1. What were the three broad challenges facing independent India?
2. Which principles broadly united the national movement regarding independent India’s government?
3. Which position did the Muslim League and Congress take on the two-nation theory and Pakistan?
On what date did India attain independence amid the partition of British India?
At midnight on 14–15 August 1947.
Whom did the national movement broadly agree independent India’s government should serve?
Everyone, especially the poor and socially disadvantaged groups.
What three broad challenges faced independent India?
National unity, establishing democratic practices, and securing development and well-being for all.
What did Partition divide British India into?
The nation-states of India and Pakistan.
What did the Muslim League’s two-nation theory claim about Hindus and Muslims?
They were two distinct peoples.
What territorial demand did the Muslim League’s two-nation theory support?
A separate Muslim country.
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