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পাকিস্তান ও ভারতের মধ্যে সীমান্ত চিহ্নিতকরণ ঘোষণাঃ র‍্যাডক্লীফ রোয়েদাদ পাকিস্তান রেজোলিউশান টু পাকিস্তানঃ পৃষ্ঠা-২৬১ ১২ই আগস্ট, ১৯৪৭

REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BENGAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

To
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

1.I have the honor to present the decision and award of the Bengal Boundary Commission, which, by virtue of section 3 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, is represented by my decision as Chairman of that Commission. This award relates to the division of the Province of Bengal, and the Commission's award in respect of the District of Sylhet and areas adjoining thereto will be recorded in a separate report.

2.The Bengal Boundary Commission was constituted by the announcement of the Governor-General dated the 30th of June. 1947, Reference No. D. 50/7/47 R. The members of the Commission thereby appointed were- Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjee, Mr. Justice C.C. Biswas, Mr. Justice Abu Saleh Mohammed Akram, and Mr. Justice S.A. Rahman.

I was subsequently appointed Chairman of this Commission.

3.The terms of reference of the Commission, as set out in the announcement were as follows:

"The Boundary Commission is instructed to demarcate the boundaries of the two parts of Bengal on the basis of ascertaining the contiguous areas of Muslims and non- Muslims. In doing so, it will also take account other factors".

We were desired to arrive at a decision as soon as possible before the 15th of August.

4.After preliminary meetings, the-Commission invited the submission of memoranda and representations by interested parties. A very large number of memoranda and representations were received.

5.The public sittings of the Commission took place at Calcutta, and extended from Wednesday the 16th of July 1947 to Thursday the 24 of July 1947, inclusive, with the exception of Sunday, the 20th of July. Arguments were presented to the Commission by numerous parties on both sides, but the main cases were presented by counsel on behalf of the Indian National Congress, the Bengal Provincial Hindu Mahasabha and the New