Deposition of Jyotirmoee Das, Wife of Ramnath Das — A Female eyewitness of Noakhali Hindu Genocide 1946
(Collected From Saurendra Kumar Basu) On the day of Laxmipuja, Friday at about 10 a.m. many people came armed with Teta, spear, two guns. Then we all women got on the roof. Then the rogues set fire all around. Manindrababu, Kanu Roy (son of Pyari Roy)went forward to seek forgiveness. Hardly had he sought forgiveness […]
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Mahendra Mohan Ray’s statement, a graphic detail of the Noakhali Hindu genocide
On 10th Oct. 1946 at about 8 a.m. a Muslim crowd of several thousand men, in batches of about 200 persons armed with deadly weapons passed by our house shouting Muslim League and other slogans such as “Pakistan Zindabad”, “Larke Lenge Pakistan” [sic], “Want Hindu Blood” and “Calcutta Retaliation” and moved towards the ex-MLA’s house. […]
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Mother trained daughter how to hang herself
Aratiprova Sur Roy, Father Sri Ananta Kumar Roy, Vill.-Panchgharia, P.S.-Ramganj, Dist.-Noakhali, 14 Ramnarainpur. Two days after Laxmi Puja, Rajkumar Pal of our village was beheaded & his house was set on fire. From that time forth the Muslims of our village began to threaten us that Muslims of other village would behead us. If you […]
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Self-sacrifice of Chittaranjan Datta, Chaudhury of Sayestanagar
On the third day (12th October) of the holocaust, Sri Chittaranjan Datta Chaudhury, grandson of Rai Bahadur Pyarilal Roychaudhury, zaminder of Sayestanagar, P.S.Raypur, sacrificed his life but not his honor. He with his family and servants lived in a palatial three storied building. He knew that he would be next target of the blood-thirsty rioters […]
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Holocaust at Karpara Chowdhury house—The Hindu Karbala
The holocaust commenced on the 10th October, the Lakshmi Puja day. The rainy season was far advanced. Khals were overflowing with water. The rice fields were flooded. The District Board road was breached owing to heavy rains. Smaller roads were under water. The shankos (bamboo bridges) were all guarded by the hooligans. Rai Saheb Rajendralal […]
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Brothers sacrificed their lives in saving their sister’s honour
I, Sreemati Ranibala Debi, daughter of Sj. Kailash Chandra Chakraborty of Vill : Kethuri, P.S. Ramganj, Dist. : Noakhali beg to state that on the night of the 19th October 1946, 2000 Musalmans of our locality entered our house and we entered the adjacednt jungle to save our lives. I am a married girl of […]
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Case of Monomohini Devi, Noakhali Hindu Genocide 1946
Last night (Thursday the 5th of December) at about 8 p.m. one of my workers returning from Lamchar-Karpara gave me the story of how a woman was taken away from her bed at about 9 p.m. the previous night and left outside a few paces from the house. This is within the Lamchar camp. The […]
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লাবণ্যপ্রভা মজুমদারের জবানবন্দি, নোয়াখালী হিন্দু গণহত্যা ১৯৪৬
আমি লাবণ্যপ্রভা মজুমদার; পিতার নাম শ্রী চন্দ্রমাধব পণ্ডিত। আমার বয়স আঠারো। দাঙ্গার সময় আমার দুই ভাই- বিলাসচন্দ্র মজুমদার এবং যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মজুমদার খুন হয়েছিল। বৃহস্পতিবার দিন কোজাগরী লক্ষ্মী পুজো ছিল। তার ঠিক দুদিন পরেই অনেক মুসলমান আমাদের বাড়ি ঘেরাও করে লুটপাট করা শুরু করে। আমরা তখন বাড়ির উঠোনে দাঁড়িয়ে ছিলাম। পাটকাঠি কেরোসিনে ভিজিয়ে আমাদের বাড়িঘরে আগুন […]
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Hindus Fleeing Noakhali
A rare photograph of Bengali Hindus fleeing Noakhali (1946) in the dead of night. The photograph was taken by renowned Indian photographer Sunil Janah, who worked as an assistant to American photographer Margaret Bourke-White. Sunil Janah had travelled to Noakhali around November.
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Gandhi Visits Noakhali
MK Gandhi visits Noakhali after the onesided ‘riot’ claimed more than 5000 Hindu lives and rendered more than 50000 homeless.
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