Question
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?Solution
(i)Nehru mention the problem of Muslim minority living in India after the partition.
(ii)He plans to solve the problem by providing security and the rights of citizens to the Muslim minority.
