The Islamists considered August 16 as a pious day for Jihad. Lakhs of Islamists assembled on this day at a huge ground in Kolkata. It was the 17th of the month of Ramadan in the year 1365 of the Islamic calendar Hijri. One wonders what was so special about this day and the answer to this question is there in the pamphlets which were distributed by the Muslim League to all the Muslims and in that they wrote they had to undertake “jihad” as it was “Allah’s’ will.
History of Battle of Badr and Objective of Taking Jihad on August 16
In the pamphlet, they hailed Allah and mentioned that on the 17 day of Ramadan, the Prophet along with his 313 Muslim companions registered his first win over a large number of infidels in the Battle of Badr. This was the beginning of Jihad. It is in the same month of Ramzan in which only 10,000 Muslims conquered Mecca and thus laid the foundation of the rule of Islam.
It is clearly evident that the objective of the Muslim League was to instigate the Muslims against the Hindus and establish their rule. They mentioned in the pamphlet that despite 100 million Muslims in India, they had become slaves of the British and the Hindus. Thye called for the establishment of the Islamic rule and the muslims were asked to sacrifice their lives for this “Jihad”
In the pamphlet, they stated that they would establish the world’s largest Islamic country in India. The time had come to punish the kafirs and slaughter them and win over them by killing them. ‘Direct Action Day’ was the day of doom.
डायरेक्ट एक्शन डे : रमजान का 17वां दिन
बाकी दुनिया के लिए वह 16 अगस्त 1946 का दिन था, लेकिन जो लोग कोलकाता के ‘मैदान’ में जमा हुए थे, उनके लिए वह इस्लामिक कैलेंडर हिजरी के साल 1365 के रमजान महीने की 17वीं तारीख थी। आखिर क्या खास था इस तारीख में? इस सवाल का जवाब उन परचों में दर्ज… pic.twitter.com/O1nKFxyUT0
— Prakhar Shrivastava (@Prakharshri78) August 16, 2023
On the Direct Action Day, the Suhrawardy declared a strike and all Muslims closed their shops. The meeting began around 2 pm though processions of Muslims from all parts of Calcutta and post the midday namaz, the Muslims assembled with swords and arms and attacked the Hindus and killed them.
A mob of violent Islamists attacked on Victoria college.All girls were raped in classroom, then killed n hung naked on windows.Hindu girls’ naked bodies were hung from hooks at Raja Bazar beef shops. Large number of the participants were reported to have been armed with iron bars and lathis.
After the afternoon namaz Mob of around 1 lac Muslims attacked Hindus and started to butcher them. The mob shouted slogans “le kar rahenge Pakistan” “nara a takbeer, allah hu akbar”
