Bijon Setu

Bijon Setu is a bridge situated above Ballygunge Junction railway station connects EM Bypass through Kasba with Gariahat.^[1]

History

Bijon Setu

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

Main article: Bijon Setu massacre

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

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7. 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.
8. "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.
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