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Page 18 of 18 Suddenly at 12 noon messenger [the AEO Gajol] arrived to tell us that the Chief Justice P.B Mukherjee with family, DM, SDO would visit Kutubsahar at 3.30 p.m. I sent off the BDO at once & stayed back to arrange & send off the last 3 trucks. Three villagers of the adjoining village were caught by the Home Guard as their wives were trying to take some shelter materials. I roundly reprimanded & threatened them & let them off. Told them they ought to be ashamed of depriving refugees. They pleaded it was their ignorant womenfolk who did it & not they! Went to Kutubsahar & driver and I had lunch quite decent there (rice and fish curry). No staff besides Head Clerk. BDO sent his jeep with money to the OC’s home, with orders to buy light refreshments. Meanwhile we arranged a row of tables covered them with clean sheets and from a village the BDO got a “Shamiana” & we put it up. Then we started calling out all evacuees & arranged their sitting. Had repeatedly to berate them in order to keep the approach road free. Only at 3.15 OC Camp arrived with all the staff (all had gone for the Puja) & the refreshments & luckily had managed to grab a mike as well which was set up on 2 batteries + BDO’s car battery. OC Gajol Thana came with an excellently turned out guard of honour. I felt rather self-conscious when the OC & Then the Subedar saluted me very formally & correctly! This was followed by a rash of salutes from the Special Auxiliary Force, men from M.P. posted here. The CJ arrived only at 5 p.m. Massive turnout. We had girls blowing conches at the gate & garlanding him. Then he inspected the guard of honour & then came to the meeting place. The OC (Roy) had made the evacuees rehearse slogans [Joi Bangla, Sheik Mujib Zindabad, Indira Gandhi zindabad, Bangla Bharat Maitri zindabad & Jai Hind]. The DM, Mrs. Gita Mukherjee, & Mr. P B Mukherjee (he can hardly walk) made speeches. Roy, SDO & I took around Mrs. Mukherjee & Mrs. DM & District Judge a little of the camp. Hordes of women insisted on touching our feet. I feel they mistook Mrs. Mukherjee for Indira Gandhi because they cried out “You have saved us.” Mrs. Mukherjee found a couple of women she had met previously, probably in connection with her Red Cross work. I was most embarrassed here as at Karjadanga today at their insistence on garlanding me & touching my feet. The C.J. wrote a highly appreciative account of his impressions about the camp. Possibly the largest in W.B & definitely the biggest of the 51 in <strong>Malda</strong>. I looked through the remarks made in the Visitor’s Book by distinguished visitors like the DC Rajshahi, the Judicial Secy Bangladesh, Ila Mitra, Sucheta Kripalani etc. All are uniformly full of highest praise. The staff is feeling quite emotionally moved at the ensuring separation from people they have looked after since July 1971 in every way. The evacuees, I saw, are very deeply attached too. After garlanding the CJ they insisted on garlanding the OC & the expression of deepest respect & gratitude on their faces was overpowering. I must see DM tomorrow to get final decision about Kutubsahar & Karjadanga materials. Also arrange to have milk canteen materials of Karjadanga sent back to evacuee stores tomorrow, as later Karjadanga will have no coolies left to load them into trucks. I asked the Karjadanga evacuees about shelter materials & they are most eager to get them. These are (besides Nawabganj & Sibganj) Gomastapur, Nachol, Tanor, Niamatpur Thanas. I took a look at the Eklakhi Mausoleum (cost Rs. 1 lakh) & the Sona Masjid behind it. Both are adjacent Kutubsahar camp. Evacuees are sleeping on the graves Jalal-ud-din Shah, King of Bengal in 15 th century & son of Raja Ganesh. He was converted to Islam under a treaty with Sultan of Jaunpur [see Gazetteer, by J C Sengupta, 1969, P.37]. The tomb is built with bricks from Hindu temples like the Adina Mosque. I found that the CJ’s daughter-in-law is my brother’s intimate friend’s sister; studied English Honours at Loreto College & just finished her BA finals in November. Rubbed in this camp’s
Page 19 of 19 uniqueness & excellent administration! They have been thrice to Rajshahi in these few days. Roads are, on the whole, OK but with extremely bad patches. Roy, informally, was complaining against hesitancy of the ADM [Relief] T.K Das (1968) (he left in Jan) in taking decisions. Also mentioned lack of interest in feedback from field level. Both of these are essential for efficiency which is nil in <strong>Malda</strong>. The staff suddenly said all together that they were very lucky in getting a BDO & AM like us! I was most annoyed & at once called my car & we left. This sort of flattery to one’s face is most irksome specially as I have done nothing beyond surveying a little & minor things like arranging more guards. The Kutubsahar evacuees used to do some “tanter kaj” (weaving) making “gamccha” (thin towels), and some bamboo work like making stools, & sold them. A proposal to start a school for them fell through as war broke out. Roy Chowdhury went home [Chandernagore] on leave till 28 th . He shifted yesterday to the residence of the Commercial Tax Officer, who has turned his quarters into a type of Mess, with 4 people staying. Once the Accounts officer leaves on 30 th . I will occupy the 1 st room all for myself & be able to do some study in peace & quiet. 22.1.1972 Work done Karjadanga evacuation finished. Enquiry (theft) closed. Reconnoitred road to Adina RS & supervised work at Kutubsahar. Persons met Benoy Kr. Poddar – Gajol Extn. Officer (Social Education) Miss Sabita Pal (BA) & Miss Mina Sanyal (BA)—local volunteers working free at Kutubsahar. Information 9.30 a.m. went to DM & found he was out. So left a note about Karjadanga & Kutubsahar materials & asked for final instructions. Attended to personal matters at P.O. & then once more interviewed Collectorate night guard about the theft. Nothing further seems to be available by way of information, so I will write out the report tonight, electricity permitting, as already there have been 2 failures. I am writing by torchlight now (6.40 p.m.) Ah! lights are back! Sent off medical bills of Nagpur for reimbursement. I have been deputed to Chanchol P.S. for Bakr-Id [ 27-28 th ] about 44 miles from here. So obtained from S.P. the police instructions. Basic thing is not to allow any innovations about places of “Korbani”, & all such spots must be out of sight (screened) & out of hearing of other communities. I am wondering whether I should go by jeep, as this would enable me to tour the town on my own. Will ask DM’s advice. In that case I must leave on 26 th after lunch- -- seems a good idea. Proceeded to Karjadanga & reached at 1 p.m. to find it empty of evacuees. The staff & all govt. ration & materials were leaving shortly in 3 trucks. I gave them a letter to T.P. Ghosh so that materials would be unloaded promptly. Proceeded to Eklakhi R.S. Today the train has:- Baikadighi (nearby camp)--- Adults : 1009 Minors : 494 Karjadanga Adults : 784 Minors : 261 Yesterday there were about 1100 only. Train left around 5.30 p.m. yesterday as no line clear & also the ASM waited for one of Govt. staff to come with figures--- none could being busy with the C.J.!
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Page 5 and 6: Page 5 of 5 PREFACE New entrants to
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Page 127 of 127 Appendix Ι ORDERS
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4 Shri Rathindra Narayan Kar, Deput
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10 Shri P.Bhattacharya, IAS, Asstt.
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