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Hindusthan National Guard

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Hindusthan National Guard (Bengali: হিন্দুস্থান ন্যাশনাল গার্ড) was a volunteer social organization launched by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, the president of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha in the aftermath of the Great Calcutta Killings in 1946 to protect the people affected in the riots.[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ "Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee - Biography". Bengal Voice. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee - Biographical and Descriptive Notes". Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  3. ^ J. H. Broomfield (1968). Elite Conflict in a Plural Society: Twentieth-century Bengal. University of California Press. pp. 284–. GGKEY:PGQKZ3RNLLG.
  4. ^ Sato Tsugitaka (2 August 2004). Muslim Societies: Historical and Comparative Aspects. Routledge. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-1-134-32022-6.