Ch. 10 · Paper 1 · Section 2
Partition, 1947
How the Radcliffe Award drew a line through the Punjab and Bengal in five weeks.
- What it is
- The division of British India into India and Pakistan, with boundaries set by a commission chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.
- Why it matters
- Disputed districts, the canal headworks and Kashmir explain problems Pakistan faced from its first day.
- Dates that score
- 3 June 1947 partition plan
- 14 August 1947 independence
- 17 August 1947 boundary award published
- Do
- Name the districts and explain why each one mattered.
- Don’t
- Write that partition was “peaceful” or “planned for years”.
- Examiner tip
- Link the canal headworks to the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960.
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