Important questions regarding Pakistan Affairs

*Pakistan Affaris*
*1. When did the Sindh assembly decided to join Pakistan?*
Ans. June 26, 1947

*2. By which margin the Sindh assembly decided to join Pakistan?*
Ans. by 33 to 20 votes

*3. Who were the members of the Steering Committee of the Partition Council in the Center?*
Ans. Ch. Muhammad Ali and H.M. Patel

*4. What was the description of the border between the East and the West Bengal?*
Ans. "The new frontier would run approximately north-south from the Himalayan foothills, east of Darjeeling to the Ganges delta on the Bay of Bengal, leaving East Bengal in Pakistan and West Bengal in India"
*5. What was the population of Bengal before partition in 1947?*
Ans. 60,000,000

*6. What was the area of Bengal before partition in 1947?*
Ans. 77000 Sq. miles

*7. What was the estimate of the former Bengali population in both East and Wast Bengal after partition in 1947?*
Ans. 35.14% in West Bengal and 64.86% in East Bengal

*8. Who was the Chairman of both the Boundary Commissions?*
Ans. Sir Cyril Radcliffe

*9. Who were the members of Boundary Commission?*
Ans. Mr. Justice Din Muhammad, Mr. Justice Muhammad Munir, Mr. Justice Mehrchand Mahajan, Mr. Justice Teja Singh.

*10. How long did the Boundary Commission work?*
Ans. From 21-07-1947 to 30-07-1947

*11. According to Justice Muhammad Munir, by which date the award had been finalized?*
Ans. Aug. 8, 1947

*12. When was the Boundary Commission Award Announced?*
Ans. 17-08-1947

*13. Where was Mr. Radcliff staying between Aug. 8 and Aug. 17, 1947?*
Ans. In New Delhi as a guest of Lord Mountbatten.

*14. Who was the last Governor of the undivided Punjab?*
Ans. Sir Even Jenkins

*15. Who was the first Governor of the West Punjab?*
Ans. Sir Francis Mudie

*16. Sir Francis Mudie found a sketch map left over in the confidential safe at Government House, Lahore. What was it about?*
Ans. This sketch map was the advance information provided to Sir Even Jenkins by the Radcliff award commission on the possible boundary line of Punjab.

*17. How this sketch map differed from the actual Award announced on Aug. 17, 1947?*
Ans. According to this sketch map the tehsil of Ferozepur and Zira was to be assigned to Pakistan, but in actual Award it was assigned to India.

*18. According to a publication of Manchester Guardian in 1950, Gurdaspur was assigned to India possibly owing to pressure from Lord Mountbatten. Why India needed Gurdaspur so badly?*
Ans. It was the sole land route to Kashmir, which India had planned to occupy.

*19. How many Princely States were in undivided India?*
Ans. 562

*20. According to 1941 census, what was the total population of all the princely states?*
Ans. 93 million

*21. What was the total area of the princely states?*
Ans. 712000 Sq. miles

*22. When was a conference of the Princely States rulers held in Delhi before the announcement of Partition Plan?*
Ans. July 25, 1947

*23. What was the direction given to the rulers of the Princely States by Mountbatten in the Delhi Conference?*
Ans.Join, either Pakistan or India

*24. Which 3 States had failed to decide accession issue by 15th August, 1947?*
Ans. Hyderabad, Junagadh and Kashmir

*25. How was the decision of joining Pakistan reached by the British Baluchistan?*
Ans. A jirga (assembly) of all the tribal chiefs of the British Baluchistan met on June 29, 1947 and unanimously decided to join Pakistan.

*26. Which was the largest state in Baluchistan?*
Ans. Kalat

*27. When was the announcement of accession of Kalat to Pakistan was made?*
Ans. April 2, 1948

*28. What was the area of the State of Kalat?*
Ans. 75000 sq. miles

*29. What was the population of the State of Kalat?*
Ans. 500,000

*30. When did the rulers of the states of Kalat, Las Bela , Makran and Kharan agreed to form a single State Union?*
Ans. April 1952

*31. Which new provinces were constituted under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, (after being defined in Sir Cyril Radcliffe's boundary award)?*
Ans. East Bengal and West Punjab

*32. What was the population of the undivided Punjab?*
Ans. 28,000,000

*33. What was the area of the undivided Punjab?*
Ans. 100,000

*34. Which districts of the Punjab province were allotted to the newly constituted Western Punjab province?*
Ans. In Lahore Division, Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Sialkot. In Rawalpindi Division, Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, and Shahpur. In Multan Division, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lyallpur, Montgomery and Muzaffargarh.

*35. What was the area of the West Punjab?*
Ans. 62,100 Sq. miles

*36. What was the population of West Punjab as per the 1941 census?*
Ans. 15,800,000

*37. What was the percentage of Muslims in West Punjab?*
Ans. 74.7%

*38. When did polling take place in N.W.F.P for referendum on the question of union with Pakistan or India?*
Ans. July 6, 1947

*39. How many votes were cast in favor of both Pakistan and India in the NWFP referendum?*
Ans. 289,244 for Pakistan and 2874 for India

*40. Which organization in N.W.F.P boycotted the referendum and who was the founder of this organization?*
Ans. Redshirts, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

*41. Which two States decided to merge in Pakistan on 4th October, 1947?*
Ans. Bahawalpur and Khairpur

*42. When were the States of Bahawalpur and Khairpur formally merged in Pakistan?*
Ans. 7th and 12th October, 1947

*43. Who was the Prime Minister of the State of Bahawalpur?*
Ans. Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani

*44. What was the population of Bahawalpur state?*
Ans. 1,500,000

*45. What was the area of Bahawalpur state?*
Ans. 16,500 Sq. miles

*46. Which district of Assam voted in favour of joining Pakistan on July 6, 1947?*
Ans. Sylhet

*47. Which three Frontier States acceded to Pakistan?*
Ans. Chitral, Dir and Swat

*48. When did the Punjab Legislative Assembly decided in favour of the partition of the province?*
Ans. June 23, 1947

*49. What was the verdict of the Punjab Assembly?*
Ans. 91 members (including three non-Muslims) voted in favour of joining a new Constituent Assembly, while 77 (Hindus, Sikhs and Scheduled Caste representatives) voted in favour of entering the existing Constituent Assembly, if the Province remained united.

*50. When did the Bengal Legislative Assembly meet to decide on the question of partition of Bengal?*
Ans. June 20, 1947