Noakhali is the site of one of the darkest episodes in the Indian subcontinent. There are countless stories of murder, rape, forced conversion, loss of property, and exile that still haunt Hindus today. Muslims also remember 1946 against the backdrop of British rule and exploitation, poverty, lack of political representation, and other communal riots that took place across British India. They were all part of one tragedy, written in different ways at times to serve contemporary political ends.