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UP govt allots agricultural, residential land papers to 63 Hindu Bengali r
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 19 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday allotted agricultural and residential land papers to 63 Hindu Bengali refugee families that migrated from East Pakistan in the 1970s.
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Pakistan should apologise to Bangladesh, says Tripura Minister on Internat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 21 (ANI): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Monday reminded the people of the genesis of the language movement in Bangladesh and explained how the Bengali speaking people of then East Pakistan revolted against the unilateral decision of impo
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1971 was finest year of Indira: Sonia Gandhi on completion of 50 years of
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): On the occasion of completion of 50 years of Bangladesh Liberation War, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday termed 1971 as the "finest year" of then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, who is also her mother-in-law.
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Hosted millions of refugees, saved them from massacre when West Pakistan u
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI): Underlining India's commitment to the humanitarian protection of refugees, TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, on Tuesday said when West Pakistan unleashed genocide on East Pakistan, India hosted millions of refugees and sav
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UP govt to rehabilitate 63 Hindu Bengali families from East Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 11 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to launch a rehabilitation scheme for Bengali Hindus that migrated from East Pakistan in the 1970s.
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Uttarakhand: No longer mention of 'East Pakistan' in caste certificates of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 17 (ANI): Uttarkhand Cabinet on Monday took the decision that the word "Poorvi Pakistan" (East Pakistan) will no longer be mentioned on the caste certificate issued to the Bengali community who were rehabilitated in Udham Singh Nagar district, said Utt
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Uttarakhand not to stamp 'East Pakistan' on certificates of displaced Beng
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday announced that the 'East Pakistan' word would no longer be used in the certificates that are issued to the members of the Bengali community living in Udham Singh Nagar district.
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MQM leader Altaf Hussain urges UN to take action against massacre of innoc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 26 (ANI): Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has appealed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take strong action against the massacre of innocent Bengalis in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) by Pakistan army on March 25, 1971,
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Genocide by Pakistan Army in former East Pakistan needs to be globally rec
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 15 (ANI): It is matter of shame that the genocide committed by Pakistan in Bangladesh 50 years ago, which killed more than the holocaust and was aimed at changing ethnicity of a group, is yet to be globally recognised, according to a Paris-based think tank.
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Will not allow making Bengal into East Pakistan: BJP MP Locket Chatterjee
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee on Monday said her party will not allow anyone to make Bengal into 'East Pakistan'.
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Baloch, Pashtun struggle similar to East Pakistan's separation
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): On December 3, 1971 around 4 pm, Gen Yahya Khan left the President's House to go to the Air Command Centre to launch the pre-emptive air strikes on India. Just then, according to Arshad Sami Khan, Yahya's ADC, an unusually large vulture appeared from n
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Don't let Bangladesh slip into dark era of post-1975: Hasina
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 25 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the people to prevent the nation from falling back into a period of dark era which was witnessed in the country post 1975.
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