Migration of Refugees from East Pakistan and livelihood challenges in Assam

One of the tragic incidents that occurred in India’s History in 1940’s was the partition of the country. Soon after the partition the scenario in East Pakistan i.e. (East Bengal) became worse as continuous attack on the Hindus forced them to leave the birth place of their forefather and migrated to India and settled as ‘Refugees’ in nearby border areas like West Bengal, Tripura, Assam etc. The present research paper attempts to study the challenges faced by the Bonafide displaced persons migrated from East Pakistan who were suffered a lot in the process of getting Registration Certificate and to get hold of sanction financial and medical loans for resettlement of their life in the very new place and to fulfil their basic livelihood needs.