In 1943–1944, West Bengal experienced a famine1 and a post-war inflow of refugees from Myanmar.2 In 1947, still reeling from a crippled economy and changing social fabric, the state of West Bengal had, with little help from the Indian central government, to draw up a relief and rehabilitation plan for the Partition refugees from East Pakistan. The West Bengal state, however, received much support from civil society organizations, philanthropic individuals, and social workers. In this context of refugee migrations to West Bengal after the 1947 Partition of British India, this chapter discusses the position of displaced refugee women from East Pakistan in camps and jabardakhal colonies or squatters’ colonies3 in West Bengal.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 1947 Partition of British India: Forced Migration and Its Reverberations |
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| Editors | Jennifer Leaning, Shubhangi Bhadada |
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| Place of Publication | India |
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| Publisher | Sage Publications India |
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| Pages | 73-99 |
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| Number of pages | 27 |
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| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789354793202 |
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| ISBN (Print) | 9789354792908 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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