Mainstream Weeklyby Sankar Ray
The continuous inflow of thousands of people from the erstwhile East Pakistan into eastern India, mainly West Bengal, followed by Assam and Tripura, following a crackdown by military-feudal clique of West Pakistan, led by General Yahya Khan, Pak dictator-in-power in retaliation to the declaration of independence by the Awami League President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman left the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with no choice other than asking the Indian military command to march (…)
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