Rabisarani

Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose

Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji. Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.

Nabanna, the Bengali language drama, written by Bijan Bhattacharya and staged by Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) under the direction of Sombhu Mitra. The drama is about Bengal famine of 1943 in which more than 2 million people died of starvation, malnutrition and disease. The main character of this play is Pradhan Samaddar, a peasant of Bengal. The play presents the intensity of famine through the starvation of Pradhan Samaddar's family. Samaddar's family face a range of disasters during the food crisis. This play changes the face of Bengali litarature after death of Tagore.

Royal Indian Navy Mutiny.

Direct Action Day (16th August 1946), also known as the Great Calcutta Killings, was a day of widespread riot and manslaughter between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in the Bengal province of British India.

Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj.

Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14th August 1947.

Indian independence day Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition.

Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse. War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir. Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union

A film was produced based on Putul Nacher Itikatha by Manik Bandopadhyay in 1949 directed by Asit Bandopadhyay.

India becomes Republic

Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. Rabindra Puraskar, the most prestigious literary award in the West Bengal state of India, was posthumously awarded to Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay for his novel, Ichhamati.

Pather Panchali, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay's 1929 novel is filmed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal, India.