"Do you propose to repeat the unfortunate happenings in Bengal by killing the Muslims in Bihar? Is this the way in which you are showing your culture and civilisation of which you are so proud? .. You should be ashamed of your acts of lawlessness. I urge upon you to cry a halt even now and restore peace."
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NationalistsPeople of British IndiaPeople from AllahabadFounding Fathers of IndiaDemocratic socialists
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Nehru, speech at a public meeting at Monghyr dated 5 November 1946 which was published in âThe Searchlightâ on 9th November 1946. â Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vol 15 series 1, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, page 61 in print âI am greatly relieved that 400+ Hindu peasants gunned down, balance slightly rightedâ: How Nehru justified killing of Hindus protesting against Noakhali massacre
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