MAINPAT PHENDEYLING TIBETAN
SETTLEMENT
MAINPAT PHENDEYLING TIBETAN SETTLEMENT WAS FIRST TIBETAN SETTLEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN 1962 TO REHABILITATE 1400 TIBETAN REFUGEES WHO HAVE COME TO INDIA IN
THE AFTERMATH OF THE CHINESE ANNEXATION OF TIBET IN 1959.
THE LAND WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND THE INDIAN GOVT.
FINANCED THE SCHEME. MAINPAT AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT FOLLOWED THE SAME LINE OF DEVELOPMENT AS
THE AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED AT BYLAKUPPE IN KARNATAKA. IN
CASE OF MAINPAT, NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS SUCH AS TEMPORARY HUTS AND RATIONS ETC COULD NOT BE
MADE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SETTLERS AND AS A RESULT HAD TO FACE MUCH INITIAL HARDSHIPS.
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