Marichjhapi massacre

Wann

24. Jan. 1979 – 18. Mai 1979

Art

Massaker

Tote

1.000

Koordinaten

22.11° N, 88.95° E

Description

forcible eviction in 1979 of Bangladeshi refugees on Marichjhapi island in Sundarban, West Bengal, and the subsequent death of around thousands by police gun…

1979 eviction of Bangladeshi refugees

Marichjhapi massacre or Marichjhapi incident refers to the 1979 eviction of post-partition Bengali refugees who had moved out of the Dandakaranya camps in Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and settled in protected forest lands on Marichjhapi island in the Sundarbans, West Bengal.

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