Urdu Speaking People
There are about 300,000 Urdu-speaking people in Bangladesh, considered as refugees from the 1947 religious riots in Eastern India. They were Muslims and sought refuge in East Pakistan, and were granted Pakistani citizenship. However, this status became disputed once East Pakistan seceded to become Bangladesh. They are casually referred to as Biharis (because most of them are from the Indian state of Bihar); a formal term is "Stranded Pakistani".
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