THOUSANDS OF HINDU REFUGEES FROM EAST PAKISTAN have crossed the border into India. They headed for Calcutta, but the West Bengal Government will not allow refugees to gather in that city. Instead, the Hindu families are carefully documented and sent on to Dandakaranya (known more briefly as DDK). There they are being settled on the land. This photograph shows a typical hovel in the shanty town of Sealdah, across the Hooghly riven, where some refugee families have squatted for up to 12 years. The town is now being cleared.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 9
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89THOUSANDS OF HINDU REFUGEES FROM EAST PAKISTAN have crossed the border into India. They headed for Calcutta, but the West Bengal Government will not allow refugees to gather in that city. Instead, the Hindu families are carefully documented and sent on to Dandakaranya (known more briefly as DDK). There they are being settled on the land. This photograph shows a typical hovel in the shanty town of Sealdah, across the Hooghly riven, where some refugee families have squatted for up to 12 years. The town is now being cleared. Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 9
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