2019
DOI: 10.11649/sn.1912
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‘Stranded Pakistanis’ in Bangladesh – victims of political divisions of 70 years ago

Abstract: ‘Stranded Pakistanis’ in Bangladesh – victims of political divisions of 70 years agoNearly 300 000 Urdu-speaking Muslims, coming mostly from India’s Bihar, live today in Bangladesh, half of them in the makeshift camps maintained by the Bangladeshi government. After the division of the Subcontinent in 1947 they migrated to East Bengal (from 1955 known as East Pakistan), despite stronger cultural and linguistic ties (they were Urdu, not Bengali, speakers) connecting them with West Pakistan. In 1971, after East P… Show more

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“…Being exhausted of the seesawing political decisions of British rulers and futile negotiations between political parties and being terrified of the frequently occurring horrific riots across the undivided India, eyes of Muslims saw Pakistan as their dreamland offering them hope and betterment. More than half million Muslim people from West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Koch Behar and Assam happened to reach the eastern part of Pakistan in 1947 bringing nothing but fear, uncertainty and hopes along with them from their native land (Talbot, 2009;Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, 2019;Bharadwaj et al,2008, Wasty et al, 2016. The share of people coming from Bihar was dominating enough to change the collective name of all migrants from 'Muhajirs' to 'Biharis' by the locals.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Being exhausted of the seesawing political decisions of British rulers and futile negotiations between political parties and being terrified of the frequently occurring horrific riots across the undivided India, eyes of Muslims saw Pakistan as their dreamland offering them hope and betterment. More than half million Muslim people from West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Koch Behar and Assam happened to reach the eastern part of Pakistan in 1947 bringing nothing but fear, uncertainty and hopes along with them from their native land (Talbot, 2009;Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, 2019;Bharadwaj et al,2008, Wasty et al, 2016. The share of people coming from Bihar was dominating enough to change the collective name of all migrants from 'Muhajirs' to 'Biharis' by the locals.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%