GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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give effect to the Independence Bill
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delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan
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enquire into the riots in East Bengal
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solve the problem of minorities in India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Radcliffe committee was appointed under the chairmanship of Sir Cyril Radcliffe to delimit the boundaries between India and Pakistan as a result of partition of the country in 1947.
Detailed explanation-2: -In June 1947, Sir Cyril John Radcliffe, a British lawyer, was made the Chairman of two boundary commissions of Punjab and Bengal and given the task to draw up the new borders of India and Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -(Radcliffe was responsible for drawing the borders for Pakistan and India. Punjab was split into two: West Punjab became part of Pakistan and the East Punjab belonged to India. Similarly, West Bengal became a state of India, and East Bengal (now Bangladesh) became a province of Pakistan.)