Marich Jhapi A Wound In Sundarban

Marich Jhapi massacre Happen in 1979 in Marich Jhapi Island in Sundarban . After partition in Bengal many hindu refugee's came in Bengal for their shelter .Marich Jhapi Is a land in sundarban . After the division of Bengal along communal lines many Hindu Bengalis fled East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The first flow of refugees who were mostly the upper and middle classes from upper castes easily resettled in West Bengal. However most lower caste Hindus remained behind, seeing their plight as no better than the Muslims. However they too were persecuted by Muslims and were forced to flee to West Bengal as well. But this latter huge flow of poor, mostly low-caste Hindus couldn't be accommodated in Bengal. Initial resistance from they were forcibly sent to "rocky inhospitable semi arid land" of Dandakaranya (mostly in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh),Terai (Uttar Pradesh, now in Uttarakhand), and Little Andamans.Most of them were destined to bear the brunt of an already failed Dandakaranya Project.
Once the Left front came to power in 1977, the refugees started to return to Bengal in huge numbers. But the Left Front meanwhile changed its policy on refugee settling and considered the refugees as a burden to the state, as the refugees were not the citizen of West Bengal but India.An approximately 150,000, almost all of Dandakaranya refugees arrived (where most of them were deported back). In the meanwhile approximately 40,000 refugees went south and camping for few months in Hasnabad settled in Marichjhapi (renamed by them as "Netaji Nagar"), a protected place under Reserve Forest Act.A survivor claims that there were only shrubs on the island when they came. They were involved in fishing and had built schools and hospitals.the Left government considered that an unauthorized occupation of reserved forest land. The government tried to pursue them to return to their respective place, but with little effect. On 24 January 1979, the Government of West Bengal clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC around the island of Marichjhapi. The police and the district administration started an economic blockade .
I made my Movie Based on bengali refugee's people who lived in West Bengal, Orisha & Madhyapadesh . After 40 years of Marich Jhapi Massacre Many people are died . I tried to find them & Also Used their original voice in my movie . last 4 years i meet many refugee's people & collected their interview . I collect some news paper cutting photo .