Renamed Suhrawardy Avenue: Revisiting the Great Calcutta Killings, Gopal Patha and Bengal’s contested past

Nearly eight decades after the Great Calcutta Killings, the renaming of Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road has reignited one of Bengal's most sensitive historical debates. Supporters see the move as overdue recognition for a figure remembered for defending Hindu neighbourhoods during the violence of 1946, while critics argue that it wrongly erases the legacy of Sir Hassan Suhrawardy. The controversy reveals how deeply questions of memory, responsibility and commemoration still divide public opinion.