Noakhali riot
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Noakhali riot (also known as Noakhali-Tippera riot) was a series of communal riots in and around Noakhali (and Tippera) in India (now in Bangladesh) in 1946, one year before India's independence from British Rule.
Rioting in the districts began in the Raiganj police station area in the northern Noakhali District on October 10, 1946. The violence unleashed was described as "the organized fury of the Muslim mob".[1] It soon engulfed the neighbouring police stations of Raipur, Lakshmipur, Begumganj and Sandip in Noakhali, and Faridganj, Hajiganj, Chandpur, Lakshman and Chudagram in Tippera.[2][3] The devastation caused by widespread violence was quite extensive. Initial statistics regarding casualties remained doubtful. If the "Hindu" press placed the figures in thousands, the "League" press went on to the other extreme and even denied incidents of death.[4] However, the official estimate was a conservative 200.[2][3]
The immediate occasion for the outbreak of the disturbances was the looting of a Bazaar (market) in Ramganj police station following the holding of a mass meeting and provocative speech by Gholam Sarwar Hussein. This included attacks on the house of Surendra Nath Bose and Rajendra Lal Roy Choudhury, the erstwhile president of the Nokhali Bar and a prominent Hindu Mahasabha leader.[2][3]
Mahatma Gandhi, along with his aides, toured the riot-stricken area, and was instrumental in calming the communal tension.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ghosh Choudhuri, Haran C. (6 February 1947). Proceedings of the Bengal Legislative Assembly (PBLA) Vol LXXVII. Bengal Legislative Assembly.
- ^ a b c d Batabyal, Rakesh. Communalism in Bengal : From Famine to Noakhali, 1943-47. Sage Publishers. ISBN 0761933352.
- ^ a b c Mansergh, Nicholas; Moon, Penderel (1980). The Transfer of Power 1942-7. Vol IX. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. ISBN 9780115800849.
- ^ Tuker, Francis (1950). While Memory Serves. Cassell.
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