1971.06.01, Newspaper (Times), Refugee
Bengal’s Suffering Millions For six weeks now the flow of refugees from East Pakistan into India has gone on relentlessly, into Tripura in the east, into Assam in the north, and heaviest of all into West Bengal. Despite the heroic efforts assembled by the Indian...
1971.06.04, Newspaper (Times), Refugee
Massacre Of Refugees By Bengalis Alleged Peter Hazelhurst Hili, Northern West Bengal, April 5. Thousands of helpless Muslim refugees who settled in Bengal at the time of partition are reported to have been massacred by angry Bengalis in East Pakistan during the past...
1972.01.07, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Repatriation of evacuees to be over by Feb 15 By A Staff Reporter, The dispersal of Bangladesh evacuees from West Bengal totalled 129,797 on Wednesday an 10-time high since the formal dispersal started on January 1. Encouraged by the acceleration the State Government...
1972.01.07, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Over 1m. Refugees Return To Bangladesh By A Staff Reporter, The repatriation of Bangladesh evacuees from the five border States of India on Wednesday crossed a million mark, a Union Rehabilitation Ministry official said in Calcutta on Wednesday. Till Tuesday 992,283...
1972.01.08, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Evacuees at Salt Lake camp start leaving By A Staff Reporter, Nearly 619,000 Bangladesh evacuees have left West Bengal up to Thursday. The average daily dispersal since the formal repatriation started on January 1 has exceeded 80,000 according to a State Government...
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...
1972.01.07, 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...
