India, Oct. 31 -- Chittaranjan Park, popularly known as CR Park, is the cultural heart of Delhi's Bengali community. Located in South Delhi, the neighbourhood is famous for its bustling fish markets, traditional sweet and food shops, and grand Durga Puja celebrations.

However, long before it became a thriving residential and commercial enclave, the area was a stretch of barren, rocky terrain allocated by the government for the rehabilitation of East Bengali refugees. The displacement of Bengalis didn't happen at once but unfolded in prolonged, agonising waves.

It happened during and after the 1947 Partition of India, the 1950 riots, and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. While some among those displaced settled in West Bengal, 2,147 pl...