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Displaced Persons Act of 1948; Long title: An act to authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes: Enacted by: the 80th United States Congress: Effective: June 25, 1948: Citations; Public law: 80-774: Statutes at Large: 62 Stat ...
Following the partition, there were perhaps 330 million people in India, 30 million in West Pakistan, and 30 million people in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). [109] Once the boundaries were established, about 14.5 million people crossed the borders to what they hoped was the relative safety of religious majority.
This is a category of articles concerning acts of Parliament (laws enacted by the Parliament of India in 1948). For more general discussion of Indian legal topics, see Category:Law of India and its other subcategories.
The Refugee Relief Act of 1953 was the United States' second refugee admissions and resettlement law, following the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which expired at the end of 1952. [1] Under this act, 214,000 immigrants were admitted to the United States, including 60,000 Italians , 17,000 Greeks , 17,000 Dutch , and 45,000 immigrants from ...
(ii) any Act of a Legislature subject to the condition that such Act is reproduced or published together with any commentary thereon or any other original matter; (iii) the report of any committee, commission, council, board or other like body appointed by the government if such report has been laid on the Table of the Legislature, unless the ...
Before World War II, roughly 500,000 German-speaking people (mostly Danube Swabians) lived in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. [103] [196] Most fled during the war or emigrated after 1950 thanks to the Displaced Persons Act of 1948; some were able to emigrate to the United States. During the final months of World War II a majority of the ethnic ...
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Hindi: Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas) is an annual national memorial day observed on 14 August in India, commemorating the victims and sufferings of people during the 1947 partition of India. [2] It was first observed in 2021, after announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [3]
Indian Nursing Council Act: 1947: 48 Pharmacy Act: 1948: 8 Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act: 1948: 9 Minimum Wages Act: 1948: 11 Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act: 1948: 12 Damodar Valley Corporation Act: 1948: 14 Dentists Act: 1948: 16 National Cadet Corps Act: 1948: 31 Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act: 1948: 33 Employees' State ...