WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement about the problems of Indian independence is a fact rather than an opinion?
A
Stronger government leadership would have prevented bloodshed.
B
Control of India by Great Britain brought more benefits than difficulties
C
Muslim leaders wanted their own separate Muslim state.
D
India would have been more prosperous if it had remained a colony
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"There were two immediate issues India faced after the Indian Independence Act, 1947 was passed in the British Parliament: 1) The framing of the constitution; 2) To merge the various princely states into India."

Detailed explanation-2: -Muslims used Masjids for the freedom struggle. When an Imam was addressing about Indian freedom in a Holy Masjid in Uttar Pradesh, British Army shot all the Muslims in that Masjid. One of the greatest freedom fighters of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, is our first name of Muslim Freedom Fighters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. The post 1857 period posed many challenges which were multifarious in nature including the loss of political power, the ruin of their economic bases and a threat to the annihilation of Islamic culture both material and non material. Among these the attacks on Islam by certain orientalists were the most serious.

Detailed explanation-4: -Maulana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi (grandfather of Shahi Imam Punjab Maulana Usman Ludhianvi), Zakir Husain, Begum Hazrat Mehal, Maulvi Ahmadullah, Abadi Bano Begam, Ashfaqulla Khan and Husain Ahmed Madni were cited among more prominent Muslim freedom fighters whose portraits figure on the proposed banners.

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