‘File 28/65 Treatment of foreigners and enemy foreigners’

Title:

‘File 28/65 Treatment of foreigners and enemy foreigners’

Date:

1945/1945

Description:

Abstract: The file contains a copy of a secret Government of India letter, dated 28 September 1945, containing instructions for the treatment of foreigners and enemy foreigners, after the cessation of war hostilities: removal of enemy foreigners from India; compulsory repatriation, with consideration of relaxation of compulsory repatriation under certain conditions (risk of persecution on return to their own country; connections with India; involvement in work of national importance); review of individual cases; withdrawal of restrictions on enemy foreigners, including exclusion from major ports and the provinces of Assam and Bengal. The file also contains a copy of a memorandum from the Home Department of the Government of Bengal, dated 10 October 1945, concerning the withdrawal of ‘mild’ restrictions on British subjects of foreign origin, which required them to notify the authorities of changes of address or intention to travel.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Second World War (1939-1945)
Deportation
Foreigners

Geographic region:

India
Bengal Province

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000a5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000a5_en
IOR/R/15/2/756
IOR/R/15/2/756

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