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I remember as a little girl aged 8 years old living in Calcutta during WW2 in our extended family. The Japanese bombed the city every night at that time as it was an important city and capital of the British Raj. As it was getting dark the air raid siren used to start and we all had to go into our basement room for safety. We often had to stay for two hours or more and until the all clear was sounded. We used to have our dinner early to eat before the air raids. As a little girl I used to always get very frightened during the bombing. One night when we were in the basement we heard a very big bang very close to us. So we had to remain in the basement all night and the next morning we found that the Japanese had dropped a bomb near the shopping area closeby. My uncle took me to to area to show me the bomb crater which was very wide and deep.

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