The communal groups have kept alive the memories of stories related to partition violence. Give any two consequences.
(i) It had deepened the divide between different communities.
(ii) It has resulted in itner-community conflicts and communal riots.
(iii) It has created feelings of suspicion and distrust in the minds of the
people.
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?
When did and why the Cripps Mission arrive in India? Mention two reasons that led to the failure of the Cripps Mission of 1942.
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