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Settling the unsettled: a study of partition refugees in West Bengal

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2011 Manohar New DelhiDescription: 286 pISBN:
  • 9788173049071
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.89144 M2S3
Summary: Settling the Unsettled: A Study of Partition Refugees in West Bengal focuses on international refugee law and refugees in South Asia. The book begins with an overview of Bengali society and Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal from the first Partition of the province in 1905, and traces the events which eventually led to the Partition of this province of British India in 1947. This work while attempting to document and analyse the relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken by the central and the state governments in India in response to the massive influx of refugees from the then East Pakistan into West Bengal also reviews the assimilation and integration of the erstwhile refugees with the host state and community.
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 12-A / Slot 425 (0 Floor, West Wing) General Stacks 305.89144 M2S3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 175312

Settling the Unsettled: A Study of Partition Refugees in West Bengal focuses on international refugee law and refugees in South Asia. The book begins with an overview of Bengali society and Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal from the first Partition of the province in 1905, and traces the events which eventually led to the Partition of this province of British India in 1947. This work while attempting to document and analyse the relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken by the central and the state governments in India in response to the massive influx of refugees from the then East Pakistan into West Bengal also reviews the assimilation and integration of the erstwhile refugees with the host state and community.

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