ABSTRACT
Large-scale migration of people to a particular region often creates bitterness for the pre-settled communities (hosts/non-migrants or locals of that region) against the newcomers. This type of practical outcome of the Partition of Bengal (1947) has been evidently noticed in the case of North Bengal (northern part of West Bengal), particularly among the Rajbanshis (the largest Scheduled Caste [SC] community of West Bengal). Along with other developments in postcolonial North Bengal, this aspect of the Partition of Bengal has created such a complex situation that the host people of that region have repeatedly raised their voices against the consequences of the Partition of Bengal. So they have been clamouring for political autonomy as the means of recovery of their grievances. In this chapter the attitudes of the Rajbanshis, as the hosts of the ‘partition-induced displaced people’.towards the consequences of the partition of Bengal have been highlighted. ’
