The Noakhali riots were a series of semiorganized massacres Killing , rapes , abductions and forced conversions of Hindus to Islam and looting Robbery and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated Committing_crime by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal ( now in Bangladesh ) in October–November 1946 , a year before India 's independence from British rule .

The Noakhali riots were a series of semiorganized massacres Killing , rapes , abductions and forced conversions of Hindus to Islam and looting Robbery and arson of Hindu properties perpetrated Committing_crime by the Muslim community in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of Bengal ( now in Bangladesh ) in October–November 1946 , a year before India 's independence from British rule .

It affected Influence 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 .

Syama Prasad Mookerjee , the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta and the former Finance Minister of Bengal , dismissed the argument that the Noakhali incidents Catastrophe were ordinary communal riots .

Mahatma Gandhi camped Hostile_encounter in Noakhali for four months and toured Traveling the district in a mission to restore Recovering peace and communal harmony .