Noakhali riots
The Noakhali riots, also known as the Noakhali genocide or the Noakhali Carnage, were a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus into Muslim and looting and arson of Hindu properties, perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October–November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. It affected the areas under the Ramganj, Begumganj, Raipur, Lakshmipur, Chhagalnaiya and Sandwip police stations in Noakhali district and the areas under the Hajiganj, Faridganj, Chandpur, Laksham and Chauddagram police stations in Tipperah district, a total area of more than 2,000 square miles.
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Noakhali riots
The Noakhali riots, also known as the Noakhali genocide or the Noakhali Carnage, were a series of massacres, rapes, abductions and forced conversions of Hindus into Muslim and looting and arson of Hindu properties, perpetrated by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal in October–November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. It affected the areas under the Ramganj, Begumganj, Raipur, Lakshmipur, Chhagalnaiya and Sandwip police stations in Noakhali district and the areas under the Hajiganj, Faridganj, Chandpur, Laksham and Chauddagram police stations in Tipperah district, a total area of more than 2,000 square miles.
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The Noakhali riots, also known ...... est Bengal, Tripura and Assam.
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Gandhi listens to a survivor in Noakhali
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October–November 1946
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Noakhali Region, Bengal, British India
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Muslim community attacked Hindu community for wealth and forced conversion to Islam
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Muslim National Guards, ex-servicemen, private militia
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Noakhali riots
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Massacre, Forced conversion, Plunder, Arson, Abduction and Rape
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The Noakhali riots, also known ...... more than 2,000 square miles.
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Noakhali riots
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