Displacement and exile : the state-refugee relations in India / Abhijit Dasgupta.
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TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199086986 (ebook) :Subject(s): Refugees -- India | Refugees -- Government policy -- India | Bengali (South Asian people) -- Migrations | Tamil (Indic people) -- Migrations | Pakistanis -- MigrationsAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 305.9069140954 LOC classification: DS432Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The lack of knowledge of cross-border displacement is a serious problem in our understanding of the societies of South Asia. Millions of people have been affected by cross-border displacement. We know far too little about the displacement, about the lives in exile. This study examines the complex relations between the state and the displaced in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The lack of knowledge of cross-border displacement is a serious problem in our understanding of the societies of South Asia. Millions of people have been affected by cross-border displacement. We know far too little about the displacement, about the lives in exile. This study examines the complex relations between the state and the displaced in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
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