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Understanding Partition
What were the major features of the Indian Independence Act, 1947?
Although the Indian Independence Act of 1947 rejected the two nations theory, yet it accepted the partition plan. The country was divided into two dominion states -India and Pakistan. Bengal and Punjab were divided. Thousands of people migrated from one place to another. Unimaginable tragedies followed the partition days.
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How did women experience Partition?
How did the Congress come to change its views on Partition?
Examine the strengths and limitations of oral history. How have oral-history techniques furthered our understanding of Partition?
Find out about the ethnic violence that led to the partition of Yugoslavia. Compare your findings with what you have read about partition in this chapter.
Name the writer of ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara’. What did he speak to the Muslim League in 1930 in his presidential address?
What did the Urdu poet Mohammad Iqbal meant by “North West Indian Muslim State”?
Why and when was the Cabinet Mission sent to India?
Why did the Muslim League reject the Cripps proposals?
What were the major features of the Indian Independence Act, 1947?
What were the negative consequences of partition of India in 1947?
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