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= Operation Insaniyat = The Government of India sent humanitarian aid to Bangladesh in order to deal with the problem of rising Rohingya refugees. The Hindi word Insaniyat or इंसानियत means Humanity in English.

Under this operation, the Indian government sent 53 Tonnes of relief materials like ready to eat noodles, salt, biscuits, mosquito nets, pusles, sugar, etc. On September 14, a group of Sikh volunteers also went to Bangladesh-Myanmar border and prepared food or langar (Sikhism) for about 35,000 Rohingya refugees living in the camp.

The announcement about this operation was made by through a press release by the Ministry of External Affairs (India). The Press Release stated that: ''"In response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of refugees into Bangladesh, Government of India has decided to extend assistance to Bangladesh. The relief material consists of items required urgently by the affected people, namely rice, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, tea, ready to eat noodles, biscuits, mosquito nets etc.

The relief material will be delivered in multiple consignments, the first tranche of which will be brought to Chittagong by an Indian Air Force plane on 14th September 2017.

India has always responded readily and swiftly to any crisis in Bangladesh, in keeping with the close ties of friendship between the peoples of India and Bangladesh. India stands ready to provide any assistance required by Government of Bangladesh in this hour of need."''

Bangladesh is dealing with a huge number of refugees that were affected by the Rohingya persecution in Myanmar and have fled to Bangladesh by illegal means. Bangladesh briefed about this problem to India and India backed by sending relief. Bangladesh distributed the Indian relief materials that were sent through the Indian Air Force. Each packet weighted 15 kilograms and India aimed to send a total of 7,000 tonnes of aid materials.