Bravehearts of Noakhali - The Great Noakhali Retaliation 1946

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● Bravehearts of Noakhali : 

⚜️ Shri Rajendralal Roy Chowdhury 

⚜️ Shri Krishnamohan Roy

⚜️ Shri Chittaranjan Dutta Chowdhury 

More or less many people know about the many days of horrific riot in Noakhali and adjacent areas during the Kojagari Lakshmi Puja period of 1946. But in the meantime, many Bengalis have fought to protect their land, thousands of years of culture. So maybe the worship of Lakshmi is still intact in Noakhali today. Here are the reports of three such fighters -

★ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐲 -

Rajendralal RoyChowdhury was the Zamindar of Karpara, President of Noakhali Hindu Mahasabha & also the President of Noakhali District Bar Association, who led the armed retaliation of Hindus during Noakhali riot. 

On 10 and 11 October 1946, he fought the M league goons steadily with his rifle. He also gave security to Swami Tryambakananda of Bharat Sebashram Sangha in that episode. However, on October 12, extremist groups in the area attacked Roy Chowdhury's house with more weapons and killed all of them.

★ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐲 -

Krishnamohan Roy was a resident of Manikyanagar, Noakhali. Since the 1946 Vijaya Dasami, M League Mobs started attacking Hindus in Begumganj, Ramganj of Noakhali. During Lakshmi Puja day the riot takes a terrible serious form. In such a situation, Krishnamohan Roy and his associates protected the Noakhali region for a long time to fight with arms every day. Even this time the Roy gangs shooted many M league extremists with guns.

★ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐲 -

Chittaranjan Dutta Chowdhury was the Zamindar of Shaistanagar & a self-sacrificing Hindu avenger who left the safe workplace of Calcutta in 1946 and went to the house of Shaistanagar, Bangladesh to preserve his dynasty temple at the call of his mother. On October 10, he fought local League extremists with rifle from the roof of his house. But unable to approach large-scale armaments, he finally sacrificed himself and his family.

Lakshmi Puja of 1946 in East Bengal and present day Bangladesh in Noakhali and adjacent places, the brutality that has come to the Sanatani culture and life of minority native Bengalis is unimaginable. Even in that situation, the way many brave Bengalis fought with valour at the risk of their lives will never be forgotten. The result of this self-sacrifice may be that Maa Lakshmi is still worshiped in Noakhali even today despite being a Bengali minority region.

■ Reference -

[1] Diary of Forty Seven - Nirmal Kumar Bose

[2] Naliniranjan Mitra, Noakhalir Itikatha

[3] 1946 : THE GREAT CALCUTTA KILLINGS AND NOAKHALI GENOCIDE

DINESH CHANDRA SINHA : ASHOK DASGUPTA