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Thousands displaced as homes are bulldozed in India’s Assam state

Thousands displaced as homes are bulldozed in India’s Assam state

Thousands displaced as homes are bulldozed in India’s Assam state

Hundreds of homes have been bulldozed in the Dhubri district of Assam state in northeastern India as part of a government campaign to evict families it says do not legally live there. Local media says most of the 4,000 people displaced were Bengali-speaking Muslims.

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