Calcutta Disturbances Commission of Enquiry. Record of Proceedings (8th to 17th January 1947) Minutes of Evidence

They said that they \\ anted ti, itiake it (icier to all the citizens in the city that if sifter the withdrawal of the iarife■v order there should lie in any part of the city or suhurlis of the ('-11. [...] We also appreciated that there was. a possibility owing to the rain storm which was coming up and owing to the fact that the evening would break the Ramzan that the situation might ease during the night. [...] on the telephone as to when the order forbidding the assembly of more thanfive was to be promulgated ?/Only that conversation with the Area Commander atd I then put him on to the telephone with the Chief Secretary, and the Area Commander discussed it with him. [...] The task which Was entrusted to the military in the first instance was that they were to patrol only the main streets leaving the alleyways to the police?/That was the main intention. [...] On the morning of the 19th they had it completely under control and I then ordered the 7th Worcester- shire to extend the area of occupation to the area bounded by the red line between the Central Avenue and Upper Circular Road.