The city of hope
Subtitle: the Faridabad story
By: L.C. Jain.
Publisher: Concept Pub. Co.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Farīdābād (India) -- Economic conditions.
Description: Account of the socio-economic development of Faridabad, township on the outskirts of Delhi, alloted to over fifty-thousand displaced persons during the partition of India; covers the post-1947 period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Publication in honour of the 50th year of India's independence."
"An account of pioneering and unique experiment in rehabilitation through self-help led by frontier refugees and inspired by Jawaharlal Nehru : 1949-1958--its ups and downs."