The great rally in Calcutta in support of P&T Strike 1946.
It was the greatest procession and rally that
Calcutta has ever seen till that time. It was on 29th July 1946. Thousands and
thousands of workers as per the call of the AITUC, the only central trade union
at that time, went on strike in support of the P and T employees who were on
strike from 11th July 1946 on their demands, which was also part of the
independence struggle, and organised the biggest rally Calcutta has ever seen.
Com. B.N. Ghosh, founder Secretary General of NFPTE has described the same in
his articles, and mentioned about the big support for the strike from the
common workers. Com. Jyoti Basu, in this auto biography, has mentioned about
the general strike and rally on two occasions.
The 1946 P and T Strike
was a great success with the British Government compelled to concede most of
the demands of the workers. The strike further resulted in a new thinking that
the then existing various unions should come together for settlement of the
workers’ demands.
(From " History of
P&T Movement" by Com VAN Namboodiri).
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