How did women experience Partition?
For women, partition was horrible. Women were raped , abducted and many times forced to live with strangers and start a new life. They were deeply traumatised and began to develop new family bonds in the changed circumstances. Women became victims on both the sides of the border. They were forced to live in a strange circumstances. But the government officials of both the countries did not take any serious step to consult those women. Women were left on their fate. They were even murdered by their own family members. When the men realized that the women of their family would fall into the hands of the enemy, they killed their women with their own hands. To escape from the hands of enemy, in a Sikh village, ninety women were said to have voluntarily jumped into a well.
How did the Congress come to change its views on Partition?
Why was British India partitioned?
Why is Partition viewed as an extremely significant marker in South Asian history?
What did the Muslim League demand through its resolution of 1940?
Examine the strengths and limitations of oral history. How have oral-history techniques furthered our understanding of Partition?
Why did some people think of Partition as a very sudden development?
What were Mahatma Gandhi’s arguments against Partition?
How did ordinary people view Partition?
Why was the jotedar a powerful figure in many areas of rural Bengal?
Why did the mutinous sepoys in many places turn to erstwhile rulers to provide leadership to the revolt?
To what extent are census data useful in reconstructing patterns of urbanisation in the colonial context?
How did Mahatma Gandhi seek to identify with the common people?
What were the ideals expressed in the Objectives Resolution?
How did zamindars manage to retain control over their zamindaris?
Discuss the evidence that indicates planning and coordination on the part of the rebels.
What do the terms “White” and “Black” Town signify?
How was Mahatma Gandhi perceived by the peasants?
How was the term minority defined by different groups?
What connection did some of the members of the Constituent Assembly make between the political situation of the time and the need for a strong Centre?
How was non-cooperation a form of protest?
What steps did the British take to quell the uprising?
Examine how concerns of defence and health gave shape to Calcutta.
What historical forces shaped the vision of the Constitution?
How did the American Civil War affect the lives of ryots in India?
Why was the charkha chosen as a symbol of nationalism?
What were the concerns that influenced town planning in the nineteenth century?
Why did the salt laws become an important issue of struggle?
Why was the jotedar a powerful figure in many areas of rural Bengal?