Chapter 9 - Problems faced by the Subcontinent in 1940-1947

Maulvi Fazal ul Haq

He presided over the historic session of ML on 22nd March 1940 in which ________ presented a resolution demanding that "Regions in which the Muslims are numerically a majority, as in the NW and Eastern zone of India, should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the constitutional units shall be autonomous and sovereign ..

Inclusion of Azad

________ was aimed at conveying the message that INC too represented Muslims.

Mountbatten

He appointed a Boundary Commission under Sir Cyril Radcliffe to draw the boundary line between India and Pakistan.

Gandhi

He also rejected the two nation theory by saying that a community couldnt become a nation just by changing religion.

Jinnah

________ also objected to equal number of Hindu and Muslim ministers by pointing towards other non- Muslim minorities.

Cripps Mission

In 1942, it brought the idea of the "Union of India "comprising the British Indian provinces and the princely states.

Pakistan

adopted 14th August as the Independence Day.

Radcliffe Award

was announced on 16th August 1947.

Gurdaspur

provided a land route to India to have access to Kashmir.

Labour Party

won a massive and unexpected victory in the 1945 General Election.

Jinnah

________ rejected Gandhis proposal of first launching a joint struggle for independence and later settling the issue of Pakistan.The Quit India Resolution:

Jinnah

________ asked for keeping the defence and foreign affairs under the provincial governments in case of a united India.

Lahore Resolution

The resolution passed in 1940 by Jinnah

Gandhi Jinnah Talks

After Gandhi was released from jail, he wrote to Jinnah to hold talks with him about the future of India. Jinnah accepted it and invited Gandhi at his home in Bombay in 1944

Quit India Resolution

On 8th August 1942, the Resolution passed, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the British from India.

1945

The year in which Simla Conference took place

Viceroy Lord Wavell

He chaired the Simla Conference

1946

The year in which the British Cabinet Mission arrived in India

Direct Action Day

The ML organised a day in the summer of 1946 in an attempt to stop the British government giving in to Congress.

Radcliffe Award

Mountbatten appointed a Boundary Commission under Sir Cyril Radcliffe to draw the boundary line between India and Pakistan.

India

Announced 15th August as the Independence Day.