1972.01.09, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Transport for home-bound evacuees promised DACCA, JAN, 8- The Government of India has promised transport facilities to the homecoming refugees of Bangladesh today, says ENA. On his arrival here from Calcutta, Mr. Aziz told newsmen that the communications in Bangladesh...
1972.01.10, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Evacuees leaving Mekliganj Form Our Own Correspondent, MEKLIGANJ, JAN, 9 – Ten thousand six hundred and twenty seven evacuees from different camps of Mekliganj left for Bangladesh up to fanuary 6, it was officially learnt. Seventeen transit camps have been...
1972.01.10, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
More Bengalis desert Pak Army FEROZEPUR, JAN. 9- Five Bengali personnel of the Pakistani Army are reported to have crossed the cease-fire line and surrendered to the Indian Army in the Fazilka sector, reports PTI. They brought with them one jeep and a large quantity...
1971.04.08, District (Rangpur), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Army killed 2,500 in Rangpur town alone. From PRADEEP DASGUPTA DHUBRI, APRIL, 7- President Yahya’s Army which is now virtually confined in Nishatganj-Dhap cantonment cracked down on the district town of Rangpur at night of March 25, according to BanglaDesh...
1971.05.19, District (Feni), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
200 Pak Troops Killed In Pheni AGARTALA, May 16- À Pakistani column in brigade strength lost 200 men in a two day grim battle for control of the vital Subhanpur bridge in Pheni district linking Comilla and Chittagong in the south-eastern sector, reports PTI. According...
1971.05.22, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Guerilla Fight right into Dacca city NEW DELHI, MAY 21- Pakistan has impliedly admitted reporters reaching India that Bangladesh freedom-fighters have carried their guerilla fight right into Dacca city itself, report agencies. Radio Pakistan this morning broadcast a...
1971.05.22, District (Comilla), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Pak Terror Tactics In Comilla NEW DELHI, MAY 21 – The reign of terror unleashed by the military authorities in East Bengal continues unabated, according to latest reports received here, says PTI. An oversmart martial law administrator of Comilla has taken...
1972.01.07, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Ray watches evacuees return from Petrapole By A Staff Reporter, PETRAPOLE, JAN. 6 – Al-together 3,000 evacuees left for Bangladesh from Gaighata and Petrapole today as Mr. Siddhartha Ray, Union Minister for West Bengal Affairs, arrived on a short visit to the...
1972.01.05, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Refugees coming on foot to Chilahati From Our Staff Reporter, CHILAHATI, JAN. 4 – Only a bamboo pole was hanging loose as our jeep pulled up at the border point between Dewanganj and Chilahati. The metal road was now joined by an unmetalled one in the Bangladesh...
1972.01.03, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
55,000 Refugees Return To Bangladesh In 2 Days By a Staff Reporter, PACKED in special trains, UNICEF trucks and an assortment of vehicles rankings from horse and bullock carts to rickshaws, over 55,000 have returned to their homes in Bangladesh from camps in West...
