Calcutta Group

[2][3][4] The group initially included fellow painters Nirode Mazumdar, Prankrishna Pal and Gopal Ghosh.

During this period of time, Bengal - a state in India, home to many of the group's members - had been facing many tragedies including wars, famines, massacres, and even the partition of the country.

Stemming from these events, the members of the Calcutta Group focused not on aesthetic, but on the social and political realities of the state and nation at the time.

The first idea was meant to remove the evils of demagoguery and elitism and produce works that focused on the population as a whole.

However, the dismissal of works based n Hindu mythology came across as anti-religious and even atheist and therefore shocked many, leading to the moniker "Artistic Scandal".