Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The World at War: India, Pakistan and the United Nations 2. Welcome but Unwanted- India and the Refugee Crisis of 1971 3. ‘We are citizens, not foreigners’- the Refugee Crisis in Assam 4. City of Joy? Calcutta and the refugees 5. The 1973 Repatriation and the Re-making of South Asia 6. Conclusion

About the Author

Antara Datta is a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, UK. Her research interests focus on questions of belonging, nationality, and citizenship in South Asia in the context of migrants and migration.