Documents on Partition and Dalits in West Bengal

Part 1:
1. B.S. Guha, Studies in Social Tension Among the Refugees from Eastern Pakistan, Dept. of Anthropology , Government of India (Memoir No. 1, ) 1954 --
2. Committee of Review of Rehabilitation Work in West Bengal 1974: Economic Development of Barojibi Colonies in West Bengal. --
3. Government of West Bengal, Independence Anniversary 1953 (Selected portion) --
4. Documents from Jagadish Mandal’s Personal Collection: (These documents are divided into two categories- a) newspaper clippings relating to Jogendranath Mandal himself or with the Scheduled Castes; b) Letters and statements of Jogendra Nath Mandal. There is also some material on Ambedkar, including a letter with Nehru and Ambedkar’s statements in explanation of his resignation from the cabinet, 10 October, 1951). --
5. Photocopies of two articles from Dalit Mirror (2010?) (i) Manohar Mouli Biswas, Historical Namashudra Movement 1872-1947: A quest for Identity; (ii) J.N. Haldar, Jogandra Nath Mandal: The Relentless Leader.--
6. “Deshbhager Abhishap”; extracts from the book titled Banglai Gana Andolaner Chhoi Dasak (Part 2) Ed. By Kamal Chowdhury (Kolkata, Patrabharati, 2006) in three parts (6.1, 6.2 & 6.3) --
7. Itibritte Chandal Jiban (Part 1) By Manoranjan Byapari, Kolkata, Priyashilpa Prakashani, 2012 --
8. Report on the working of Ministry of Rehabilitation 1949-50 by Min. of Relief and Rehabilitation, Govt. of India, 1952 --
9. The Untouchable Story by D.P.Das, New Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1985 --

Part 2: Interviews:
1. Transcript of an interview with Pannalal Dasgupta (Collected from Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi). --

B. M.N.Saha Papers (Collected from Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi) :
1. Speech of Shri N.C.Chatterjee, M.P., in the Lok Sabha on Refugee Rehabilitation (Dated: 23.3.1955) --
2. News Paper Clippings on Refugee Problem and Refugee Rehabilitation Programs in West Bengal --
3. Press Statements by Meghnad Saha and Tridib Chowdhury M.P., on the question of Refugee Rehabilitation in the Eastern Regions (Dated: 21.5.54)
4. (A.1).A reply to the press statement given by the Prime Minister on East Bengal Refugee Question by Meghnad Saha, M.P. (Dated: 25.6.1954)
(A.2). Suggestions by the East Bengal Relief Committee on the Reorganization of Relief
And Rehabilitation work in West Bengal. --
(B.3)News Paper clippings on East Bengal Refugee Issue (Amrita Bazar
Patrika- 1953, 54, 57).
(B.4)Memorandum on “The Rehabilitation of Refugees from West Bengal by
The East Bengal Relief Committee”. --

C. Legislative Assembly Debates:
1. Volume. 17, No. 3, June-July, 1957 --
2. Volume. 18, No. 1, November, 1957 --
3. Volume. 18, No. 2, December, 1957 --
4. Volume. 20, No. 1, June-July, 1958 --
5. Volume. 20, No. 2, June-July, 1958 --
6. Volume. 20, No. 2, June-July, 1958 (2nd Copy) --
7. Volume. 22, No. 1, February-March, 1959 --

Part 3:

[List of Material Collected from Deepak Bhattacharjee, RR Dept., Govt. of West Bengal]
1. RR Committee Report, Government of West Bengal, 1981 --
2. UCRC 17th Conference 2007: Collection of Essays (from UCRC’s magazine) --
3. 8th Report on Industrial Training Institutes for Displaced Women from East Pakistan in West Bengal, Committee of Review of Rehabilitation Work in West Bengal, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation, 1971 --
4. Residuary Problem of Rehabilitation of Old Migrants in West Bengal: Nature and Magnitude, Committee of Review of Rehabilitation work in West Bengal, 1967 --
5. Report on Camps and Homes under RR Department (Present Situation) of Government of West Bengal (data compiled by Dipak Bhattacharjee) --
6. Selected Essays from UCRC Magazine --
7. 6th Report on Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons from East Pakistan living at Bagjola Group of Ex-Camp sites in West Bengal, Committee of Review of Rehabilitation work in West Bengal, 1970 --
8. Manual of Instruction for the guidance of Officers of the Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation Department, 1954 --
9. Report on Problems of Refugee Camps and homes in West Bengal, Screening Committee Report, 1989 (including sketch maps of some camps) --
10. Pamphlet of Purba Bharat Bastuhara Sansad (letter to Bidhan Ch. Ray, Chief Minister of West Bengal, 11 June, 1961) --
11. Pamphlet of Purba Bharat Bastuhara Sansad (Demands) --
12. Editor’s Report, “Sara Bangla Bastuhara Sammelan” (All Bengal land looser’s Conference) --
13. Photocopy of book - Tushar Sinha, Maranjayi Sangrame Bastuhara, Calcutta, Dasgupta’s ,1999. --

Part 4: List of Resources collected from WB State Legislative Assembly:

1. Assembly proceedings on colony areas (dated: 1 Feb. 6 Feb, 10 Mar & 24 Mar; 1961) --
2. Assembly proceedings on colony areas (dated: 9 Sep, 11Sep, 15Sep, 19Sep, 1961 and 25 Feb, 1965) --

Part 5:
Private Papers:
1. Asoka Gupta Papers (letters and correspondences) --
2. Renuka Roy Papers (do) --
3. N.C.Chatterjee Papers (news clippings from Anandabazar and Hindusthan Standard on refugee influx in 1947) --
4. M.N. Saha Papers (some Parliamentary speeches by N.C. Chatterjee is also included with a letter to M.N. Saha) --
5. B.C. Roy Papers (a book-let in Bengali titled “Paschimbanga o Sadharan Nirbachan”, published by Pradesh Congress Committee, 1952) --
6. Sukumar Sen Papers (reports, some articles and a radio speech by Smt. Jayanti Sen is included. Some pages are damaged and not-readable) --
7. Sibnath Banerjee Papers (correspondences) --

Part 6:
Transcripted Interviewes:
1. Interview with Renuka Roy --
2. Interview with A.P. Jain --
3. Interview with H.M. Patel --
Archival Documents :
4. Material Collected from National Archives of India, correspondence between Chief Secretary Sukumar Sen and Honble. Home Secretary, Govt. of India --
5. Documents on the division of historical records , Government of India, between East Bengal and West Bengal --
6. Material collected from National Archives of India, New Delhi (correspondences between Hiranmoy Banerjee, rehabilitation commissioner of West Bengal and different government officials) --
7. Material collected from Dhaka Archives, Bangladesh (correspondences between Sukumar Sen, Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal with Home dept. officials of East Bengal regarding evacuee properties & etc.) --
8. “Paschimbanga 1361”; A pamphlet circulated from the I&B department, West Bengal on Refugee Rehabilitation in 1954 (in Bengali) --
News Clippings:
9. (i) News clippings from the Amrita Bazar Patrika (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1964)

Part 7: Photocopies of books:

1. Monika Mandal, Settling the Unsettled: A Study of Partition Refugees in West Bengal , New Delhi, Manohar, 2011
2. Kanti B. Pakrasi, The Uprooted: A Sociological Study of the Refugees of West Bengal, India, Calcutta, Editions Indian, 1971
3. Monilal Saksena, Some Reflections on the Problems of Rehabilitation,Delhi, Progressive Publishers, 1965
4. Dulalendu Chattopadhyay, Ora Aj o Udbastu, Calcutta, Sarat Publishers, 1986
5. Saibal Kumar Gupta, Kichhu Smriti Kichu Katha (some relevant parts), Calcutta, M.C. Sarkar Pvt. Ltd., 1994