Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay ( Hindu Khatik )
| Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay ( Hindu Khatik ) | |
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| Native name | গোপালচন্দ্র মুখোপাধ্যায় |
| Born | 1913 Kolkata, Bengal, British India |
| 💀Died | 2005 (aged 91–92) Kolkata, West Bengal, India2005 (aged 91–92) |
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| Other names | Gopal Patha |
| 💼 Occupation | Self Employed |
| Known for | Attacking Muslims during Direct Action Day |
Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay (Bengali: গোপালচন্দ্র মুখোপাধ্যায়; 1913 – 2005), popularly known as Gopal Patha, was an Indian businessman known for raising Bharat Jatiya Bahini to protect the Hindu people from the Muslim League attacks during the infamous Direct Action Day in 1946.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
Gopal was born to a Bengali Hindu khatik family of Molanga Lane in the Bowbazar of Kolkata. His family was originally from Jibannagar Upazila of Chuadanga District of East Bengal and had been settled in Calcutta since the 1890s[1] He was the nephew of revolutionary Anukul Chandra Mukhopadhyaya.[4] In childhood, he earned the nickname 'Patha' (goat in Bengali), because his family ran a meat shop.[2][5] When he grew up, he took responsibility for running the meat shop. As a part of his business, he had to regularly interact with Muslim traders.[6] According to historian Sandip Bandopadhyay, who interviewed Mukherjee, Patha "never bore a grudge against Muslims" but "was forced to turn violent when Muslim rioters approached central Kolkata".[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Das, Suranjan (1994). "The 'Goondas': Towards a Reconstruction of the Calcutta Underworld through Police Records". Economic and Political Weekly. 29 (44): 2879.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whitehead, Andrew (1 July 1997). "Duty does not permit repentance - The Butchers of Calcutta". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Sengupta, Debjani (2006). "A City Feeding on Itself: Testimonies and Histories of 'Direct Action' Day" (PDF). In Narula, Monica. Turbulence. Serai Reader. 6. SARAI. pp. 288–295. OCLC 607413832. Search this book on
- ↑ Bandyopadhyay, Sandip (2010). Itihasher Dike Fire Chhechallisher Danga ইতিহাসের দিকে ফিরে ছেচল্লিশের দাঙ্গা (in Bengali). Kolkata: Radical. p. 58. ISBN 978-81-85459-07-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Khan, Yasmin (2007). The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-300-12078-3. Retrieved 6 March 2011. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Celebrating the centenary of a "divisive" figure". The Hindu. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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