Bey family belonged to those with no representatives and very large land holdings. They had properties in Vranovina, Vodenici, Vedrom Polju, Drinić, and in Bjelaj they owned 752 dunums. Yugoslav era The first elementary school in the town was built of wood and raised by renowned charities Miss Irbi and Johnston. Afterwards, the school was rebuilt, and the second part served as a chapel with a bell tower attached to it. At the site of the overcrowded chapel, the 1925 St. George. Devastated in 1996 during the Bosnian War it was restored in 2006. World War II In World War II, the area was under the rule of the Independent State of Croatia. Several Ustashas came to the village, armed the Muslim Bosniak population, and established a new government. However, the locals surrendered the weapons after mid-August and helped capture the Ustasha. This was the first Muslim site that was liberated in the Bosnian Krajina. When entering the Bjelaj uprisings, no case of violence or other outbreak of the Bosniak population occurred. Communist Party of Yugoslavia had already succeeded in killing a large Serbian uprising that masses of Bosniaks and Croats were not guilty of Ustasha's slaughter. After the liberation of Bjelaj, all measures were taken to place the place an example of the brotherhood and unity of Bosniaks and Serbs in the Bosnian Krajina. However, the Ustashas felt it, attacked the site, captured it and led the entire Muslim population to refuge. In 1922, Mahmut Ibrahimpašić, a national hero of Yugoslavia, was born. The political commissar of the 5th Krajina (Kozarska Brigade). He was killed on duty on 19 October 1944 in the battle for the liberation of Belgrade. By November of that year, he had already been proclaimed a national hero (among the first Partisan fighters to be so) and the only one from the wider area of Bjelaj. In 1923, well-known children's writer Ahmet Hromadžić was born, whose works entered the school lecture of some European countries. He was the winner of a large number of literary awards, and as editor in the publishing company "Veselin Masleša" and is the founder of the children's library "Lastavica". Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 96. Economy Due to the karst character of the land, farming and cattle breeding are at a low level. In the mid-20th century, the surface digging of bauxite ore began, but the