Bodies Lying in Chitpore Road in after Riots, 1946
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Caption) Original caption: New Picture By Air From Calcutta. Additional
Hulton Text: More clashes feared tomorrow with the festival of the new
moon. Bodies lying in the streets of Calcutta during recent 5 day clash.
All available troops have been mobilised in Calcutta & other
trouble centres of India, for the expected riots tomorrow - the start of
the Moslem Festival of Ud Ul Fitr. Approx. 3,000 were killed in the
recent clash. Photo shows: Bodies litter the main thoroughfare (Chitpore
Rd) in north Calcutta. Women & children were not spared - the
deathroll is believed to be above 3,000. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch
Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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