HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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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solve the problem of minorities in India
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enquire into the riots in East Bengal
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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: -Boundary Commission, consultative committee created in July 1947 to recommend how the Punjab and Bengal regions of the Indian subcontinent were to be divided between India and Pakistan shortly before each was to become independent from Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Radcliffe awarded Calcutta to India, even though Muslim majority areas surrounded it. Calcutta was the capital of Bengal. It was the biggest, commerce and educational center of the province. The entire development of Calcutta depended on the toil of the Muslim peasantry of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-4: -17th August 1947: The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan is revealed. On 17th August 1947 the Radcliffe Line was declared as the boundary between India and Pakistan, following the Partition of India.