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An estimated 25 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims crossed the newly drawn borders to reach their new homelands. Delhi received the highest number of refugees and the population grew rapidly. Many Muslims sought refuge in Purana Qila and Humayun's Tomb- the two camps set up for Muslim refugees. Hundreds of thousands of Hindusand Sikhs pouring into Delhi from what was now West Pakistan were settled in campsacross the city or took shelter where they found it. These camps later developed in to colonies like Nirankari Colony, Tilak Nagar, Moti Nagar, Rajinder Nagar, Patel Nagar,Lajpat Nagar and Karbala etc from the early fifties. The camping site of the refugees from East Pakistan eventually became Chitaranjan Park in the 1970.
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