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Betrayal of Islam by the Nationalists: Pakistan
The result was that a tremendous clash occured in the pricipal cities between Sikhs and Muslims and for a very long time there was a complete choas. On March 5 and 6, large scale rioting and arson which reduced the city to shambles took place in Amritsar. Three days later the Working Committee of Indian National Congress passed a resolution demanding a division of the Punjab and by implication agreeing to a division of India. On April 2, 1947, Gandhi agreed to a partition of India. By end of April 1947, it appeared certain that Pakistan and Hindustan would emerge from a divided India.
By June4, 1947, Mountbatten, the new Viceroy, delivered the stunning announcemant that Britain would decamp in a mere eleven weeks, and would leave the subcontinent by August 15, 1947.
................to be continued
By June4, 1947, Mountbatten, the new Viceroy, delivered the stunning announcemant that Britain would decamp in a mere eleven weeks, and would leave the subcontinent by August 15, 1947.
................to be continued
