HISTORY
NEW NATIONS EMERGE
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Question
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The British withdrew from India and Pakistan.
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Violence broke out between Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs.
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The Palestine Mandate was divided into separate Jewish and Arab states.
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Jewish settlers proclaimed the independent State of Israel.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plan envisages the division of Palestine into 3 parts: a Jewish state, an Arab State (dark tint), and the City of Jerusalem (white), to be placed under an International Trusteeship system. 1947, United Nations (Lake Success), New York.
Detailed explanation-2: -United Nations Resolution 181, resolution passed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1947 that called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, with the city of Jerusalem as a corpus separatum (Latin: “separate entity”) to be governed by a special international regime.
Detailed explanation-3: -The question of Palestine was first brought before the General Assembly in 1947. By resolution 181 (II), the Assembly decided to partition Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem placed under a special international regime.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under separate agreements between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Syria, these bordering nations agreed to formal armistice lines. Israel gained some territory formerly granted to Palestinian Arabs under the United Nations resolution in 1947.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was the reaction in the 1947 to United Nations plan to divide Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states? The Jews accepted the plan, but the arabs rejected it and declared war on Israel.