1971.07.25, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
20,000 More Arrive At Bongaon From Our Staff Correspondent, DUM DUM, JULY 24. – Plodding through rain and mud, about 20,000 evacuees from Bangladesh entered the Bongaon Subdivision of 24Parganas, today, Most of the people came through different points in Bagda...
1971.07.25, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Plight of refugees in Burma RANGOON, JULY 24 – About 50,000 Bangladesh people who have taken refuge in Western Burma are in a miserable plight, according to reports reaching the Bangladesh Mission here, says, UNI. Facing starvation, a large number of them...
1971.08.28, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Pak Campaign Against Refugees’ Return COMILLA (East Bengal), July 27. – Despite Government professions that conditions are being created for the refugees to return and resume their living as before, there is good evidence that a campaign is underway to...
1971.07.29, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
THE BANGLADESH REFUGEES Some Frightening Economic Implications By SARWAR LATEEF In Calcutta there is undoubtedly a growing sense of uncertainty and helplessness as the refugees from Bangladesh continue to pour in. The threat to West Bengal’s already battered...
1971.08.01, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Refugee influx touches eight million mark NEW DELHI, JULY 31. – The refugee influx has now reached almost the eight million mark, according to latest reports, writes NUI. The reports put the figure of refugees last week at 7,098,809. The State-wise break-up of...
1971.07.12, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
4 BONGAON CAMPS DISMANTLED Monsoon Brings New Woes For District Administrations By Manash Ghosh, It was raining heavily. The cma’s thin tarpaulin cover could not hold back the water for long. Some water was dripping in already; the evacuees shoved their meager...
1971.07.15, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Roofing material needed for two million evacuees By A Staff Reporter, India needs roofing material for over two million evacuees who are still without any shelter. The problem was highlighted by an official spokesman of the Ministry of Rehabilitation at a meeting with...
1971.07.15, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Andhra willing to take only 50,000 evacuees HYDERABAD, JULY 14 – The Union Government wants to send 200,000 families of Bangladesh refugees to Andhra Pradesh but the State Government is inclined to take only 50,000 refugees, says PTI. The State Labor and...
1971.07.18, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
500 Refugees Enter Basirhat Daily : Only Half Stay on From HIRAN PHUKAN, Like an inexhaustible stream, refugees from East Bengal continue to flow into Basirhat sub-division. The pace, however, has slackened and fresh arrivals now do not, on an average, exceed 500 a...
1971.07.18, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Refugee
Evacuees Streaming Into Overpopulated Murshidabad From B. P. Kumar, BERHAMPORE (Murshidabad). July 17. – The rain stopped more than six hours ago and the children were crying for food. Smoke rose from the brick ovens but there was no fire. At the Ashok Kunja...
