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Indian Government Issues Ultimatum to 280 Afghan Jews to Leave Country Within Month

September 2, 1947
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The new Indian Government has issued an ultimatum to a group of 280 Afghan Jews who have been living in India since early this year, after fleeing persecution in Afghanistan, that they must leave the country by Sept. 24, which falls on Yom Kippur.

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