Question

Consider the following statements regarding the partition of India:

1. Some historians, both Indian and Pakistani, suggest that Mohammad Ali Jinnah's theory that the Hindus and Muslims in colonial India constituted two separate nations can be projected back into medieval history.
2. Some scholars see Partition as a culmination of a communal politics that started developing in the opening decades of the twentieth century.
3. The separate electorates for Muslims, created by the colonial government in 1909 and expanded in 1919, crucially shaped the nature of communal politics.

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

विकल्प

• Only I

• I and II

• I and III

• All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Explanation:

Some Indian and Pakistani historians argue that Mohammad Ali Jinnah's theory that Hindus and Muslims in colonial India formed two separate nations can be projected back into mediaeval history. They emphasise how the events of 1947 were inextricably linked to a long history of Hindu-Muslim conflict in mediaeval and modern times. Partition, according to some scholars, was the culmination of a communal politics that began in the early decades of the twentieth century. They contend that separate electorates for Muslims, established by the colonial government in 1909 and expanded in 1919, had a significant impact on the nature of communal politics. Muslims could now elect their own representatives in designated constituencies thanks to separate electorates.