOTE
ON
AFFIRMATION OF THE
PERSECUTION AND ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE
BENGALI HINDUS IN EAST PAKISTAN/BANGLADESH
AS
BENGALI HINDU GENOCIDE
Observe 27 March as
Bengali Hindu Genocide Day
PUBLISHED BY
PASCHIMBANGER JANYA
Contact: 9831085215
ON THE OCCASION OF
THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BANGLADESH LIBERATION WAR
2021
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1971 BENGALI HINDU GENOCIDE
The Bengali Hindus and the Bengali-speaking Muslims emerged as distinct ethnic identities
with conflicting historical outlook and divergent future aspirations in the beginning of the
20th century. The Bengali-speaking Muslim leadership aligned themselves with the pan-India
level Muslim leadership in the Pakistan movement. The Muslim-majority eastern Bengal
became East Pakistan, where recurrent persecution and ethnic cleansing in the Bengali
Hindus became the norm in the 1940s, 50s and the 60s. Tens of thousands of Bengali Hindus
were massacred and millions of Bengali Hindus were forced to migrate from East Pakistan to
India.
In principle, the Hindus as a religious minority community didn’t fit into the scheme of things
in the Islamic republic of Pakistan. While West Pakistan was ethnically cleansed of Hindus
and Sikhs during the Partition, a fifth of East Pakistan’s population going into the 1960s was
still Bengali Hindu in spite of the recurrent persecution and ethnic cleansing. The West
Pakistan leadership believedWest Pakistanto be more Islamic than East Pakistan, so in the
best interests of the country, the West exerted a hegemonic control over the East. In spite of
East Pakistan having numerical majority, the bureaucracy, judiciary and the legislature was
dominated by West Pakistan.
East Pakistan’s demand for cultural autonomy through the recognition of Bengali as the co-
official state language or the demand for political autonomy through the Six Point Movement
was seen by Pakistan’s ruling elites not only as a threat to the integrity of Pakistan but also as
movements being masterminded by the Bengali Hindus.The threat became real after Awami
League’s landslide victory in the 1970 national elections. Pakistan’s ruling elites realized that
in any democratic arrangement, East Pakistan’s leadership would have the greater share of
power due toEast Pakistan’s numerical superiority which in turn was because of its Bengali
Hindu population.In the 1961 census, West Pakistan’s population was recorded as 42.8
million to East Pakistan’s 50.8 million. The differential of 8 million was less than the Bengali
Hindu population which stood at 9.4 million. Even if the 1.1 million Bengali Hindus who fled
East Pakistan in the 1960s are deducted, still the differential was less than the remaining
Bengali Hindus.
In the eyes of Pakistan’s ruling elites, East Pakistan’s secessionist demands was essentially a
Bengali Hindu problem. To solve the problem once and for all, they came up with the ‘final
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solution’ of extermination of three million Bengali Hindus and expulsion of the remainder,
which would allow West Pakistan to regain its demographic edge over East Pakistan. Once it
was adopted as the official policy, detailed planning and preparation followed. On one hand
went the propaganda where the Bengali Hindus were branded as the enemies of the state and
labelled as Indian agents, and one the other went ahead the logistic feat of maneuvering
military and supplies from West to East and raising paramilitary organizations in the East.
The Pakistan military regime decided to use the cover of the civil war in East Pakistan to
execute its plan.
On 25th March, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight to take absolute control of
the province, which began by neutralization of the East Pakistan based army battalions,
border guards, paramilitary & police and massacre of the Hindus. It began with the shelling
and massacre of the inmates of Jagannath Hall, the Hindu student’s hostel of Dhaka
University, followed by destruction of Hindu neighbourhoods like Shankharibazar,
Tantibazar and within 48 hours the decimation of Ramna Kali temple, the icon of Bengali
Hindu civilization in East Pakistan. An estimated one hundred thousand Bengali Hindus were
massacred within a week of destruction in Dhaka, following which the Army spread out to
capture the district towns. The Operation Searchlight end as the last East Pakistan town fell to
the Pakistan Army on 25 May. By then millions of Bengali Hindu refugees had fled to India.
Once the Pakistan Army had taken full control of the land, they resorted to ‘Kill and Burn’
missions, hunting down the Bengali Hindus from door to door. From this time on, they were
supported in this mission by the paramilitary Razakar Force. Bengali Hindus were rounded
up in batches and summarily executed on charges of providing shelter to the Bangladeshi
freedom fighters, many of which turned out to be false accusations. Hundreds of such
massacres took place all across the province. The massacres were accompanied by genocidal
rape, loot and destruction of temples.This continued till India officially joined the Bangladesh
Liberation War. By that time there were ten million refugees in India, at least 80% of whom
were Bengali Hindus.
The death toll of the massacres are variously estimated by independent researchers to be
between 50,000 and 1.5 million, including Bengali-speaking Muslims and Bihari Muslims.
Bangladesh’s official position stands at 3 million dead, the 2.4 million of whom are presumed
to be Bengali Hindus. The mass killings of the Bengali Hindus with the intent of destruction
of the community in parts constitutes a genocide under United Nations Genocide Convention.
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The actions taken by the Pakistan Army and their Bangladeshi collaborators cover almost all
of the ten stages of genocide as postulated by eminent scholar Professor Gregory Stanton.
The International Commission of Jurists in its 1972 report had affirmed that the mass killings
of the Bengali Hindus as a prime facie case of genocide. In the recent years, scholars like
Gary J. Bass and Sarmila Bose acknowledged that the mass killings of the Bengali Hindus
constituted genocide.
The Bangladesh genocide has hitherto been ignored or at most acknowledged only as a
Bengali genocide, as a continuing legacy of the positions taken by the major stakeholders of
the conflict at that point of time. As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the events, it
is time that the events are acknowledged as Bengali Hindu genocide from political, legal and
academic standpoints. Governments should work towards ensuring transitional justice for the
victims who have been denied any justice till date.
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Appendix 1: List of massacres
The following table provides a partial list of the massacres of Bengali Hindus by the Pakistan Army
and their Bangladeshi collaborators. The list is by no means exhaustive, as there has been no thorough
research on the subject till date.
Date Location Casualties
25 Mar JU Jagannath Hall,
Shahbagh PS, Dhaka
More than 100 Bengali Hindu students and staffwere killed by
Pakistan Army.
26 Mar Shankharibazar, Dhaka
Metropolitan PS, Dhaka
8,000 Bengali Hindus were machine gunned and burnt alive by
Pakistan Army.
27 Mar Ramna Race Course,
Ramna PS, Dhaka
200-300 Bengali Hindus were shot dead,12 Bengali Hindu women
taken captive by Pakistan Army.
27Mar Loharpool, Sutrapur
PS, Dhaka
15 Bengali Hindus were taken hostage with the help of Bihari
Muslim collaborators and summarily executed by Pakistan Army.
28 Mar Beauty Boarding,
Banglabazar, Sutrapur
PS, Dhaka
14 Bengali Hindus shot to death,along with two Muslims and one
Christian by Pakistan Army.
31 Mar MadhyamNathpara,
Halishahar PS,
Chittagong
37 Bengali Hindus were hacked to death with axe, kris and ramdaos
along with EPR rebels by Bihari Muslim collaborators supported by
Pakistan Army.
2 Apr Jinjira, Keraniganj PS,
Dhaka District
More than 1,000 Bengali Hindus were massacred in the villages of
Jinjira, Kalindi and Subhadhya by Pakistan Army.
4 Apr Bamangram,
Nandigram PS, Bogra
District
9 Bengali Hindus were shot to death by Pakistan Army.
13 Apr Unashattarpara,Raozan
PS, Chittagong District
69 Bengali Hindus were taken hostage by Salauddin Quader
Chaudhry & his gang and summarily executed by Pakistan Army.
13 Apr Jagatmallapara, Raozan
PS, Chittagong District
34 Bengali Hindus were tricked into a peace meeting by Salauddin
Quader Chaudhry & his gang and summarily executed by Pakistan
Army.
16 Apr Dhapdhup Beel, Boda
PS, Panchagarh District
3,500 Bengali Hindus fleeing to India were arrested and summarily
executed by burst fire by Pakistan Army with the help of Bengali-
speaking Muslim collaborators.
17 Apr Akhira, Phulbari PS,
Dinajpur District
125 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by Pakistan Army.
20 Apr Shakpura, Raozan PS,
Chittagong District
More than 300 people, majority of them Bengali Hindus. were shot
dead by the Pakistan Amy with active help from collaborators.
20 Apr Gomastapur,
Gomastapur PS,
Nawabganj District
35 Bengali Hindus were rounded up and shot to death by Pakistan
Army.
21 Apr Sree Angan,
Goalchamat, Kotwali
8 Bengali Hindu monks were gunned down by the Pakistan Army
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PS, Faridpur within the monastery.
23 Apr Jathibhanga,
Thakurgaon Sadar PS,
Thakurgaon District
3,000 to 3,500 Bengali Hindus fleeing to India were were arrested
and summarily executed by burst fire by Pakistan Army with the
help of Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim League and PDP collaborators.
23 Apr Bahuli Mitrapara,
Patiya PS, Chittagong
District
10-20 Bengali Hindus were killed by the Pakistan Army.
25 Apr Ataikula, Raninagar PS,
Nagaon District
52 Bengali Hindus shot dead by the Pakistan Army.
26 Apr Karai Kadipur,
Joypurhat PS,
Joypurhat District
370 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by burst fire by the
Pakistan Army with the help of collaborators.
27 Apr Kaliganj, Jaldhaka PS,
Nilphamari District
Around 400 Bengali Hindus refugees fleeing towards India were
indiscriminately shot and summarily executed in batches by the
Pakistan Army with the help of Muslim League (Convention)
leader Kazi Abdul Kader and his associates.
28 Apr Jamijuri, Dohazari PS,
Chittagong District
17 Bengali Hindus were indiscriminately shot to death by the
Pakistan Amy.
29 Apr Barguna District Jail,
Barguna District
More than 50 Bengali Hindus along with Bengali-speaking
Muslims were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army.
2 May Ishangopalpur,Faridpur
District
28 Bengali Hindu men were summarily executed by the Pakistan
Army with the help of collaborators.
2 May Gava Narerkathi,
Banaripara PS, Barisal
District
95-100 Bengali Hindus were tricked by the collaborators to a peace
meeting, where they were summarily executed by the Pakistan
Army.
3 May Muzaffarabad, Patiya
PS, Chittagong District
More than 300 Bengali Hindus were shot and butchered to death by
the Pakistan Army and the collaborators.
5 May Naria, Moulvibazar
Model PS, Moulvibazar
District
28 Bengali Hindu men were summarily executed by the Pakistan
Army with the help of Peace Committee.
13 May Bakchar, Faridpur
Kotwali PS, Faridpur
District
9 Bengali Hindus are killed by collaborators.
13 May Baushgari, Demra,
Faridpur PS, Pabna
District
More than 900 Bengali Hindu men and women are summarily
executed by the Pakistan Army.
14 May Baria, JoydebpurPS,
Gazipur District
Around 200 Bengali Hindus were indiscriminately shot dead by the
Pakistan Army.
14 May Satanikhil canal,
MunshiganjPS,
MunshiganjDistrict
14 Bengali Hindus were taken hostage and summarily executed by
the Pakistan Army with the help of collaborators.
15 May Charbhadrasan,
Charbhadrasan PS,
Faridpur District
50-60 Bengali Hindus were killed by the Pakistan Army with active
help from Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed and his associates.
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15 May Ketnar Beel, Agailjhara
PS, Barisal District
More than 500 Bengali Hindus were indiscriminately shot to death
by the Pakistan Army.
16 May Ramnagar, Boalmari
PS, Faridpur District
32 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army
with active help from Abul Kalam Azad and his associates.
16 May Jogisho,Durgapur PS,
Rajshahi District
42 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army
with the help of the collaborators.
17 May Kathipara, Rajapur PS,
Barisal District
At least 25 Bengali Hindus were massacred by the Pakistan Army
with the help of local collaborators.
19 May Mithapur, Madaripur
Sadar PS, Madaripur
District
More than 100 Bengali Hindus were massacred by the Pakistan
Army with the help from local collaborators.
20 May Chuknagar, Dumuria
PS, Khulna District
10-12 thousand Bengali Hindu men, women and children were
indiscriminately shot to death by the Pakistan Army and the
Razakars.
20 May Galimpur, Balaganj PS,
Sylhet District
33 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army
with the help of collaborators.
21 May Dakra, Rampal PS,
Bagerhat District
More than 2,000 Bengali Hindu men, women and children were
indiscriminately shot to death by the Pakistan Army and the
Razakars.
21 May Paraikora, Anwara PS,
Chittagong District
176 Bengali Hindus are massacred by the Pakistan Army with help
from the collaborators.
22 May Bhimnali, Mathbaria
PS, Pirojpur District
15 Bengali Hindus were shot dead by the Peace Committee.
22 May Madhyapara,Palong
PS, Shariatpur District
Around 370 Bengali Hindus were shot dead by the Pakistan Army
with the help of collaborators.
23 May Raypur, Daudkandi PS,
Comilla District
10 Bengali Hindus shot to dead by the Pakistan Army, along with
one Muslim.
24 May Bakhrabad, Muradnagar
PS, Comilla District
More than 150 Bengali Hindu men and women are indiscriminately
shot to death by the Pakistan Army. 21 Bengali Hindus were taken
hostage to Debidwar camp and 18 of them executed next day.
26 May Burunga, Osmaninagar
PS, Sylhet District
71-94 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by Pakistan Army
by burst fire.
27 May Bagbati, Sirajganj
Sadar PS, Sirajganj
District
More than 200 Bengali Hindus were indiscriminately shot dead by
the Al Badar Force with help of Pakistan Army and Peace
Committee.
31 May Harinagopal, Sirajganj
Sadar PS, Sirajganj
District
At least 39 people were killed by the Pakistan Army, the majority
of whom were Bengali Hindus.
2 Jun Daldalia, Saghata PS,
Gaibandha District
19 Bengali Hindus were taken hostage from Daldalia to Phulchhari
camp, where they were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army.
One elderly Bengali Hindu man was bayoneted to death in
Daldalia.
13 Jun Golahat, Saidpur PS, Bengali Hindus and Marwaris of Saidpur were tricked into a
refugee train to India, that was stopped and they were hacked to
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Nilphamari District death by Bihari Muslim collaborators under the command of
Pakistan Army. At least 437 of them died.
14 Jun Adityapur, Balaganj
PS, Sylhet District
63 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army
after being tricked into assembling for distribution of identity cards
by the Peace Committee leaders.
17 Jun Jagadishpur,Jhalokati
PS, Jhalokati District
60 Bengali Hindu men were rounded up by the Razakars five
villages and summarily executed by the Pakistan Army.
16 Aug Kurighat, Hossainpur
PS, Kishoreganj
District
Around 150 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the
Pakistan Army
18 Aug Makalkandi,
Baniachang PS,
Habiganj District
40 Bengali Hindus were indiscriminately shot dead by the Pakistan
Army when they were preparing for Manasa Puja.
21 Aug Shalihar, Gouripur PS,
Mymensingh District
12 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army.
14 Sep Pomara, Rangunia PS,
Chittagong District
13 Bengali Hindus were forced by the Pakistan Army to dig their
own graves and then buried alive.
18 Sep Krishnapur, Lakhai PS,
Habiganj District
127 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan
Army and the Razakars through burst fire.
22 Sep Trimohini, Purbadhala
PS, Netrakona District
26 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the Pakistan Army.
7 Oct Suryamani, Mathbaria
PS, Pirojpur District
24 Bengali Hindu men were summarily executed by the Razakars.
30 Oct Kendua, Madaripur
Sadar PS, Madaripur
District
66 Bengali Hindus were killed in four villages under Kendua Union
by the Pakistan Army.
31 Oct Kadhurkhil, Boalmari
PS, Chittagong District
At least 12 Bengali Hindus were summarily executed by the
Pakistan Army.
4 Nov Shankharikathi, Kachua
PS, Bagerhat District
42 Bengali Hindu men were summarily executed by the Razakars.
Note: The locationsare given as name of the premises / neighbourhood / union / village, followed by the police station (i.e.
sub-district or upazila) and the district or city name. Bangladesh has undergone massive administrative restricting since 1971
where many police stations, sub-divisions and districts have been split. For the reader to easily understand the location, the
above table uses the police station or district names as applicable in 2021.
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Appendix 2: List of eminent Bengali Hindus killed
The following table provides a partial list of eminent Bengali Hindu killed the Pakistan Army and
their Bangladeshi collaborators or died / committed suicide because of the actions taken by them. The
list is by no means exhaustive, as there has been no thorough research on the subject till date.
No. Name Occupation Fate
1 Dhirendranath Datta
(2 Nov 1886 – 29Mar 1971)
Lawyer, Member of
Constituent Assembly, first to
raise the demand of Bengali as
the official language of
Pakistan, former minister of
Health & Social Welfare
Tortured to death along with his son by
the Pakistan Army at Moinamoti
Cantonment, Comilla District
2 Kamini Kumar Ghosh
(1888 – 25Apr 1971)
Lawyer, philanthropist,
educationist,founder of
Satkania College
Shot dead by Pakistan Army
3 Birendranath Sarkar
(c.1916- 3 Apr 1971)
Revolutionary, freedom fighter,
lawyer, political leader,
journalist, footballer, referee
Shot dead by Pakistan Army at his
Rajshahi residence
4 Bishnu Chattopadhyay
(Apr 1910 – 11 Apr 1971)
Freedom fighter and peasant
leader
Brutally murdered by the collaborators
5 Purnendu Dastidar
(20 Jun 1909 – 9 May1971)
Revolutionary, freedom fighter,
political leader, writer
Died of exhaustion while fleeing from
the Pakistan Army, on his way to India
6 Dayal Hari Biswas
( - 13 Apr 1971)
Student leader Abducted by Salauddin Quader
Chowdhury and his men from his
Raozan residence and tortured to death
in Goods Hill
7 Prasanna Kumar
Bhowmik
( - 9 Apr 1971)
Lawyer, worked along with
Advocate Jatindranath Bhadra
Arrested from residence in Comilla and
taken to Moinamoti Cantonment by the
Pakistan Army where he was tortured
to death.
8 Govinda Chandra Dev
(1 Feb1907 – 26 Mar1971)
Professor of Philosophy, Dhaka
University
Shot dead by Pakistan Armyat DU
quarters, Dhaka
9 Anudvaipayan
Bhattacharya
(31 Jan 1941 – 25Mar 1971)
Lecturer of Applied Physics,
Dhaka University
Shot dead by Pakistan Army at
Jagannath Hall, Dhaka
10 Harinath Dey
(1941 – 27Mar 1971)
Former Lecturer of
Biochemistry, Dhaka
University, Principal Scientific
Officer, Science Laboratory
Shot dead by Pakistan Army at
Loharpool, Sutrapur, Dhaka
11 Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta Reader of English, Dhaka Shot dead by Pakistan Army outside the
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(10 Jul 1920 – 30 Mar1971) University university building
12 Santosh Chandra
Bhattacharya
(30 Aug1915 – 14 Dec1971)
Lecturer of History, Dhaka
University
Shot dead by Al Badar Force at
Rayerbazar, Dhaka
13 Rabindranath Ghosh
Thakur
Professor of Sanskrit, Dhaka
University, former principal of
Kumudini College
Shot dead by Pakistan Army
14 Sukharanjan Samaddar
( - 14 Apr 1971)
Professor of Sanskrit, Rajshahi
University
Arrested from university professor’s
quarters by the Pakistan Army and
never heard of again
Abani Mohan Datta
( - 8 May 1971)
Lecturer of Philosophy,
Chittagong College & part-time
lecturer in Chittagong
University
Arrested from his rented residence in
Chittagong and brutally killed by
Pakistan Army
15 Sunil Baran
Chakraborty
( - 30 Apr 1971)
Professor of Philosophy,
Carmicheal College, Rangpur
Shot dead along with colleagues by the
Pakistan Army at Damdama Bridge
16 Ramakrishna Adhikari
( - 30 Apr 1971)
Professor of Bengali,
Carmicheal College, Rangpur
Shot dead along with colleagues by the
Pakistan Army at Damdama Bridge
17 Chittaranjan Ray
( - 30 Apr 1971)
Professor of Mathematics,
Carmicheal College, Rangpur
Shot dead along with colleagues by the
Pakistan Army at Damdama Bridge
18 Kalachand Ray
( - 30 Apr 1971)
Professor of Chemistry
Carmicheal College, Rangpur
Shot dead along with colleagues and
wife by the Pakistan Army at Damdama
Bridge
19 Saroj Kumar Nath
Adhikari
Lecturer of Economics,
Narsingdi College
Shot dead along with colleagues by the
Pakistan Army near Iron Bridge,
Panchdona
20 Chitta Roy Lecturer from Pirojpur
21 Ashim Roy Demonstrator, Comilla Victoria
Government College, son of
freedom fighter Atindra Mohan
Roy
Shot dead by Pakistan Army
22 Sailendra Kumar Sen Doctor, philanthropist,
Professor of Surgery at Dacca
National Medical College,
Member of National Assembly
(1955-58)
23 Amalendu Dakshi
( - 29 Mar 1971)
Dentist, political leader Arrested by Pakistan Army from his
Pabna residence, taken to telecom
building where he was tortured for
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three days and shot dead
24 Digendra Chandra End
(11 May 1905 – 16 Dec 1971)
Retired doctor Killed along with family members in a
shelling by the Pakistan Army at his
residence in Mirza Jangal, Sylhet
District
25 Nishi Hari Nag
( - 28 Mar 1971)
Doctor of Orthopaedics, Dhaka
Medical College
Shot dead by collaborators at his
Shankharibazar residence
26 Rakhal Chandra Das Surgeon, Medical Officer at
Mirzapur IspahaniTea Garden
Hospital
Abducted by the Pakistan Army from
his hospitaland never heard of again
27 Hemchandra Basak
(1909 – 16Apr 1971)
Doctor, Natore Sadar Hospital Shot dead by Pakistan Army while he
was on duty
28 Shyamal Kanti Lala
(28 Jan 1948 – 9 Apr1971)
Surgeon, Sylhet Medical
College Hospital
Arrested while on duty and summarily
executed by Pakistan Army along with
others
29 Narendranath Ghosh
(1936 – 11Sep 1971)
Doctor, Saturia Health Centre
(Manikganj District)
Arrested and murdered by the Pakistan
Army with the help of the Razakars and
Al Badar Force
30 Hasimay Hazra
(23 Jan 1946 – 2 May1971)
Doctor, Dhaka Medical College Abducted by one Rahmat (Bihari
Muslim boxer) and his associates from
in front of Dhaka Medical College and
never heard of again
31 Mihir Kumar Sen
(1936 – 29Apr 1971)
Assistant Surgeon,Dighpait
Health Centre, Jamalpur
Arrested by Pakistan Army along with
family members at Netrokona, taken to
Trimohini bridge and shot,where he
died
32 Niranjan Datta Gupta Doctor at Unashattarpara,
Pahartali Union, Raozan PS,
Chittagong District
Committed suicide after knowing that
his good image was manipulated by
collaborators into making the Bengali
Hindus believe that they won’t be
harmed, but massacred
33 Jogesh Chandra Ghosh Former principal of Jagannath
College, noted practitioner of
Ayurveda,founder of Sadhana
Ausadhalaya,entrepreneurand
philanthropist
Shot dead by the Pakistan Army at his
residence in Gendaria, Dhaka
34 Madhusudan Dey
( - 25 Mar 1971)
Owner of Dhaka University’s
main canteen that was a centre
of intellectual activities and
student politics
Shot along with his family members by
the Pakistan Army, then captured and
taken to Jagannath Hall where he was
finally shot dead
35 Prahlad Chandra Saha
( - 28 Mar 1971)
Owner of Beauty Boarding, a
mess and restaurant that was an
eminent centre of intellectual
Shot dead by the Pakistan Army along
with boarders and staff
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activities
36 Lakshman Das Wrestler, weight lighter,
entrepreneur, founder of Royal
Pakistan Circus
Shot dead along with his wife by the
Pakistan Army at Ketnar Bil, Barisal
District
37 Ranada Prasad Saha
(15 Nov 1896 – 7 May 1971)
Entrepreneur, had business in
coal, jute, transport.
Philanthropist, founded
Bharateshwari Homes,
Kumudini College, Debendra
College & Kumudini Hospital
Picked up along with his son by the
Pakistan Army from Narayanganj and
never heard of again
38 Nutan Chandra Singha
(1901 – 13Apr 1971)
Entrepreneur & philanthropist Shot dead by Pakistan Army and
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury at his
residence
39 Rajendra Lal Gupta Trustee and manager of Star
Tea Estate
Shot dead along with the Hindu male
employees of the tea garden
40 Tonic Sen Entrepreneur, had transport
business in Faridpur
41 Sukhendu Saha Ray Entrepreneur, owner of
Synophone
Killed by the collaborators in
Dhopdanga Chanpur, Faridpur District
42 Paramananda Giri
( - 27 Mar 1971)
Priest of the Ramna Kali
temple
Shot to death along with others by the
Pakistan Army
43 Amal Krishna Shome
( - 26 Mar 1971)
Eminent theatre artist Abducted by Pakistan Army along with
his youngerbrother from his Jessore
residence and never heard of again
44 Shib Sadhan
Chakraborty
( - 27 Mar 1971)
Journalist with Pakistan
Observer
Killed along with others by the Pakistan
Army in the Ramna Kali temple
massacre