Individual Petitions for Flood and Displacement Relief Addressed to the District Magistrate, Bogra

Sub title : Applications from Refugees, Widows, Students, and Small Business Owners Seeking Financial Assistance

Subject: Individual Relief Applications | Refugee Assistance | Flood Damage | Small Business Displacement

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 129 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28653

Keyword: Bogra -- District Magistrate -- Relief Petitions -- Refugee Assistance -- Mohajirs -- 1955 Floods | Small Business -- Widow Relief -- Student Aid -- East Pakistan | District Relief Fund -- Municipal Eviction -- Economic Hardship -- 1950s Pakistan.

Abstract: Collection of handwritten petitions addressed to the District Magistrate of Bogra in 1955, submitted by individuals seeking financial relief. Applicants include displaced refugees (Mohajirs) from India, a widowed camp resident, an orphan student, and small business owners whose shops were forcibly relocated by municipal authorities, leaving them in economic distress.

Description: Comprises seven individual applications dated August–October 1955, requesting loans or grants from the District Relief Fund. Petitioners describe circumstances including post-Partition displacement, flood-related crop destruction, forced shop removals by municipal authorities, family illness, and pregnancy-related hardship. Documents provide insight into grassroots relief-seeking processes and the socioeconomic challenges faced by vulnerable populations in mid-1950s East Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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