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(Q6762569)

English

Marichjhapi massacre

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

  • Marichjhanpi massacre
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Statements

instance of
eviction
of
refugee
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massacre
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country
India
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coordinate location

Map

22°6'25.2"N, 88°57'3.6"E
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point in time
January 1979
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Identifiers

Freebase ID
/m/0j_440_
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