Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
Why was there immense bloodshed after March 1947? |
|
Answer» Solution :(i) The collapse of government institutions. A British administrator, Penderel MOON noted how the police failed to take action against the communal FRENZY in Amritsar in March 1947. (ii) In various places, the British officals did not know how to handle the situation. They were not willing to take proper decisions and hesitate to INTERVENE. (iii)British officials advised the panic striken people to contact Indian leaders like jinnah and Nehru.Leaders were INVOLVED in the negotiations regarding independence. Civil servants in affected areas were involved in saving their lives and property and British were busy in preparing to quit India. (iv)PROBLEM were compounded as the communal bias of the soldiers and policemen in many places helped their co-religionists to attack members of other communities. |
|