All 4 Mark Quetsions
All 4 Mark Quetsions
All 4 Mark Quetsions
just write 5 to 6 general facts about the topic being asked by the
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1. This day was celebrated by the muslims of india on 22nd December, 1939.
Jinnah called the muslims to celebrate this day because the congress ministries had
resigned. They had resigned because the voiceroy Linlithgow said that india would
fight on their side against Germany without consulting congress. Muslims
celebrated it very happily because the rule of congress was full of oppression and
injustice for them. Congress was offended by this.
2. It was put forward by Fazl-ul-Haq on 22nd march and it demanded that muslims
provinces should be made made separate states. It was passed in the Annual
session of Muslim League on 23nd march, 1940 in Lahore. It was known as
Lahore resolution but later it came to be known as the Pakistan resolution. There is
a national holiday on 23rd march.
3. Fazl-ul-Haq was one of the four members of the committee that drafted the
constitution of the All India Muslim League in 1906. He was also a delegate of the
Round Table Conferences. In 1937 he was elected as Chief Minister of Bengal. He
put forward the Pakistan Resolution in 1940.
4. British sent sir stafford Cripps to india in march 1942 to see that if a
compromise could be reached which would win support of Indians for british war.
It proposed that there would be an indian union with dominion status. The
provinces could opt out of the indian union and declare independence if they
wanted. The constitution would be setup by constitutional assembly but elections
for the constitute assembly would be held after the war.
5. It was an anti-british movement started by Gandhi. He it was a non-violent
protest but it later turned into a violent protest. British lost control of some areas
but by use of strong measures could restore their control.
Gandhi, Nehru and other senior members were arrested. The congress party was
banned. Muslim league did not approve of this compaign.
6. Gandhi and Jinnah met in jinnah’s home in Bombay. Their aim was to discuss
the future of india after british departure. Gandhi demanded that they should first
cooperate with each other to persuade british to leave india and they would discuss
later whether partition should happen or not but Jinnah disagreed with this. Other
area of disagreement was that whether the defense and foreign policy should be in
center or provinces. So these talks failed.
7. Wavell was a British field marshal and the commander of British Army forces in
the Middle East during the Second World War. When Linlinthgow retired as
viceroy in the summer of 1943, Wavell was chosen to replace him as viceroy of
india. He remained in office till 1947 when moutbatten replaced him. He was
present in simla conference and proposed the Wavell plan.
8. Lord Wavell called this conference to discuss the future of india with Indians.
Congress, Muslim League and scheduled casts attended it. Wavell proposed that an
executive council should act as in interin government and it would have equal
members of congress and muslim league and scheduled casts were given seats.
This failed because Jinnah said that the scheduled casts would take side of india
and they would be left in minority.
9. Muslim league had manifesto of Pakistan and congress had of a joint india
without british. In the election, the muslim league won all the seats of muslims in
center and 446 out of 495 in provincial elections. Congress won 91% of non-
muslims seats. Congress also won in NWFP.
10. In March 1946 a three-man delegation including Stafford was sent to india. It
announced it’s plan that there would be no Pakistan but the new india would have
three parts, hindu majority areas, Bengal and assam, and muslim majority area in
west. Each part could frame its own constitution but the fence and foreign affairs
would be in hands of the central indian union. This was rejected by both congress
and muslim league.
11. On 16th August muslims celebrated the direct action day to show their
solidarity and strength to british and congress. It was non-violent but in Calcutta it
turned to violence in which 4000 people were killed. It is called the Great Calcutta
Killings.
12. He was the last the last viceroy of British India and the First Governor-General
of India. He belonged to the royal families of both Germany and Britain. He was in
navy during Second World War but was sent as the viceroy to arrange the departure
of british in india. He persuaded Radcliff to change the map of Pakistan in 1947.
He died in Ireland.
13. This plan was announced in 1947 by Mountbatten. It said that British india
would be split into two states, india and Pakistan. Each state was to have dominion
status. The provinces would have choice to join Pakistan or india. Punjab, Sindh,
nwfp, blochistan, Bengal and assam joined Pakistan.
14. It was passed in 15 August, 1947. It said that British India would be partitioned
into Pakistan and india. Each state could pass any law they wanted. The
government of india act 1935 was to be the constitution of both states.
15. He was born in Karachi. He went to study law in London and returned to india.
There he became an advocate. In his early carrier he joined both congress and
muslim league. Later he left congress and became the president of Muslim League.
He was the first governor-general of Pakistan.
16. The August offer 1940 was made on August 8, 1940, the eve of the Battle of
Britain. The Viceroy at the time, Lord Linlithgow, made a fresh offer that promised
the expansion of the governor-general's Executive Council to include more Indians,
the Establishment of an Advisory War council, giving full weight to minority
opinion, recognition of Indians' right to frame their own constitution (after the war
would end). In return, it was hoped that all parties and communities in India would
cooperate in Britain's war efforts.