Partition of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Question 1

What was the country called before the partition?

Answer 1

Before India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were one country ruled by Indians, so it was India.

Question 2

Were they always fighting each other all the time?

Answer 2

No, they lived peacefully together even if some Muslim or non-Muslim. They even used to invite each other to wedding ceremonies.

Question 3

can religious hatred be one of the reasons for the partition?

Answer 3

No because before the partition there were mostly hidus in India and less Muslims, but they got along very well, and they did not mind what other’s beliefs were.

Question 4

What is the meaning of cosmopolitan?

Answer 4

It means people of all diversed cultures lived in an area. But at that time Lahore was the main cosmopolitan city.

Question 5

Was there only Muslim and Hindu educational places at that time?

Answer 5

No there were also christian colleges especially in Lahore.

Question 6

Can the source be reliable?

Answer 6

No because they are only talking about one view which is of one man in one college in one city.

Question 7

What was the capital city of punjab in that time?

Answer 7

Lahore

Question 8

was there only hindu or muslim schools or colleges?

Answer 8

no there were also Christian colleges

Question 9

Why was Britain in difficulty with money?

Answer 9

Because they lost a lot of money due to WW2

Question 10

where was the founder of pakistan educated?

Answer 10

He was educated by the british

Question 11

What did Muslims do to Hindus?

Answer 11

They slaughtered them and did not spare any

Question 12

What did Ghandi try to do?

Answer 12

He tried to bring Muslims and hindus together but they wouldn’t listen to him

Question 13

What did some Sikh tribes have to do to save their tribe from being attacked by Muslims.

Answer 13

They had to give most of their tribe’s young women and behead most of them.

Question 14

What was happening to Hindus in Lahore.

Answer 14

They were being killed, cut down and burnt.

Question 15

What did the British do about it?

Answer 15

They couldn’t do anything about it because most of their troops were sent back to Britain.

Question 16

Who was given the responsibility of drawing the border separating Pakistan and india?

Answer 16

Cecil Radcliff who was a man from Britain.

Question 17

What city did Muslims really want to keep?

Answer 17

Muslims were hoping to have Lahore as part of Pakistan but they were waiting for the decision to be made.

Question 18

How did Hindus or Sikhs protect their villages from being attacked by Muslims?

Answer 18

Hindus that were in the army with the British in India taught their village members how to protect themselves and how to fire a gun.

Question 19

What was happening to Muslims in Sikh villages?

Answer 19

They were being hunt down. But some Sikhs were protecting their Muslim neighbors.

Question 20

If some villagers couldn’t protect their village, what would they do?

Answer 20

They would send letters to the British to come and help them but most of the times they would be too late.

Question 21

What did Muslims do after it was decided that Lahore would be part of Pakistan?

Answer 21

Muslim gangs burnt down the old areas and houses of Hindus and Sikhs even if there were still some left there.

Question 22

On what day did Mr. Radcliff finish drawing the border separating Pakistan and India.

Answer 22

On August 9 Mr. Radcliff finished drawing the border separating India and Pakistan and Pakistan, he then left India four days later.

Question 23

Which day did Pakistan officially become a country?

Answer 23

August 14 1947

Question 24

In which city did Pakistan celebrate Independance day?

Answer 24

Karachi

Question 25

What did Hindus and Sikhs that were still living in Pakistan do?

Answer 25

They realized that they should leave their homes and move to India.

Question 26

What did they go through to reach India?

Answer 26

They had to walk many miles to reach India, but many couldn’t survive the journey because of lack of supplies but only a few times they were provided food from airplanes. However, they still had to drink dirty water. At least a million people died during the process.

Question 27

How were Muslim refugees sent to Pakistan and what did they have to go through?

Answer 27

Muslim refugees were transported to Pakistan in four days on train. On their way they had to stop for water in a Sikh area and there was a crowd of Sikhs with all kinds of weapons, luckily the British showed them their grenades which made them back off.

Question 28

What was happening to trains that contained Muslims in India?

Answer 28

They were being attacked and the people in it were slaughtered, shot, cut and many more horrible things.

Question 29

Name one person that was not happy with the independence of Pakistan and India.

Answer 29

Ghandi was not happy about the independence of both countries and he wanted to die.