Planning Documents and Demographic Data for the Partition of Bengal and Eastern Pakistan

Sub title : Notes by Hamidul Huq Choudhury, Constituent Assembly Elections Schedule, Population Statistics, and Economic Arguments for Muslim Bengal

Subject: Partition of Bengal | Constituent Assembly Elections | Demographic Statistics | East Pakistan | Hamidul Huq Choudhury

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 74 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28035

Keyword: Partition of Bengal 1947 -- Hamidul Huq Choudhury -- Constituent Assembly Elections -- East Pakistan | Demographic Data -- Muslim Bengal -- Boundary Commission | Jute Economy -- Tribal Policy -- July 1947 -- Population Statistics

Abstract: A collection of working documents, statistical reports, and political notes from mid-1947 concerning the partition of Bengal and the formation of Eastern Pakistan. The file includes a detailed note by Hamidul Huq Choudhury arguing for the economic viability and territorial claims of Muslim-majority Bengal, schedules for Constituent Assembly elections from various provinces, population breakdowns by district and community, maps of Bengal with demographic shading, and discussions on the treatment of tribal areas. The materials present arguments for including specific districts (like Khulna, Jalpaiguri) in the Muslim state, analyze food production and industrial resources, and address administrative challenges in the frontier regions.

Description: This file comprises a set of practical planning and advocacy documents generated during the critical months leading to the Partition of India in 1947. Focused primarily on Bengal and Assam, the papers include political memoranda (notably by Hamidul Huq Choudhury) making the case for a sovereign, economically viable Eastern Pakistan, backed by detailed agricultural, industrial, and demographic data. The collection also contains election timelines for the Constituent Assembly and raw population statistics used to support territorial claims. While M.A. Jinnah is not directly cited, these documents represent the granular research and political strategizing undertaken by Muslim League officials and supporters to operationalize the vision of Pakistan—a vision championed and led by Jinnah. The materials offer insight into the evidence-based arguments and administrative preparations that underpin the high-level political negotiations of the period. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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