An Abandoned Tragedy
The prose -- "An Abandoned Tragedy" How do you feel as and when you come to know about the defective government that neglects a place with great historic significance? Most of the people, including the local men and women, have not even heard of the memorial of Komagata Maru in Budge Budge, South 24 Parganas. If one visits the cenotaph, one can comfortably make out how it is tucked away at the farthest corner, in spite of its fostering utmost importance in the history. Indeed astonishing but true! Just like all other happenings, the incident of Komagata Maru has its own story to narrate too. There is a long tale behind the monument in Budge Budge. Chronicles say that the occurrence involved a Japanese steamship named Komagata Maru that sailed from Hong Kong, Sanghai, China to Yokohama, Japan and then to Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada in 1914. The vessel carried 376 passengers consisting of 340 Sikhs, 24 Muslim...