Nation building Flashcards
challenges after independence
three challenges were there :
1.maintain india as a union of diverse cultures .
2. development
3. democracy
name of the speech nehru gave on independence
tryst of destiny (1947)
who was faiz ahmed ?(1911-1948)
poetry : naksh ye fariyadi ; daste e saba and zindan nama ; the dawn of freedom
2. rewarded greatest poet in south asia (20 c. )
3. leftist
4. opposed partition
who was amrita pritam (1919-2005)?
punjabi poet and fiction writer
2. today i call waris shah - written
3. sahitya akakdemi award ; Padma Shree; jnanapeeth award
4. Punjabi magazine - Nagamani
5. move to Delhi after partition
WHAT WERE COMMUNAL ZONES DURING PARTITION ?
LAHORE
KOLKATA
AMRITSAR
MUSLIM POPULATION IN INDIA DURING PARTITION (1951)
12 %
5 TO 10 LKH - KILLED
80 LKH MIGRATION RECORDED
PROBLEMS DURING PARTITON ?
- ADMINISTRATION
- FINANCIAL
WHAT IS MOVIE GARAM HAWA ALL ABOUT ?
Movie based on a character named : salim mirza
about partion and challenges people faced
movie GARAM HAWA directed in year ?
1973
by M.S. SATHYU
SCREENPLAY AND ACTORS OF GARAM HAWA ?
SCREENPLAY : KAIFI AZMI
ACTORS: BALRAJ SAHANI , JALAL AGA , FAROUQUE SHEIKH , GITA SIDDHARTH
Mahatma gandhi’s sacrifice ?
after communal violence : on 30 jan 1948 Godse asssinated
Princely states accepted british supremacy by :
paramountancy or suzerainity
princely states occupies ……….part of british empire
one third
indian line : one fourth
total no of princely states ?
565
nawab of bhopal
Issue ?
averse to join constituent assembly
Sardar Patel (deputy and home minister) negotiated on princely states and no. of princely states in orissa , saurastra and administration
26 : small staes in orissa
14 : saurastra region (gujrat)
119 : different administration
joined indian union (instrument of accession)