1930 Dhaka riots

Anti-Hindu communal violence involving loot and arson January 2026 The 1930 Dhaka riots were anti-Hindu communal violence involving loot and arson.Datta Pradip Kumar 1999 Carving Blocs: Communal Ideology in Early Twentieth-century Bengal Oxford University Press 283–285 978-0-19-564379-4 Events On the night of 9 June, a nearly 1,000-strong Muslim crowd cried that the Hindus had tried to set their houses on fire. The revenge against the fictitious attack was taken on the night of 10 June. The miscreants set fire to the timber go-down adjoining the residence of Shyam Chand Basak, a well-to-do businessman from Nawabpur.bn:ঢাকায় উপদ্রব Bangla Disturbances in Dhaka Prabasi Kolkata June–July 1930 Attack on Kayettuli thumb|150px|right|Anindyabala Nandi was injured while defending her house from the attackers. In the neighbourhood of Kayettuli, the residence of Prasanna Kumar Nandi was attacked. Nandi was out of station. His eldest son, Bhabesh Chandra Nandi, had been arrested a few days earlier by the Imperial British police. At the time of the attack, only the female members of the family were present, barring the youngest son, who was a minor. The attack of a 300-strong armed Muslim mob was staved off for 45 minutes by two minor daughters, Amiyabala and Anindyabala.bn:ঢাকা Bangla Dhaka Masik Basumati Kolkata June–July 1930 543–544 Looting in nearby villages When rioting started in Dhaka city, the nearby villages were looted as well.bn:ঢাকায় ও নিকটস্থ গ্রামে উপদ্রব Bangla Disturbances in Dhaka and nearby villages Prabasi Kolkata July–August 1930 The Muslims came from far off villages in country boats and looted in broad daylight. The families belonging to the Bengali Hindu trading castes were the worst affected. The Hindu men, women, and children took refuge in the nearby jute fields to save their lives. In the village of Ruhitpur, Muslim men and women from the neighbouring villages, as well as Ruhitpur village itself, took part in looting the Hindu houses. About 200 Hindu households were looted. Hundreds of Muslim men and women and even children aged ten to twelve years took part in the looting. They looted every movable article in the houses, including the wooden doors and, in one or two cases, the corrugated iron sheets used for roofing. They dug up the ground and searched the bottom of the ponds, every nook and corner of the homestead, where valuable household articles like bell metal utensils may have been hidden. In one case, a dhenki was looted. Investigation Two independent committees were set up to investigate the disturbances, one by the government and the other by the citizens of Dhaka. Many people, including eminent citizens of Dhaka, were deposed before the latter committee. The eminent citizens included P. Haldar of Government Women's Teacher Training School; Tapas Ranjan Bandyopadhyay of Dhaka Jana Samiti; Rajani Kanta Basak, the director of Dhakeshwari Cotton Mills; and Surendranath Bhattacharya, retired police inspector. The witnesses stated that the deputy superintendent of police was seen going around the city in the company of 300 to 400 Muslim goons. P. Haldar witnessed Muslims looting shops near her school and saw police constables taking part in the looting. References Further reading Bengal Partition Stories: An Unclosed Chapter Carving blocs: communal ideology in early twentieth-century Bengal October 2019 Category:Anti-Hindu violence in British India Category:Arson in Dhaka Category:1930 in India Category:1930 riots Category:Bengal Presidency Category:20th century in Dhaka Category:20th century in Hinduism Category:June 1930 in Asia Category:Religious riots in Bangladesh Category:Looting in Bangladesh Category:1930s fires in Asia Category:Residential building arson attacks in Bangladesh Category:Arson in the 1930s Category:Attacks on shops in Bangladesh Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1930s Category:Anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh