Book Excerpt: How Gopal Patha Avenged Blood With Blood On Direct Action Day

Debdutta Bhattacharjee,Abhijit Majumder

The untold story of meat-shop owner Gopal ‘Patha’ Mukherjee, who saved thousands of lives and stopped Kolkata from becoming part of East Pakistan.

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In their book G.O.A.T, Abhijit Majumder and Debdutta Bhattacharjee narrate the largely untold story of meat-shop owner Gopal ‘Patha’ Mukherjee, who saved thousands of lives and stopped Kolkata from becoming part of East Pakistan.

He was one of the most prominent figures who foiled Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Butcher of Bengal Huseyn Suhrawardy-orchestrated Great Calcutta Killings of 1946.

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Below is an excerpt from the book.

A little ahead of the same Malanga Lane, Gopal ‘Patha’ Mukherjee sits in the College Street mutton shop owned by his uncle, the legendary freedom fighter Anukul Mukherjee. Gopal runs the shop, as he would........

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