Question

Consider the following statements regarding the partition of British India:

1. Several hundred thousand people were killed and innumerable women raped and abducted.
2. Millions were uprooted, transformed into refugees in alien lands.
3. Probably, some 15 million had to move across hastily constructed frontiers separating India and Pakistan.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

विकल्प

• Only I

• I and II

• I and ill

• All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Explanation:

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and countless women were raped and abducted. Millions of people were uprooted, becoming refugees in foreign lands. It is impossible to estimate the number of casualties accurately: informed and scholarly estimates range from 200,000 to 500,000 people. In all likelihood, 15 million people were forced to cross hastily constructed borders separating India and Pakistan. As they came across these "shadow lines" - the boundaries between the two new states were not officially known until two days after formal independence - they were rendered homeless, having suddenly lost all of their immovable property and most of their movable assets, separated from many of their relatives and friends, torn from their moorings, houses, fields, and fortunes, and childhood memories.