Question
Why do the contemporary observers and scholars describe the violent incidents during partition of the country as holocaust? Give any two reasons.
Solution
According to the contemporary observers and scholars the violent incidents, during the partition were like holocaust which meant destruction or slaughter on a mass-scale.
(i) The Indians and the Pakistanis considered each other as enemies. There
were attempts from both the sides to wipe out the entire population.
(ii) There were innumerable incidents of killing, rape, arson and loot.
