In the late 1940s, India’s Jewish population numbered around 26,000 people. The entire community was split into four groups: Cochin Jews, Bene Israel Jews, Baghdadi Jews, and European Jewish refugees. All of them had the benefits of Indian citizenship and were not persecuted. If there was any animosity between the Bene Israel and the Baghdadi Jews, it was between them. Rather than religion, the majority of the grounds for this conflict were based on race, social, and economic issues.