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Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the Noakhali carnage. In this forgotten corner of British India,starting 10th October 1946 (happened to be Kojagari Laxmi Puja Day),Muslim League mobs,led by one Golam Sarwar, began a campaign of murder,rape and forcible #EastBengalHindus
conversion of the 20% Hindu population of the district. Hindus were force-fed a meal of beef,usually by killing that very Hindu's cow. The Muslim League government then in power in Bengal Presidency supported it. Sir Frederick Burrows,the callous,heartless #EastBengalHindus
British Governor,quipped to Acharya J B Kripalani,"Rapes are natural since Hindu women are generally prettier than their Muslim sisters"!
Gandhiji visited Noakhali and stayed there for months. He tried to spread the message of love and goodwill and wanted #EastBengalHindus
Gandhiji visited Noakhali and stayed there for months. He tried to spread the message of love and goodwill and wanted #EastBengalHindus
