Bijon Setu is a bridge situated above Ballygunge Junction railway station connects EM Bypass through Kasba with Gariahat.[1]
History
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The bridge is named after a Bengali engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of then Calcutta Improvement Trust.[2] On 2 August 1974, while he was returning home from Santoshpur to Sealdah, a gang of robbers got on the train and looted passengers. Basu protested but the robbers stabbed him and threw him out from the running train beside Ballygunge railway station.[3][4] The bridge was established in 1978.[5][6]
1982 massacre
edit16 monks and one nun of a Hindu organization Ananda Marga religious sect were lynched and burnt alive near Bijon Setu in the morning of 30 April 1982.[7] This incident was called as Bijon Setu massacre.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Chakraborti, Suman; Ghosh, Dwaipayan (13 May 2020). "Kolkata: Bijon Setu to remain shut from May 14–18". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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- ^ "Mall-ed landmark goes shopping". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Ghosh, Sitansu Sekhar (2002). Railways in India--a Legend: Origin & Development (1830-1980). Jogemaya Prokashani.
- ^ "বিজন সেতু নামের পিছনে একটা বীভৎস খুন". Indian Express Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Ei Samay Gold | বাঙ্গালী রেডিও". eisamay.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Konar, Debasish (24 September 2019). "1982 Margi killings: Panel submits report". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Why corpses of a 1982 killing are stirring again". The Indian Express. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Basu Govt still suppressing facts on Margi massacre". 12 March 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2021.