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annexure 5
number of haJ piLgrims from india, 1947–2017
Year Number of India Haj Pilgrims
1947 NA
1948 14,110
1949 NA
1950 12,500
1951 NA
1952 8000
1953 NA
1954 7300
1955 9200
1956 13,454
1957 14,000
1958 17,609
1959 19,000
1960 20,695 (third largest contingent after UAR and Yemen)
1961 21,357 (third largest)
1962 21,084 (second largest)
1963 15,000
1964 NA
1965 NA
1966 NA
1967 NA
1968 NA
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