those that stayed in india embraced new judeo-indian identities in the new state. however in the kolkata the jewish population had shrunk to 700 people by 1969. the mass refugee influx and a sharp rise in radical left politics had further unsettled west bengal. the 1960s saw further communal riots and the congress party lose power in 1967 to the united left front, the first of a series of hard left alliances to govern west bengal, which remained in power for the rest of the twentieth century. the late 1960s saw the renaming colonial legacy companies and families depart as the left wing government severely impacted trade.