

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Virtual Walk: World War II in Calcutta
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 09 Aug, 2020 at 01:30 pm – Sun, 09 Aug, 2020 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Tickets available here: https://www.townscript.com/e/virtual-walk-world-war-ii-in-calcutta-043132

The Second World War came to Calcutta slowly but surely in the winter of 1942. Japanese bombers were flying regular scouting missions to destroy Calcutta’s industrial sector in an effort to harm the Allied war effort in the China-Burma-India Theatre. Air-raid sirens were becoming an everyday reality, and finally bombs started to be hurled on the city. War also brought worker strikes, food shortages, heightened surveillance, oppression, and terrible famine.

 
The “Inbound areas” in wartime Calcutta were designated as “Safe Zones” for the Commonwealth and US forces that started pouring into the city to deliver Singapore and Manchuria from Japanese occupation. However, being the heart of colonial administration and the war effort, inbound areas also became a symbol of colonialism and the ongoing wartime oppression also led to the space being used to show dissent. Gandhi’s Quit India movement and the “fantastic” news of the success of Netaji’s Indian National Army in Singapore and Burma brought hope of deliverance from the colonial rule to the local population. But expressing these in public would have had fatal consequences.

 
The virtual walk will explore this contested “inbound” space through eyewitness accounts and forgotten tales from a city divided. 

The walk will be conducted via zoom. Participation link will be shared with all those who have registered 24 hours before the tour via email. 

Price: INR350 + GST

Timing: 19:00-21:30 (IST) | 14:30-17:00 (UK) | 9:30-12:00 (US-Eastern) | 

Walk Leader: Dr Tathagata Neogi

Please get in touch on see@heritagewalkcalcutta.com if you have any queries.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/online/virtual-walk-world-war-ii-in-calcutta/200019992647521
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.townscript.com/e/virtual-walk-world-war-ii-in-calcutta-043132?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=online-events

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## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Heritage Walk Calcutta (https://allevents.in/org/heritage-walk-calcutta/10752034)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 09 Aug, 2020 at 01:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online
- **Q**: Is this an online event?
  - **A:** Yes, this is an online event.
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Heritage Walk Calcutta
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Virtual Walk: World War II in Calcutta ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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