I te tau 1972, ka noho ia hei kaiwhakarewa me te kaiwhakahaere o te Ratonga Refugee o Cooch Behar i te timatanga ki te tautoko i nga rerenga i te Pakanga Independence o Bangladesh
He aha? Whai muri i te pakanga, he mea nui a Olav Hodne ki te whakatu i te Ratonga Awhina Rangpur Dinapur. I hangaia te whakahaere hei awhina i nga rerenga e hoki ana ki te rohe o Rangpur me te rohe o Dinajpur o te raki-raki o Bangladesh. I puta tēnei hei whakaoranga, kātahi he hōtaka whanaketanga nui, āta haere hoki RDRS Bangladesh, Bangladesh. I whai wāhi hoki ia ki te whakatū i ngā hōtaka Lutheran World Federation i Inia (1974).