Amit Shah's verbatim quote in Hindi: " 1947 main Pakistan ke andar alpasankhyakon ki aabadi 23 pratishat thi, aur 2011 main wog ghat kar 3.7 pratishat ho gayi. The Hindu population in Bangladesh is 12 million as per 2021. ... if shrinking Hindu minority—about 25-30% at the time of Partition in 1947, and less than 9% in 2003. As a result, the population transfer in Punjab happened almost immediately after Partition, as terrified people left their homes from both sides. On hearing the news that the two girls had gone back to their parents some Jamal-E-Islamic supporters numbering about 250/300 surrounded the houses of the victim-girls at about 11 P.M. at night. India and Pakistan initially agreed to a trade agreement to import raw jute from East Bengal for West Bengal's mills. His two legs were damaged. In independent Bangladesh, state-sponsored discrimination of Hindus largely stopped. 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The shortage continued into the 1950s and the 1960s. According to the 2001 census, the size of Hindu population was 11.6 million which means since the past 27 years only, 1.7 million population was added yielding a 0.6% annual average growth rate. Both Hindus in East Bengal and Muslims in West Bengal felt unsafe and had to take a crucial decision on whether to leave for an uncertain future in another country or to stay in subjugation under the other community. Because he was accused of publishing several news, reporting the poor conditions of the Hindu minority of Bangladesh. In another separate meeting of legislators from East Bengal, it was decided 106-35 that the province should not be partitioned and 107-34 that East Bengal should join Pakistan in the event of Partition.[1]. Bangladesh - Bangladesh - The Pakistani period, 1947–71: Although the boundaries of East Bengal were based ostensibly on religion, they did not entirely reflect it. As a result the fanatics took a glass bottle fill with hot water and vehemently beat Subodh with it. Hindus in Bangladesh. The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian province of Bengal based on the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The population of Hindu was 11.88 millions, while 588 thousand was other religious and ethnic minorities (Buddhist, Christian and animist). By 1959, West Bengal faced an annual food shortage of 950,000 tones. (Ref 3). The victims, Putul Rani Malo and Sushma Rani Malo, came back to their parents on 25th July, 2002, in the evening. The partition -induced population movement consisted of both involuntary and voluntary migration types involving more than 13 million persons. Punjab had witnessed widespread communal riots immediately before partition. In Bangladesh, the non-Muslim population was about 22% in 1947, whereas it fell to 7.8% in 2011. Even after it became clear that refugees were determined not to be sent back, the governments of both countries failed to provide any significant assistance. The priest of the temple-Pradipananda Purimoharaj was deeply injured by the fundamentalists. It means on an average 632 Hindus left the country each day and 230,612 annually. A case has been filed but no adequate action has been taken by the police against the accused. However, the disagreements between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal that had sparked the Partition of Bengal in 1905 remained, and laws, including the Second Partition of Bengal in 1947, were implemented to fulfil the political needs of the parties involved. They have mostly gone to India. Nearly 5 million Hindus have left Pakistan's East Bengal for India's West Bengal region, and about 2 million Muslims have left India's West Bengal for Pakistan's East Bengal region immediately after Partition because of violence and rioting resulting from mobs supporting West Bengal and East Bengal. While the Muslims were in favour of the partition, as they would have their own province, Hindus opposed it. They often had relatives and other connections in West Bengal and settled with less difficulty. Latter Police Superintendent Mr. Mustafijur Rahman visited the village assuring the safety of minorities there but locals said minorities never been safe since the last election. The 1951 census in India recorded 2.523 million refugees from East Bengal, 2.061 million of whom settled in West Bengal. Although the chance of the proposal seeing light without the Congress central committee's approval was slim, Bose and Suhrawardy continued talks to reach an agreement on the political structure of the proposed state. Fig: Bangladeshi newspapers continuously featured on Minority Oppression after BD election. Both countries agreed to take the refugees back and to return them their property which they evacuated in their respective countries. During the raid, they also stabbed three people, including Liton Sadhu, when they tried to resist them. Contrary to the widely-held view that Partition (1947) triggered the mass exodus of Hindus from what is now Bangladesh, the Hindu share of the population declined only slightly from 33% to 28% between 1901 and 1941 while Hindus in West Bengal declined by only three percentage points . 3. … This is particularly true of the Bangladesh-India border areas. Suhrawardy floated his idea on 24 April 1947 at a press conference in Delhi.[7]. Most of them may become invalid from a day to a few months later. You asked “What was the Hindu percentage population in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in 1947, and what is it now?” I can answer this question for Pakistan (which is the modern equivalent of West Pakistan). India and West Bengal Census DataSource: Census of India 1991 (http://www.censusindia.net/), Data Source : 1991 Census of India. Some found jobs in factories. Advocate Mr. Ghosh pointed to the Deputy Commissioner that the consent of any minor, according to law, is no consent and the date of birth of the victims proved that they were minors. Mr. Ghosh requested the Deputy Commissioner of Madaripur to hand over the minor victims to the legal guardians but no actions have yet been taken. Dhaka also faced a severe human resource crisis. First of all as it can be seen that drop in hindu population in Bangladesh is rather steep in early 20-25 years after independence in 1947. The lines connecting Siliguri in North Bengal to Kolkata and Assam to Chittagong were severed. Gang rape continues at Naugaou, minority girls appeal for justice, Daily Janakantha dated 13th February, 2002. A group of 30 to 40 muslim fundamentalists along with sharp weapons attacked the ”Aditya Asram”. From a healthy 14 per cent in 1941 – a figure some analysts say had reached 16 per cent by 1947 – the Hindu population came down to just 1.3 per cent in 1951. In 1950, severe riots occurred in Barisal and other places in East Pakistan, causing a further exodus of Hindus. Owing to disagreements between the Hindu and Muslim contingents of the commission tasked with delimiting the province, the frontiers were ultimately determined by the head of the commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe. However, they supported West Pakistan during the Liberation War and were subsequently denied citizenship in independent Bangladesh. Smuggling of raw jute shot up across the border,[37] but West Bengal rapidly increased jute production and in the mid-to-late 1950s became largely self-sufficient in jute. One of the most controversial scheme was the government's decision to settle the refugees by force in Dandakaranya, a barren plot of land in Central India.[26][27]. Pakistan also set up new factories to process its local produce instead of exporting to India. The main produce was food grains and other crops, jute, bamboo, leather and fish. The Hindu population however, should have been 44.4 million in Bangladesh in 2001 as per the normal annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent and had been no migration of Hindus. West Bengal's mills faced acute shortage, and the industry faced a crisis. That set the stage for the creation of West Bengal as a province of India and East Bengal as a province of the Dominion of Pakistan. [31] By 1961 the numbers reached 850,000. The newly-independent country had few resources, and the central government was exhausted in resettling 7 million refugees in Punjab. In 1947, the Hindu population in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) was 30%. Partition of Bengal into West and East Bengal in 1947, Segregation in countries by type (in some countries, categories overlap). Manik Mazumdar is the president of reporter’s union of Madhukhali sub-district in Faridpur. [43] It lost its traditional market for agricultural products. An estimation suggests that before Partition, West Bengal had a population of 21.2 million, of whom 5.3 million, or roughly 25 percent, were Muslim minorities, and East Bengal had 39.1 million people, of whom 11.4 million, or roughly 30 percent, were predominantly Hindu minorities. In Muslim-majority West Pakistan, Hindus dwindled from 15 per cent of the population in 1947 to mere 1.3 per cent in 1951 and were 1.6 per cent in 1998, according to the official figures. However, Pakistan had plans to set up its own mills and put restrictions on raw jute export to India. But Subodh refused to pay the tax. The Hindu population in Bangladesh has severely declined in the last several decades. Mr. Vimal Patak a Bangladeshi born Hindu was beaten to death with sticks as the Muslim mullas (priests) chanted "kill the Kafir!" East Pakistan became independent Bangladesh in 1971 but cross-border railway traffic did not resume until 2003. Police has arrested Shariful and Ahidur Rahman while writing this report. He earlier said in parliament that Hindus are being tortured in Bangladesh. The brave girl identified one "Shariful" among eight evildoers. In 1947, the partition of British India split the subcontinent into the independent nations of India and Pakistan, each a home for their respective religious majorities, the Hindus and the Muslims. After the exodus of minorities following the partition of India in 1947, the hindu population went down to about 22% by 1951. Land plots that were evacuated by Muslims were allotted to incoming Hindu and Sikh refugees. The tea industry in Assam depended on the Chittagong Port to export its produce and import raw materials for the industry such as coal, which was used as the fuel to dry the tea leaves. Until and unless the minor becomes 18 years of age she is not capable to give consent as per the latest ruling of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 5th May, the villagers rescued her but she was totally senseless. From 1964 to 2013, around 11.3 million Hindus left Bangladesh due to religious persecution and discrimination, he said. When Pakistan was created in 1947, Hindus constituted about 15 per cent of the population of West Pakistan (current Pakistan); by 1998 it is about 1.6 per cent (p. 76, Hindus … After brutal gang rape of minority girl Purnima at Ullapara, another Purnima has become the victim of gang rape at Niamatpur under Naugaou. The partition -induced population movement consisted of both involuntary and voluntary migration types involving more than 13 million persons. Signature Campaign : Need for the Union Govt. 8th May, 2002, N. M. Jahangir Alam-A well known journalist of the newspaper Sambad which is published from Dhaka, was beaten up by Muslim fundamentalists. 9th May, 2002, at night, a Hindu religious place-”Aditya Asram” situated in the Khashipur village under the Banshkhali police station of Chattagram was demolished by some Muslim activists. (Ref 3). [24], A massive population transfer began immediately after partition. Liton was admitted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital "in critical condition", Terrorists attack houses of Christian community in Pabna : February 28th, 2002, At least 20 people were injured as some terrorists allegedly attacked and damaged several houses of Christian community members in two villages of Chatmohor Upazila in the district on Tuesday night, reports UNB. [27], Rail and road links connecting North East India to the rest of the country passed through East Bengal territory. If normal increase rate prevailed, the number of the Hindu community in this country would have been 32.5 million, but the Hindu population in Bangladesh stood at 12.5 million in 1991 Census (State of Human Rights, 1994). The group of miscreants led by Iuyas Mian of Balichiri village forcefully captured their lands. When a URL fails to work, you may go to the top level of the sources website and search for the news/article. These cases of utmost brutality generated strong resentment among local Chakmas and Hindus. Government employees were given a chance to swap their posts between India and Pakistan. The vanishing minority population is understood from researching the census documents published the government. After 1951, the Hindu population for West Pakistan actually steadily increased from 1.3% in 1951 to 1.6% in 1998. Dec 10, 2019 #13 Kabira said: Looks like Bangladeshis never got out of 1947 … By the 1990s, India upgraded the Assam rail link to broad gauge up to Dibrugarh, thereby easing the traffic problem in Brahmaputra Valley region, but the southern section of the area, which comprises Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and Barak valley of Assam, still faces serious connectivity problems. 8th May, 2002,-in Narikelbaria village of Bakharpara sub-district situated at Jessore, a local Muslim extreamist, Saiful along with Kabir and other fundamentalists demanded, more than 1 lakhs takas (U.S. $2,000) as Jizya tax (tax imposed by non-Muslims on Muslims) from a business Subodh Saha. Buddhism. However, the refugee crisis was markedly different from Punjab at India's western border. Arun Chandra Malo sustained severe injuries on the lower portion of the eyes, which were still visible after 8 days. Terrorist warned the local minorities for stern punishment if the incident is reported to police. State of Minorities in Bangladesh : From Secular to Islamic Hegemony : Saleem Samad Source: http://www.mukto-mona.co/human_rights/ethnic_clensin_Bangladesh.html. Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Bangladesh, covering more than 9.2% of the population, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2. Opinions expressed in this article are the authors personal opinions. It is quite astonishing to note that the "No objection certificate" obtained by some police officers tactfully from the simple-minded and law-abiding guardians of the victims are very much unwarranted and without jurisdiction; and for this deceitful endeavor on the part of any law-enforcing agencies are highly reprehensible and punishable under law. The total Hindu population in Bangladesh exceeds the population of many Muslim majority countries like Yemen, A comparative picture shows that the number of the Muslim majority increased 219.5 per cent while the Hindu community increased by 4.5 per cent. They were particularly targeted during the Bangladesh Liberation War as many Pakistanis blamed them for the secession, resulting in targeted executions, rape and other human rights abuses against Hindu communities. Of course, soon after Partition in 1947, millions of Hindus fled to India. Hindu festivals of Durga Puja, Rath Yatra and Janmashtami witness jubilant celebrations across various cities, towns and villages of Bangladesh. He further claimed that as per Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, there are around 1.7 crore Hindus, which is 10.7 per cent of that country's total population. It means on an average 632 Hindus left the country each day and 230,612 annually. However, the political climate in Pakistan deteriorated soon after partition and communal violence started to rise. On 20 June 1947, the Bengal Legislative Assembly met to decide the future of the Bengal Presidency on being a United Bengal within India or Pakistan or divided into East and West Bengal. Rail, road and water communication routes were severed between them. The urban and educated upper and middle classes left for East Bengal first.[27]. Before the official Radcliffe Line was drawn in 1947, these were the religious demographics in Bengal: The second partition of Bengal left behind a legacy of violence that has continues ever since. Urdu was imposed upon the whole country. Significantly, these tragic incidents were perpetrated in the wake of Santu Larma – Khaleda Zia high-level talks at Dhaka on April 20, for establishing permanent peace in the said region. The leader Abul Hashim supported it,[8] but Nurul Amin and Mohammad Akram Khan opposed it. 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