Gandhi Urges (Hindu) Women Save Honor by Suicide
CALCUTTA October 18, 1946
An Indian relief official declarted tonight that Hindu-Moslem rioting had spread over 300 square miles of dominantly Moslem districts in eastern Bengal, affecting "not less than 100,00" people and (Hindu) refugees were fleeing from the trouble zone.
In New Delhi Mohandas K Gandhi, spiritual leader of the Hindu-led Congress party, advised (Hindu) women in eastern Bengal to take their own lives rather than submit to dishonor, and in Bombay the provincial Congress chief called for halting of all business authority as a demonstration of sympath for riot victims.
Gandhi said he felt a "call" to go to the trouble areas as soon as the situation in new Delhi permitted.
Bengal government officials (who are Moslems) insisted that casualties estimated at 5000 by the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee, were not as heavy as reported.
Source: Albequerque Journal: October 19, 1946
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