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The bridge is named after a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of [[Kolkata Improvement Trust|Calcutta Improvement Trust]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_FVAAAAMAAJ&q=Bijon+Basu+engineer|title=The Indian Concrete Journal|date=1978|publisher=Cement Marketing Company of India|language=en}}</ref> On 2 August 1974, while he was returning home from [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mall-ed landmark goes shopping|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mall-ed-landmark-goes-shopping/cid/1009759|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www.telegraphindia.com|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813062549/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mall-ed-landmark-goes-shopping/cid/1009759|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Sitansu Sekhar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u43tAAAAMAAJ&q=Bijon+Setu++Bijon+Basu|title=Railways in India--a Legend: Origin & Development (1830-1980)|date=2002|publisher=Jogemaya Prokashani|language=en}}</ref> The bridge was established in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|title=বিজন সেতু নামের পিছনে একটা বীভৎস খুন|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/feature/bijon-setu-murder-kolkata-sealdah-rpf-242006/|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Indian Express Bangla|language=bn-IN|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813065044/https://bengali.indianexpress.com/feature/bijon-setu-murder-kolkata-sealdah-rpf-242006/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ei Samay Gold {{!}} বাঙ্গালী রেডিও|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/eisamaygold/people/murder-case-of-bijon-setu/story/79756860.cms|access-date=2021-08-13|website=eisamay.indiatimes.com|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813065355/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/eisamaygold/people/murder-case-of-bijon-setu/story/79756860.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> |
The bridge is named after a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of then [[Kolkata Improvement Trust|Calcutta Improvement Trust]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_FVAAAAMAAJ&q=Bijon+Basu+engineer|title=The Indian Concrete Journal|date=1978|publisher=Cement Marketing Company of India|language=en}}</ref> On 2 August 1974, while he was returning home from [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mall-ed landmark goes shopping|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mall-ed-landmark-goes-shopping/cid/1009759|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www.telegraphindia.com|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813062549/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mall-ed-landmark-goes-shopping/cid/1009759|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ghosh|first=Sitansu Sekhar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u43tAAAAMAAJ&q=Bijon+Setu++Bijon+Basu|title=Railways in India--a Legend: Origin & Development (1830-1980)|date=2002|publisher=Jogemaya Prokashani|language=en}}</ref> The bridge was established in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|title=বিজন সেতু নামের পিছনে একটা বীভৎস খুন|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/feature/bijon-setu-murder-kolkata-sealdah-rpf-242006/|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Indian Express Bangla|language=bn-IN|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813065044/https://bengali.indianexpress.com/feature/bijon-setu-murder-kolkata-sealdah-rpf-242006/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ei Samay Gold {{!}} বাঙ্গালী রেডিও|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/eisamaygold/people/murder-case-of-bijon-setu/story/79756860.cms|access-date=2021-08-13|website=eisamay.indiatimes.com|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813065355/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/eisamaygold/people/murder-case-of-bijon-setu/story/79756860.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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== 1982 massacre == |
== 1982 massacre == |
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Latest revision as of 01:50, 3 April 2024
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
[edit]16 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.
- ^ The Indian Concrete Journal. Cement Marketing Company of India. 1978.
- ^ "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.