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In the immediate aftermath of partition, commonly attributed figures suggest around three million East
Bengalis migrating to India and 864,000 migrants from India to East Pakistan. Indian government estimates suggest around 2.6 million migrants leaving East Bengal for India and 0.7 million
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and the 1965 India-Pakistan War, when it is estimated that 600,000 refugees left for India. Estimates of the number of refugees up to 1970 are over five million to West Bengal alone. This includes around 4.1 million coming between 1946 and 1958 and 1.2 million coming between 1959 and 1971.
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Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the Government of West Bengal, the census figures show the number of refugees from East Pakistan in 1971 was nearly 6 million and in 1981, the number was assessed at 8 million. A district-wise break-up in 1971, shows the main thrust of the
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Kolkata's population was East Bengali refugees mainly Hindu Bengalis and they contributed the economic growth of Kolkata in various fields. Millions of Hindus particularly Bengali speaking from East Pakistan took refuge in India's various states, mainly West Bengal. A number
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Migration continued, primarily from East
Pakistan to India, right up to the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, both on an ongoing basis and with spikes during periods of particular communal unrest such as the
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district in Assam also joined East Bengal and subsequently became part of East
Pakistan. East Bengal was the area of agricultural growth whereas West Bengal was meant for industrial development.
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Pakistan migrated mainly to Kolkata and various rural areas and towns of West Bengal during 1947.
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refugee influx was on 24-Parganas (22.3% of the total refugees), Nadia (20.3%), Bankura (19.1%) and
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Another major influx into India came in 1971 during the
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648:List of High Commissioners of India to Bangladesh
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126:. The estimated 0.5 million Bengalis in
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463:"The Hindu : A home ... far from home?"
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430:"The East Bengal Refugees"
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254:"Dandakaranya Project"
225:Hinduism in Bangladesh
860:East Bengali refugees
401:www.weeklyholiday.net
395:Chakravartty, Gargi.
32:Independence of India
20:East Bengali Refugees
964:1940s in West Bengal
959:Immigration to India
892:Indian reunification
779:Rampal Power Station
769:Ganges water dispute
695:2001 border conflict
440:on 25 September 2009
22:are people who left
362:Dasgupta, Abhijit.
294:Library of Congress
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