1964 East Pakistan riots
The 1964 East Pakistan Riots refer to the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus from East Pakistan in the wake of an alleged theft of what was believed to be the Prophet's hair from the Hazratbal shrine in Jammu and Kashmir in India. The salient feature of the pogroms was its urban nature and selective targeting of Bengali Hindu owned industries and merchant establishments in the capital city of Dhaka. The resulted in unending waves of Bengali Hindu refugees in neighbouring West Bengal. The refugee rehabilitation became a national problem in India, and hundreds of refugees were resettled in Dandakaranya in Madhya Pradesh.
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1964 East Pakistan riots
The 1964 East Pakistan Riots refer to the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus from East Pakistan in the wake of an alleged theft of what was believed to be the Prophet's hair from the Hazratbal shrine in Jammu and Kashmir in India. The salient feature of the pogroms was its urban nature and selective targeting of Bengali Hindu owned industries and merchant establishments in the capital city of Dhaka. The resulted in unending waves of Bengali Hindu refugees in neighbouring West Bengal. The refugee rehabilitation became a national problem in India, and hundreds of refugees were resettled in Dandakaranya in Madhya Pradesh.
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The 1964 East Pakistan Riots r ...... andakaranya in Madhya Pradesh.
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From January 1964
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Muslim community attacked Hindu community for wealth and forced conversion to Islam
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East-Pakistan Police, Ansars, Army, East-Pakistan Rifles, Local Muslims
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Massacre, Forced conversion, Plunder, Arson, Abduction and Rape
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The 1964 East Pakistan Riots r ...... andakaranya in Madhya Pradesh.
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1964 East Pakistan riots
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