Man...., It started with Direct Action day in Calcutta.... where at least 5000 were killed. Probably it was 60-40%, Muslim-Hindu....In retalliation it was Noakhali.....around 10000 hindus, other than that many were raped converted, were homeless or migrated. In retalliation to Noakhali , massacre in Bihar and United Provinces, were mostly Muslims were slaughtered.The onslaught this side didn't stop with Partition but continued till 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war.
The 1951 census in India recorded 2.523 million refugees from East Bengal. Among them 2.061 million settled in West Bengal. The rest went to Assam, Tripura and other states. By 1973 their number reached over 6 million. The following table shows the major waves of refugee influx and the incident that caused it.
Year Reason Number in lakhs
1947 Partition 3.44
1948 Hyderabad annexation by India 7.86
1950 Barisal riots 15.75
1956 Pakistan becomes Islamic Republic 3.20
1964 Riots over Hazratbal incident 6.93
1971 Bangladesh liberation war 15
1951 census in Pakistan recorded 671,000 refugees in East Bengal, the majority of which came from West Bengal. Rest were from Bihar.By 1961 the numbers reached 850,000. Crude estimates suggest that about 1.5 million Muslims migrated from West Bengal and Bihar to East Bengal in two decades after partition.