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

2. 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?

3. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan

4. Jinnah & Gandhi

5. The Two-Nation Theory

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

7. Distribution of Different Religious Communities in India, 1909

8. Distribution of Muslims in India, 1909

10. Largest population movement in recorded history: 12.5 million people

13. 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

14. Train to Pakistan, A Railway Station in Punjab

15. Estimates range up to 1 million killed in Partition Violence

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

17. Lord Mountbatten, Last Viceroy of India

18. Refugee Camp

19. Dividing Government Documents

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