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Partition of India,1947

Partition of India,1947. Presented by Md. Abdullah Al Helal Lecturer, GED Northern University Bangladesh E-mail: helalabdullah@gmil.com. Partition of India,1947. Lahore Resolution:

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Partition of India,1947

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  1. Partition of India,1947 Presented by Md. Abdullah Al Helal Lecturer, GED Northern University Bangladesh E-mail: helalabdullah@gmil.com

  2. Partition of India,1947 Lahore Resolution: In 1940, Mohammed Ali Jinnah called a general session of the All India Muslim League in Lahore to discuss the situation that had arisen due to the outbreak of the Second World War and the Government of India joining the war without taking the opinion of the Indian leaders. To analyse the reasons that led to the defeat of the Muslim League in the general election of 1937 in the Muslim majority provinces

  3. Partition of India,1947 Lahore Resolution: On March 23, 1940, a resolution was moved in the open session of the Muslim League by A.K. Fazlul Huq. The Lahore Resolution ran as follows: That the areas where the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the Northwestern and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute 'independent states' in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign.

  4. Partition of India,1947 Lahore Resolution: The news of the adoption of the resolution was flashed all over the world. The Nationalist press supplied the Muslim masses a concentrated slogan which immediately conveyed to them the idea of a state.

  5. Partition of India,1947 Formation of Pakistan: Pakistan came into being as a Muslim state on 14 August 1947 consequent upon the end of the British colonial rule. But the Congress opposed all proposals for partition and advocated a united India with a strong centre and a fully responsible parliamentary government.

  6. Partition of India,1947 Formation of Pakistan: In August 1942, Gandhi launched quit India movement against the British. Jinnah condemned the movement. The govt. retaliated by arresting about 60,000 individuals and outlawing Congress. Communal riots increased. Talks between Jinnah and Gandhi 1944 proved as futile as negotiations between Gandhi and viceroy.

  7. Partition of India,1947 Formation of Pakistan: During World War II, the Muslim League and Indian National Congress adopted different attitude toward British rule. Muslim League, however, followed a course of cooperation, gaining time to consolidate.

  8. Partition of India,1947 Formation of Pakistan: Muslim League’s success could be gauged from its sweep of 90 percent of the Muslim seats in the 1946 elections, as against only 4.5 percent in the 1937 election. Congress and the Muslim League emerged from the 1946 election as the two dominant parties. Although the Muslim League again was unable to capture a majority of the Muslim seats in the North-West Frontier Province.

  9. Partition of India,1947 Formation of Pakistan: When the viceroy proceeded to form a interim government without the Muslim League, Jinnah called for demonstrations or direct action day on 16 August 1946. Communal riot broke out on an unprecedented scale, especially in Bengal and Bihar. The massacre of Muslim in Calcutta brought Gandhi’s to the scene, where he worked with the Muslim League chief minister, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardi.

  10. Partition of India,1947 Formation of Pakistan: In July 1947, the Indian independent act was passed to set up the Dominions of India and Pakistan. On August 14, 1947, within eight years of the adoption of the Lahore Resolution, Pakistan emerged as an Independent sovereign state And the next day India achieved Independence.

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