Correspondence of the Bihar Refugee Rehabilitation Planning Committee

Sub title : Plans and Observations Regarding the Settlement, Housing, and Employment

Subject: Partition of India | Bihar Riots | Refugee Rehabilitation | Muslim League | Bengal Government

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 23 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28373

Keyword: Bihar Refugees -- Rehabilitation -- Muslim League -- Bengal -- Housing Scheme | Employment -- Calcutta -- Housing Board -- Land Acquisition | Relief Work -- Quaid-e-Azam -- Historical Document

Abstract: This document contains the proceedings of the first meeting of the Rehabilitation Planning Committee, held in Calcutta on January 3, 1947, along with related correspondence. It details plans for the permanent settlement, housing, employment, and economic rehabilitation of Muslim refugees from Bihar in Bengal. It also includes critical observations and suggestions for improving the relief work being carried out in Bihar itself.

Description: This file comprises scanned pages of historical records from 1946–47, focusing on the rehabilitation of Muslim refugees who fled Bihar following communal violence. It includes committee meeting minutes, policy resolutions, and a detailed letter with suggestions for reorganizing relief efforts. The material offers insight into the administrative and political planning during the Partition era. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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