“When we are witnessing attempts to distort history, digitising the records available in the KMC archives becomes more necessary. Many scholars and journalists would like to access the historical records,” he said at the monthly meeting of all councillors. Parmar later issued a statement of “apology and repentance”, apparently after requests from the Bengal BJP and instructions from the national leadership. On his first visit to poll-bound Bengal, BJP national president Nitin Nabin said Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for peace while addressing party workers in Durgapur on Wednesday. The archives have detailed accounts of the city during the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the riots of 1946.

Source: The Telegraph January 30, 2026 02:18 UTC