BIHARIS=STRANDED PAKISTANIS,HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED IN BANGLADESH SINCE 1917.HOWEVER IT IS HIGH TIME WE CHANGED OUR MIND AND STOP POSING HOSTILE BEHAVIOR AND INHUMANE TREAT TO THEM.SOME REASONS FOR NOT STOPPING DISCRIMINATION AND SOME SUGGESTIONS TO HELP THEM ARE GIVEN IN THIS SLIDE.ALSO PICTURES,VIDEOS,SOURCES,DATA,STATISTICS,COUNTER ARGUMENTS,REFUTATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

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3. Outline:
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND
• SUPPORT 1
• SUPPORT 2
• SUPPORT 3
• SUGGESTIONS
• CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES

4. INTRODUCTION:
 BIHARIS: Non-Bengali minority group of former
East-Pakistan, stranded still now from 1971
 suffering from identity crisis
 deprived of fundamental rights
 facing socio-political problems and hostile
discrimination
**World directory of minorities :South Asia

5. BACKGROUND:
o migrated into East-Pakistan after
1940 partition
o played anti-secessionist role in
liberation war, 1971
o identified themselves asWest-
Pakistanis during United-Pakistani
period ,1947-1971
o supported Pakistani dominance &
use Urdu as mother language
SHORT DATA
Alternative name Stranded Pakistani
Location 66 camps in
Bangladesh
Population 250,000 - 300,000
% of total
population
0.25%
Muslims 100%
Language Urdu,Bengali
**World directory of minorities :South Asia

6. SUPPORT 1: “ long time existence ”
 have been living since 1947
 yet 2-3 generation is going on
**The NeglectedStateless Bihari Community in Bangladesh:Victims of Political and
DiplomaticOnslaught ; Kazi Fahmida Farzana

7. SUPPORT 2: “ hard working people ”
known as skilled & hard
workers from very young
age
can increase manpower in
our country
able to help in economical
development
OCCUPATIONS
*Automobile-repairing &
machinery
*Electrical & hardware works
*Driving
*Rickshaw pulling
*Weavers
*Barbers
*Embroidery working
*Small shop-keeping
*Restaurant business
**Biharis in Bangladesh, ELCOP Publishers, Dhaka University, Bangladesh, Sep 2003
Mizanur Rahman

8. SUPPORT 3: “ inhumanity ”
∞ showing hostility is a
violation of human rights
∞ discrimination & posing
hatred consideration
shows inhumanity
∞ lastly biharis are rational
human beings
?
!

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10. SUGGESTIONS:
 highlight the plight of this BIHARIS
 assist in gaining fundamental & human rights
 raise voice to stop hostility & discrimination
 help them to live under preferred dominance
 provide all requirements & development aid
**Fahmida.k; based on UDBASTU (Uprooted), Issue 4, April-June, 1998.

11. CONCLUSION:
♣ “Ekta-duita maura dharo
Shakal-bikal nashta karo”_____ **Graffiti on DU boundary wall by 1970.
♣ “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
me to do nothing”_____**EDMUND BURKE
♣ BIHARIS must not be discriminated ,ill-treated ,tortured any
more; rather we have to step ahead for solving their entire
problems ,ensure their wantings
♣ Flame humanity_Raise voice_Respect minorities_Help Biharis

12. REFERENCES:
* Video source Images source Information source
* World directory of minorities :South Asia
* Neglected Stateless Bihari Community in Bangladesh: Victims of Political and Diplomatic
Onslaught
* The East PakistanTragedy, Drake Publishers, NewYork, NY 1972, Rushbrooke Williams
* Biharis in Bangladesh, ELCOP Publishers, Dhaka University, Bangladesh, Sep 2003
Mizanur Rahman
* http://tribune.com.pk/story/481701/bring-the-stranded-pakistanis-home/
* http://www.demotix.com/news/2204567/pakistani-bihari-refugees-bangladesh/all-media
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UP-U-WD6QE
* http://www.statelesspeopleinbangladesh.net/home.php
* http://www.faqs.org/minorities/South-Asia/Biharis-of-Bangladesh.html
* http://www.aljazeera.cominpictures/2014/03/pictures-plight-biharis-bangla-
2014325152839952229.html
* http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/bangladesh-persecution-bihari-bengali

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