The majority of East Bengali refugees settled in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) and various other towns and rural areas of West Bengal, but a significant number also moved to the Barak Valley of Assam and the princely state of Tripura which eventually joined India in 1949.
Around 0.5 million were also settled in other parts of India, including the East Pakistan Displaced Persons' Colony (EPDP) in Delhi (subsequently renamed Chittaranjan Park), Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Millions of Hindus particularly Bengali speaking from East Pakistan took refuge in India's various states, mainly West Bengal.
A number estimated that around 0.32 million Hindus from East Pakistan migrated mainly to Kolkata and various rural areas and towns of West Bengal during 1947.
[8] Another major influx into India came in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War, when Hindu refugees escaped systematic mass killings, rapes, lootings and arson.