Refugee Handicrafts
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| Merged into | Central Cottage Industries Emporium |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1947 |
| Founders | Fori Nehru Kitty Shiva Rao Achamma Mathai Prem Bery |
| Founded at | Delhi, India |
| Dissolved | 1952 |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Provide employment to refugees |
| Location |
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| Products | Indian handicrafts |
Refugee Handicrafts was an organisation established in 1947 by Fori Nehru, Kitty Shiva Rao, Achamma Mathai, and Prem Bery, in Delhi, to assist refugee women in providing an income. In 1952 it was incorporated into the Central Cottage Industries Emporium.[1][2][3][4][5]
Gallery
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The Emergency Committee Control Room, Delhi, September 1947 -
Women refugees at the Kingsway Camp, Delhi, sewing and knitting, September 1947
References
[edit]- ^ Nehru, B. K (2012). "Part IV - ICS: Government of India (1939-1949)". Nice guys finish second: memoirs. New Delhi: Penguin Books. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-0-14-341782-8. OCLC 1117765699.
- ^ Kaushik, Vijay Kumari (1998). "11. UNO and Women". Women's Rights and World Development. Vol. 5. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons. p. 358. ISBN 81-7625-015-5.
- ^ Salvi, Gouri (1999). Development Retold: Voices from the Field. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 99–120. ISBN 978-81-7022-798-4.
- ^ Dhamija, Jasleen (2008). "The Handicrafts movement". Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: National Book Trust. pp. 74–76.
- ^ Dalmia, Yashodhara (2013). "2. The Rebel". Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life. Penguin Books. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-81-8475-921-1.
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