Guwahati, May 24 -- In the decisive war against Pakistan in 1971, India won and a new nation named Bangladesh was born, but a small State in the eastern part of Bharat had to pay a heavy price with millions of East Pakistan refugees, for which Assam still cries, but nobody seems to care.

With a porous border with poverty-stricken Bangladesh, relatively little political will from the government, and a continued callous attitude of the majority of Asomiya people, the situation continues to be grim even today.

The Union government in New Delhi supported the Mukti Bahini (read freedom fighters of East Pakistan) in their movement against West Pakistan and subsequently the atrocious Pakistan forces had to surrender on 16 December 1971.

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