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India After Independence
Study the following extract (Source 1) mentioned in NCERT textbook (page 163) and answer the questions that follow:
We must give them security and rights
Nehru wrote in a letter to the Chief Ministers of states:
... we have a Muslim minority who are so large in numbers that they cannot, even if they want, go anywhere else. That is a basic fact about which there can be no argument. Whatever the provocation from Pakistan and whatever the indignities and horrors inflicted on non-Muslims there, we have got to deal with this minority in a civilised manner. We must give them security and the rights of citizens in a democratic state.
Questions:
(i)What problem is mentioned by Nehru in this letter?
(ii)How does he plan to solve the problems?
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