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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Noakhali to Kolkata
Anshu Sur was 4 years old at Partition——–They returned to Noakhali after the riots but it was a different place.——— Noakhali ——–>>>> Kolkata After moving to Kolkata in 1946, Anshu Sur’s life changed dramatically. His family, uprooted from their hometown in Bataitala, Noakhali, began a life of uncertainty and financial constraints in a new city. […]
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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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