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Internationally acclaimed Indian photographer Raghu Rai, who photographed the Bangladesh Liberation War, died of cancer in New Delhi yesterday.

He was 83.

An Instagram post from the verified account “raghurai.official” announced his death. He was born in 1942.

In 2013, Rai was conferred the “Friends of Liberation War Honour” by the Bangladesh government for his contributions to the Liberation War.

According to a report published by The Statesman in 2021, Rai was only five years into his career when the war erupted in March 1971. He was dispatched by the newspaper to document the exodus of refugees, who would eventually number around 10 million, as they streamed into West Bengal and neighbouring states to escape atrocities committed by the Pakistan Army.

He could immediately empathise with the refugees, The

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