https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=42.110.152.102Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-08-18T13:37:09ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_Bangladesh&diff=39098Indians in Bangladesh2021-04-08T19:21:59Z<p>42.110.152.102: /* Indians in Bangladesh */ removed false information</p>
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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Indians in Bangladesh<br />
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| langs = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Tamil Language|Tamil]], [[Languages of India]], English<br />
| population = 500,000<br />
| total_year = 2009<br />
| regions = [[Dhaka]], [[Khulna]], [[Chittagong]]<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Sikhism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]{{·}}[[Religions of India]]<br />
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There a big number of illegal immigrant indian workers are currently working in Bangladesh.As the economy of Bangladesh and the per capita income of Bangladesh is higher than indian economy so there are many indian workers are working in Bangladesh.As the Indian workers are cheaply available so there are many Bangladeshi companies are using these Indians for work like washing,lower standard works etc.<br />
Most of this indian immigrant workers are from west Bengal,Bihar and Assam. Citing the results of a survey, a column in ''[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]]'' claims that as many as 500,000 Indians were staying in Bangladesh in 2009.<ref name="FE">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |title=Bangladesh-India economic relations |work=[[Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]] |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815032813/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |archive-date=15 August 2009 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/664305/dhaka-has-a-question-what-about-the-illegal-indian-immigrants-in-bangladesh|title=Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?|last=Sadeque|first=Syeda Samira|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en-US}}</ref> The article claims that they were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through [[hundi]] transfer systems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/dear-pm-modi-it-is-time-to-thank-bangladesh-for-embracing-its-indian-immigrants-2282732.html|title=Dear PM Modi, it is time to thank Bangladesh for embracing its Indian immigrants|date=2015-06-07|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Remittance ==<br />
Citing World Bank estimates, an article in ''[[Quartz India]]'' noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth highest source of [[remittances to India]]. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion<!-- Quartz contains a typo, "million" for "billion", see the Scroll.in article it links to. The World Bank estimate of $3.854 billion in 2013 is higher than the 3.7 billion in 2014 news reports because their estimate was revised in April 2015. --> back to India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Quartz India">{{cite news |last=Madhok |first=Diksha |date=15 June 2014 |title=Bangladeshis in India sent back $6.6 billion last year |url=https://qz.com/india/221317/remittance-economy-india-is-to-bangladesh-what-the-middle-east-is-to-india/ |work=Quartz India |access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/pubdocs/publicdoc/2015/9/103071443117530921/Bilateral-Remittance-Matrix-2013.xlsx |title=Bilateral Remittance Estimates for 2013 using Migrant Stocks, Host Country Incomes, and Origin Country Incomes (millions of US$) (April 2015 Version) |website=World Bank}}</ref> An op-ed article in ''The Daily Star'' mentions that this is the official figure while the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/controlling-remittance-outflow-to-india-58831|title=Controlling remittance outflow to India|date=2015-01-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en}}</ref> and the article claims that most of them came on tourist [[Travel visa|visa]]s and tended to stay back.<ref name="FE" /><br />
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== Refugees ==<br />
In July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in [[Lalmonirhat District|Lalmonirhat]], Bangladesh after floods in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/flood-affected-indians-take-shelter-bangladesh-1259998|title=Flood-affected Indians take shelter in Bangladesh|date=2016-07-27|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bangladesh–India relations]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Bangladesh]]<br />
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