The last train and the blood-soaked 1971 riot of 447 Hindu Marwaris.
On 13 June 1971, it was 10 am A passenger train was standing at Saidpur railway station in Rangpur subdivision of East Bengal A few days before that, the Pak army troops were announcing to Mike that a special train had been arranged to transport the Marwaris stranded in the city to India.
The train would run from Saidpur to Siliguri.
The train would run from Saidpur to Siliguri.
Due to its good connectivity with the North-East, several Hindu Marwari community people in Saidpur have been doing business and living here Apart from business, they are also involved in various developmental social works here For example, Tulsiram Agarwal, an established businessman of the area, has named the school "Tulsiram Girls School" after himself.
Later, Urdu-speaking Muslims from the United Provinces and Bihar settled in Syedpur and once formed about 75% of the city's population During the Bangladesh Liberation War, these Urdu-speaking Muslims directly joined the Pakistani invading forces This created a strong pro-Pakistani group in Syedpur These non-Bengali Muslims, as well as local Razakars, Al-Shams, and Al-Badr members, became collaborators with the Pakistani invading forces.
Then on 12 April 1971, near Rangpur camp, prominent businessmen of the area Tulsiram Agarwal, Jamuna Prasad Keria and Rameshwarlal Agarwal were killed by the Pakistani invading forces, and their shops were looted by Urdu-speaking Bihari Muslims.
The Marwari community in the area, horrified by the incident, decided to leave for India for safety They arrived at the Saidpur station with the last of their family to catch the train They boarded the train with their hearts full of hope after hearing the announcement of the Pakistani troops.
The train started moving very slowly at 10 am on 13 June 1971 The train then stopped at Golaghat, just 2 miles from the station The Pakistani army was seen standing outside with rifles in hand They were accompanied by a group of Urdu-speaking Bihari Muslims holding lanterns.
The train started moving very slowly at 10 am on 13 June 1971 The train then stopped at Golaghat, just 2 miles from the station The Pakistani army was seen standing outside with rifles in hand They were accompanied by a group of Urdu-speaking Bihari Muslims holding lanterns.
The Pakistani raiders boarded the train and asked the Marwaris to get off the train one by one in Urdu, informing them that they would be killed, but not at the cost of expensive Pakistani bullets and axes.
The brutal massacre began 447 men, women and children of the Marwari group were hacked to death with machetes 10 men somehow escaped to Dinajpur and from there straight to India.
তথ্যসূত্র:
1) Prothom Alo, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18/06/2010 2) Dainik Janakantha, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12/06/2017 3) Train (novel): Selina Hossain.
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