Challenges of nation building

Question 1

FIRST PM? WHERE DID HE GIVE HIS FIRST SPEECH? WHEN? WHAT IS IT CALLED?

Answer 1

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. GAVE HIS SPEECH ON 14-15 AUGUST 1947 IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. SPEECH NAME - TRYST WITH DESTINY

Question 2

MAHATAMA GANDHI SAID - WHAT AND WHERE?

Answer 2

DAY OF CELEBRATING + MOURNING, SAID IN KOLKATA

Question 3

WHAT WERE THE THREE CHALLENGES

Answer 3

1. BUILD AN UNIFIED COUNTRY THAT ACCOMMODATES DIVERSITY
2. ESTABLISH A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION WITH PARLIAMENTARY FORM
3. ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF ALL SECTIONS ESPECIALLY THE NEECHE WAALE.

Question 4

THE DAWN OF FREEDOM - WRITTEN BY

Answer 4

FAIZ AHMED FAIZ

Question 5

TODAY I CALL WARIS SHAH - WRITTEN BY

Answer 5

AMRITA PRITAM

Question 6

TWO NATION THEORY - GIVEN BY? WHAT WAS IT?

Answer 6

GIVEN BY MUSLIM LEAGUE, SAID THAT INDIA HAS TWO GROUPS - HINDUS AND MUSLIMS THEREFORE MUSLIMS SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE NATION - PAKISTAN. CONGRESS OPPOSED THE THEORY

Question 7

PROBLEMS DURING PARTITION -

Answer 7

1. NO SINGLE BELT OF MUSLIMS. ONCE WAS IN THE EAST AND ONE IN THE WEST AND A LARGE EXPANSE OF INDIA IN BETWEEN.

Question 8

PROBLEMS PT2. WHO WAS KHAN ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN, WHAT DID HE LEAD? AND WHAT WAS HE CALLED AS?

Answer 8

NOT ALL MUSLIMS WANTED TO GO TO PAKISTAN.
ABDUL GAFFAR KHAN LED THE NORTHWESTERN FRONTIER PROVINCE, WHICH WAS KNOWN AS FRONTIER GANDHI. DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO PAKISTAN BUT WAS IGNORED.

Question 9

PROBLEM 3?

Answer 9

EVEN THE MUSLIM MAJORITY REGIONS JAD NON-MUSLIM MAJORITY - PUNJAB AND BENGAL. THESE AREAS WERE BIFURCATED AND THE DEEPEST TRAUMA WAS CAUSED HERE

Question 10

PROBLEM 4?

Answer 10

MINORITY OF BOTH THE REGIONS WERE EASY TARGETS OF ATTACK.

Question 11

WHICH REGIONS WERE KNOWN AS COMMUNAL ZONES?

Answer 11

LAHORE, AMRITSAR, KOLKATA - COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, REFUGEE CAMPS

Question 12

WHAT PRINCIPLE WAS FOLLOWED FOR PARTITION?

Answer 12

PRINCIPLE OF RELIGIOUS MAJORITIES

Question 13

WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE MUSLIM POPULATION IN 1951?

Answer 13

12%

Question 14

WHY WAS THE MUSLIM LEAGUE FORMED?

Answer 14

TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE MUSLIMS IN COLONIAL INDIA

Question 15

WHY DID GANDHI JI KEEP A FAST? WHAT WERE ITS EFFECTS?

Answer 15

GANDHI JI KEPT A FAST TO STOP THE COMMUNAL RIOTS BREAKING OUT BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND HINDUS IN KOLKATTA AND DELHI. IT RESULTED IN REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE.

Question 16

GANDHI JI MARGYE - BY WHO? WHY? WHEN?

Answer 16

WHILE GANDHI JI VOUCHED FOR HINDU- MUSLIM UNITY, EXTREMISTS WANTED THAT HINDUS SHOULD TAKE REVENGE FROM MUSLIMS AND INDIA SHOULD BE A PURELY HINDU COUNTRY. ONE SUCH EXTREMIST - NATHURAM GODSE ASSASSINATED HIM WITH THREE BULLETS. DATE - 30 JAN 1948

Question 17

WHAT WERE BRITISH PROVINCES?

Answer 17

BRITISH PROVINCES WERE THE AREAS THAT WERE DIRECTLY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BRITISH.

Question 18

WHAT WERE PRINCELY STATES?

Answer 18

PRINCELY STATES WERE THE STATES RULED BY PRINCES, THEY HAD SOME CONTROL OF THEIR INTERNAL AFFAIRS TILL THE TIME THEY ACCEPTED BRITISH SUPREMACY.

Question 19

WHAT WAS BRITISH PARAMOUNTCY OR SUZERAINTY?

Answer 19

SUPREMACY OVER STATES WHILE LETTING THEM HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.

Question 20

HOW MUCH AREA DID PRINCELY STATES COVER?

Answer 20

1/3RD OF THE LAND.

Question 21

WHAT WERE THE THREE OPTIONS GIVEN TO PRINCELY STATES DURING INDEPENDENCE?

Answer 21

1. JOIN INDIA
2. JOIN PAK
3. STAY INDEPENDENT

Question 22

WHO PLAYED A HISTORICAL ROLE IN BRINGING THE PRINCELY STATES TOGETHER?

Answer 22

SARDAR VALLABH BHAI PATEL - DEP. PM + HOME MINISTER.

Question 23

WHAT THREE CONSIDERATIONS GUIDED THE INDIAN GOV FOR THE INTEGRATION OF PRINCELY STATES?

Answer 23

1. THE PEOPLE IN THE PRINCELY STATES WANTED TO BECOME PART OF INDIA
2. THE GOV WAS OK WITH BEING FLEXIBLE TO GIVE AUTONOMY TO STATES.
3. INTEGRATION + CONSOLIDATION OF BOUNDARIES GAINED IMPORTANCE

Question 24

WHICH DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED BY PRINCELY STATES TO BE INCLUDED IN INDIA?

Answer 24

INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION

Question 25

JUNAGARH DID NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN INDIA, HOW WAS THE ISSUE RESOLVED?

Answer 25

PLEBSCITE BY PEOPLE CONFIRMED THEY WANTED TO JOIN INDIA

Question 26

WHAT WAS THE SITUATION IN HYDERABAD?

Answer 26

HYDERABAD - SURROUNDED BY INDIAN STATES ON ALL SIDES. RULER - NIZAM - ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD - WANTED HYD TO BE FREE.

Question 27

WHICH AGREEMENT DID HYD ENTER TO?

Answer 27

STANDSTILL AGREEMENT IN NOVEMBER 1947

Question 28

HOW DID PEOPLE OF HYD RESPOND? WHAT DID THE NIZAM DO FIR?

Answer 28

THE PEOPLE OF HYD STARTED PROTESTING - ESPECIALLY THE WOMEN AND PEASANTS - COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS LED THE MOVEMENT . THE NIZAM RESPONDED BY LAUNCHING A PARAMILITARY FORCE - RAZAKARS. THEY MAIMED, RAPED, LOOTED. CENTRAL GOVT. LAUNCHED ARMY - NIZAM FINALLY SURRENDERED.

Question 29

WHAT WAS THE SITUATION IN MANIPUR?

Answer 29

IN MANIPUR, MAHARAJA BODHCHANDRA SINGH SIGNED THE INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION WITH THE PROMISE THAT HE WOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS. HELD ELECTIONS-BECAME CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY-FIRST PART OF INDIA TO HOLD ELECTIONS.

Question 30

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANIPUR?

Answer 30

THE LA WAS DIVIDED ON THE MERGER WITH INDIA-CONGRESS WANTED IT-OTHER PARTIES DIDN’T-GOV CONVINCED KING- DID MERGER WITHOUT CONSULTING LA-KHOOB DISAGREEMENT.

Question 31

HOW WERE THE STATES ABOUT TO BE DIVIDED - WHICH PRINCIPLE?

Answer 31

LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLE RATHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE

Question 32

WHAT WAS DECIDED IN THE NAGPUR SESSION OF CONGRESS IN 1920?

Answer 32

IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS COMMITTEES WILL ALSO BE MADE BY LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLE IN STATES

Question 33

WHY DID THE GOV DECIDE TO POSTPONE CARVING OUT STATES BASED ON LINGUISTIC PRINCIPLE?

Answer 33

1. THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT LEAD TO DISINTEGRATION
2. MORE IMP ISSUES AT HAND
3. FATE OF PRINCELY STATES NOT YET DECIDED

Question 34

HOW AND WHY WAS A SEPARATE ANDHRA PROVINCE CREATED?

Answer 34

TELUGU SPEAKING PPL IN MADRAS-WANTED SEPARATE PROVINCE-VISHALANDHRA MOVEMENT.

Question 35

WHO WAS POTTI SRIRAMALU? HOW DID HE AFFECT THE VISHALANDHRA MOVEMENT?

Answer 35

POTTI SRIRAMALU WAS A CONGRESS MEMBER AND A GANDHIAN-KEPT A FAST FOR 56 DAYS AND DIED-RESULTED IN VIOLENCE- LED TO THE FORMATION OF ANDHRA IN 1952

Question 36

WHEN DID PM ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF ANDHRA?

Answer 36

DECEMBER 1952

Question 37

WHEN WAS THE STATES REORGANIZATION COMMISION FORMED? WHAT WAS ITS JOB?

Answer 37

FORMED IN 1953 - LOOK INTO REDRAWING BOUNDARIES

Question 38

WHEN WAS THE STATES REORGANIZATION ACT PASSED?

Answer 38

1956

Question 39

HOW MANY STATES AND UTS WERE FORMED?

Answer 39

14 STATES AND 6 UT’S.