Refugee Handicrafts

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Refugee Handicrafts
Merged into Central Cottage Industries Emporium
Formation1947
Founders Fori Nehru
Kitty Shiva Rao
Achamma Mathai
Prem Bery
Founded atDelhi, India
Dissolved1952
Type NGO
PurposeProvide employment to refugees
Location
  • New Delhi
ProductsIndian 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]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Salvi, Gouri (1999). Development Retold: Voices from the Field. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 99–120. ISBN   978-81-7022-798-4.
  4. ↑ Dhamija, Jasleen (2008). "The Handicrafts movement". Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: National Book Trust. pp. 74–76.
  5. ↑ 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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