Communalism and Partition
Partition: Radcliffe award, violence and displacement
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal under Cyril Radcliffe to delimit the India-Pakistan boundary on contiguous majority areas and other factors; award announced 17 August 1947
- Punjab and Bengal killings, about fifteen million displaced, refugee camps, abducted women and recovery operations
- Calcutta fast September 1947, Delhi fast January 1948, assassination 30 January 1948
- Failure to win Muslim masses, League's direct action, fear of civil war, Mountbatten's deadline, Congress leadership's reasoning
- Nehru-Liaquat (Delhi) Pact April 1950 on minorities in both states
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 25 Independence with Partition
Politics in India Since Independence, Textbook in Political Science for Class XII (prelims and contents)
- ch. 1 Challenges of Nation Building
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 7 Last Phase of Indian National Movement
India Since Independence (Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee), Google Books record with table of contents
- ch. The Initial Years
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 12 Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era
- Theme 12 Framing the Constitution, pp. 1-29 (printed 316-344)
- Theme 12 Framing the Constitution, 1. A Tumultuous Time, pp. 2-3 (printed 317-318)
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 37 Freedom and Partition, pp. 487-504
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Towards Independence and Partition, pp. 17-18 (printed 109-110)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Towards Independence and Partition, p. 17 (printed 109)
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 5. The Last Heroic Days, pp. 20-21 (printed 305-306)