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The Causes & Consequences of the Partition of India

The Causes & Consequences of the Partition of India. Gov 1255; Lecture 3 Prof Prerna Singh. Questions for this Lecture. Why was India partitioned? Was this inevitable? What were the consequences of Indian partition? Was the extent of violence at Partition inevitable?

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The Causes & Consequences of the Partition of India

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  1. The Causes & Consequences of the Partition of India Gov 1255; Lecture 3 Prof Prerna Singh

  2. Questions for this Lecture • Why was India partitioned? Was this inevitable? • What were the consequences of Indian partition? • Was the extent of violence at Partition inevitable? • What were the longer term implications of partition?

  3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan

  4. Jinnah & Gandhi

  5. The Two-Nation Theory

  6. Two Views on Muslim Separatism • Primordalist • Instrumentalist * Role of the British *

  7. Distribution of Different Religious Communities in India, 1909

  8. Distribution of Muslims in India, 1909

  9. Largest population movement in recorded history: 12.5 million people

  10. A crowd of Muslims at the Old Fort (Purana Qila) in Delhi, which had been converted into a vast camp for Muslim refugees waiting to be transported to Pakistan. Manchester Guardian, 27 September 1947

  11. Train to Pakistan, A Railway Station in Punjab

  12. Estimates range up to 1 million killed in Partition Violence

  13. Lord Mountbatten against the backdrop of the count-down to Indian Independence

  14. Lord Mountbatten, Last Viceroy of India

  15. Refugee Camp

  16. Dividing Government Documents

  17. Young Refugee sits atop a wall in Purana Quila (Old Fort) in Delhi, transformed into a vast refugee camp

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