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Question
What last effort did Gandhiji make in order to prevent the partition of the country?
Solution
Gandhiji was against partition. He said, ‘Even if the whole of India is in flames, it will not bring Pakistan, Pakistan would be over my dead body’. But, Jinnah was adamant.
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