The Causes & Consequences of the Partition of India Gov 1255; Lecture 3 Prof Prerna Singh.

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The Causes & Consequences of the Partition of India Gov 1255; Lecture 3 Prof Prerna Singh

Questions for this Lecture Why was India partitioned? Was this inevitable? What were the consequences of Indian partition? –Was the extent of violence at Partition inevitable? –What were the longer term implications of partition?

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan

Jinnah & Gandhi

The Two-Nation Theory

Two Views on Muslim Separatism Primordalist Instrumentalist * Role of the British *

Distribution of Different Religious Communities in India, 1909

Distribution of Muslims in India, 1909

Largest population movement in recorded history: 12.5 million people

A crowd of Muslims at the Old Fort (Purana Qila) in Delhi, which had been converted into a vast camp for Muslim refugees waiting to be transported to Pakistan. Manchester Guardian, 27 September 1947

Train to Pakistan, A Railway Station in Punjab

Estimates range up to 1 million killed in Partition Violence

Lord Mountbatten against the backdrop of the count-down to Indian Independence

Lord Mountbatten, Last Viceroy of India

Refugee Camp

Dividing Government Documents

Young Refugee sits atop a wall in Purana Quila (Old Fort) in Delhi, transformed into a vast refugee camp

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