Urdu-speaking group of predominantly ethnic Biharis awaiting repatriation to Pakistan
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Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh উদ্বাস্তু পাকিস্তানি
محصور پاکستانی
Total population
150,000–300,000[1][2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Bangladesh
Languages
Urdu, Bengali and Bihari languages
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Indo-Aryan peoples
Islam in Bangladesh
History
Muslim conquest
Islamic rule
Bengal Sultanate
Bengal Subah
Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala
Culture
Architecture
Bangladeshi
Bengali
Indo-Islamic
Indo-Saracenic
Mughal
Literature
Arabic
Bengali
Dobhashi
Jangnama
Kissa
Marsiya
Puthi
Persian
Urdu
Music
Ghazal
Hamd
Nashid
Naat
Qawwali
Zari
Zikir
Major figures
Bakhtiyar Khalji
Shah Jalal
Khan Jahan Ali
Shah Makhdum
Titumir
Shariatullah
Karamat Ali Jaunpuri
Sher-e-Bangla
Siraji
Nazrul
Bhashani
Communities
Bengali Muslims
Dhakaiyas
Kan
Mahifarash
Mahimal
Nashya Shaikh
Shershabadia
Sylhetis
Rohingyas
Bihari Muslims
Pangals
Ideology/schools of thought
Ahl-i Hadith
Barelvi/Rezvi
Deobandi/Qawmi
Fultali
Maizbhandari
Shia
Educational organizations
Alia Madrasah
Qawmi Madrasah
Islamic University, Bangladesh
International Islamic University Chittagong
Political parties
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Islami Andolan
Islami Front
Islami Oikya Jote
Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Khelafat Majlish
Muslim League
Nizam-e-Islam Party
Tariqat Federation
Influential bodies
Anjuman Mufidul Islam
Hefazat-e-Islam
Islamic Foundation Bangladesh
Tablighi Jamaat
Tamaddun Majlish
Other topics
Bishwa Ijtema
Mosques in Bangladesh (Baitul Mukarram)
Muslim nationalism in South Asia
Muslim chronicles for Bangladeshi history
Sufism in Bangladesh
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Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh (Urdu: محصور پاکستانی, mahsūr pākistānī, Bengali: উদ্বাস্তু পাকিস্তানি, romanized: udbāstu pākistāni) are Bihari Muslim migrants with homelands in present-day India (then part of British India) who settled in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) following the partition of India in 1947.[4][5][6][7][2][8]
This identification can encompass several groups of people. The first among them are Bihari Muslims. Although most of this population belonged to the Bihar Province of British India, there are many from other Indian states such as U.P. (United Provinces or later Uttar Pradesh). There are still others who had settled in what is now known as Bangladesh in the late 19th century. The second term of reference for this group coined by themselves after the creation of Bangladesh is "Stranded Pakistanis". In Urdu media in Pakistan and elsewhere this was translated as "Mehsooreen" or the "Besieged". [citation needed]
Biharis who were minors in 1971 when Bangladesh became independent, or born later, were stateless until 2008 when a judgement by the Dhaka High Court gave them right to Bangladeshi citizenship. The judgment does not cover refugees who were adults at the time of Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]
In March 2015, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan said that more than 170,000 Biharis had been repatriated to Pakistan and the remaining 'stranded Pakistanis' are not its responsibility but rather the responsibility of Bangladesh.[3]
^ ab"Citizenship for Bihari refugees". BBC News. 19 May 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^ ab"SC rejects plea regarding repatriation of stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh". The Express Tribune. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^ ab"Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh not Pakistan's responsibility, FO tells SC". The Express Tribune. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"Stranded Pakistanis Dreaming of Deliverance". The New York Times. 13 May 2000. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"Vote for 'stranded Pakistanis'". BBC News. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"'Stranded Pakistanis' living in camps in Bangladesh – in pictures". The Guardian. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"SC rejects plea for repatriation of stranded Pakistanis". Dawn. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^"Repatriation of stranded Pakistanis". Daily Sun. Dhaka. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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