Nation-Building and Its Problems Test - 2

Maharashtra and Gujarat became independent states based on the principle of linguistic states.

Amrita Pritam was a prominent Punjabi poet and fiction writer. She is a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shree and Jnanapeeth Award. After Partition she made Delhi her second home. She was active in writing and editing ‘Nagmani ’a Punjabi monthly magazine till her last.

The Central government had appointed a State Reorganisation Commission in 1953 to look into the question of redrawing the boundaries of states.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel played a historic role in negotiating with the rulers of princely states, firmly but diplomatically, and bringing most of them into the Indian Union.

Mohammad Ali Jinnah gave his Presidential address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan at Karachi on 11th August 1947.

Chattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh and became independent state in 2000.

The interim government of India existed from 2 September 1946 to 15 August 1947 with the purpose of transitioning India from British Raj to independence. The interim government was formed on 2 September 1946 from the newly-elected Constituent Assembly of India. It was headed by Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel held the second-most powerful position in the council, heading the Department of Home Affairs, and Department of Information and Broadcasting.

Partition of India resulted in the communal violence. Lahore, Amritsar and Kolkata were the worst affected cities.

These states except Bihar were created in 2000 on the grounds of separate regional culture.

In these regions communal violence intensified and many innocents were killed and women were raped. Muslims would avoid going into an area where mainly Hindus or Sikhs lived; similarly the Hindus and Sikhs stayed away from areas of Muslim predominance.