Prepared by Dr.

Suman parihar

Challenges to nation building

Worksheet

Read the passage and choose the correct answer 5

Most important is that with linguistic states permission was given to the doctrine of diversity. When we say that India
has opted for democracy. There its broader meaning in Indian democracy. Democracy was chosen for recognising
diversities and accepting them. Besides, we also have to accept that in diversities, there might be conflicts in them. In
other words, democracy in India is related to ideas, life methods and their multiplicity.

1. With which democracy is aligned?

a) Politics and government b) Social and economic life

c) In ideas and life method d) None of these

2. What is the meaning of choosing democracy?

a) To recognise diversity and accepting it b) To recognise diversity and not accepting it

c) To recognise unity and accepting it d) All of these

. or linguistic states reorganization, which principle was permitted?

a) Culture b) nity

c) Diversity d) Civilisation
4. In diversity there may be mutual .

a) Support b) War

c) Protest d) None of these

. What is the meaning of the will of the people?

a) autocracy b) none of these

c) democracy d) monarchy
. The interim government formed under the Cabinet Mission plan was headed by 1

a) Sardar allabhbhai Patel b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c) Rajagopalachari d) Jawaharlal Nehru

7. Which one of the following is not a conse uence of the partition? 1

a) The Muslim population in India after b) The employees of the government and the
migration accounted for 12 percent in 19 1 railways were divided

c) The integration of the princely states d) The division of financial assets and things
like tables, chairs, etc.
 . oa and Daman Diu was ruled by before 19 1. 1

a) British b) Purtuguese

c) Denmark d) rance
1

9. Identify the person in the picture:

a) M. K. andhi b) Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad

c) Sardar allabh Bhai Patel d) Jawaharlal Nehru

10. The states created in 19 0 were . 1

a) Punjab and Haryana b) rissa and West Bengal

c) Maharashtra and ujarat d) Rajasthan and ujarat

11. British India was divided into two parts, one was called the British Indian Provinces and the other was 1

a) Princely States b) British India

c) Independent India d) Indian Provinces

12. Which among the following statements about the Partition is incorrect? 1

a) Partition of India was the outcome of the b) The scheme of Partition included a plan for
two-nation theory the transfer of population across the border

c) Punjab and Bengal were the two provinces d) East Pakistan and West Pakistan were not
divided on the basis of religion contiguous
1 . Which among the following princely states proved to be most difficult to join Indian nion? 1

a) Kashmir b) Junagadh

c) Manipur d) Saurashtra
14. Which among the following states was first to hold elections based on the niversal Adult ranchise? 1

a) Manipur b) Kerala

c) Bihar d) ujarat
1 . Which of the following cities were not divided into the communal zone after the India Pakistan partition? 1

a) Hyderabad b) ahore

c) Kolkata d) Amritsar
1 . The Cities that were divided into o una one during the partition violence were: 1

a) Kashmir, ucknow and Allahabad b) Delhi, Mumbai and walior

c) ahore, Amritsar and Calcutta d) Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore

17. Who among the following is also known as on ie and i? 1

a) Morarji Desai b) oknayak JP Narayan

c) Khan Abdul affar Khan d) Sheikh Abdullah

1 . Which one of the following leaders played a vital role in the integration of princely states with India? 1

a) Sardar allabhbhai Patel b) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

c) Mahatma andhi d) Jawaharlal Nehru

19. Name the original state from which the Chhattisgarh was carved out. 1

a) ttar Pradesh b) Maharashtra

c) Bihar d) Madya Pradesh

20. Which of the following was not the government approach to the princely states? 1

a) Territorial integration had assumed supreme b) The government had used deceitful tactics
importance to united princely states

c) People of the princely states wanted to part d) The government were flexible to give
of the Indian nion autonomy
21. Arrange the following the chronological order of occurrence. 1
i. Birth of Pakistan
ii. Join of Hyderabad in Indian nion
iii. Carving out of Arunachal Pradesh from Assam
iv. Appointment of State Re-organisation commission

a) iv, i, iii, ii b) i, ii, iv, iii

c) i, iv, ii, iii d) iv, ii, i, iii

22. In which place of the Congress session in 1920, the party recognized the linguistic principle as the basis of the 1
reorganization of states?

a) ahore b) Nagpur

c) Kolkata d) Patna
2 . Who among the following was the Maharaja of Manipur at the times of Independence? 1

a) Ramachandra Singh b) Su-Kha-Pha

c) Bodhachandra Singh d) Hari Singh

24. Match the principles with the instances: 1

ou nI o u n II

(i) Mapping of boundaries on religious grounds (a) Pakistan and Bangladesh

(ii) Mapping of boundaries on grounds of different languages (b) India and Pakistan

(c) Jharkhand and

(iii) Demorcating boundaries within a country by geographical zones
Chattisgarh

(iv) Demorcating boundaries within a country on administrative and political (d) Himachal Pradesh and
grounds K

a) (i) - (b), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (d) b) (i) - (a), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (c)

c) (i) - (a), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (d) d) (i) - (b), (ii) - (a), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (c)
2 . When was the State Reorganization Commission appointed by the Central overnment? 1
 a) In 194 b) In 19

c) In 1972 d) In 19
2 . Study the picture given below and answer the uestions that follow: 3

i. Identify the person in the centre of the cartoon and mention the challenge surrounding him.
ii. What does the picture actually refer?
iii. How did India avoid all these conflicts?
27. In the given political outline map of India, five states have been shown as (A), (B), (C), (D)and (E). Identify 5
them on the basis of information given below and write their correct names in your answer book with the
respective serial number of the information used and the alphabet concerned as per the following format:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

i. The state which came into existence due to bifurcation at the time of partition in 1947.
ii. A Princely State whose ruler resisted its merger with India.
iii. The state where the Congress Party failed to win majority in the irst eneral Election of India.
iv. The 29th state of India.
v. The state which was created in 19 .

2 . What do you understand by instrument of accession’? 2

29. What was government’s approach towards the integration of princely states? 4
0. Bring out two major differences between the challenge of nation-building for eastern and western regions 4
of the country at the time of independence.
1. Explain in brief any two challenges that India faced just after independence. 4
2. Which state got divided on bilingual basis? 4
. Describe the challenges that India faced at the time of independence in 1947. 4
4. Write a short note on the people’s movement of Hyderabad. 6
. Explain three challenges which independent India faced during the process of Nation Building. 6
. The accommodation of regional demands and the formation of linguistic states were also seen as more 6
democratic. Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
7. How did the death of Potti Sriramulu lead to the States Reorganisation on linguistic basis? 6
. Discuss the problem related to Kashmir between India and Pakistan. 6
. n ideas and li e method
n ideas and li e method
. o re ognise diversity and a epting it
o re ognise diversity and a epting it
. ulture
ulture
. upport
upport
. demo ra y
demo ra y
. a aharlal ehru
he interim government led y a aharlal ehru too a irm stan e against the possi le division o ndia into
small prin ipalities o di erent si es.
. he integration o the prin ely states
ndia s irst eputy rime inister ardar alla hai atel used a om ination o politi al manoeuvering and
rute or e to integrate the rin ely states. he integration o prin ely states is part o nation uilding rather than a
onse uen e o the ndo a istan partition.
. urtuguese
oa and aman iu as the olony o ortuguese. he ndian government too military a tion to li erate oa
and aman iu in .
. ardar alla h hai atel
ardar alla h hai atel
. aharashtra and u arat
here as an e periment o ilingual om ay state onsisting o u arati and arathi spea ing people.
ter a popular agitation the states o ere reated in .
. rin ely tates
ritish ndia as divided into hat as alled the ritish ndian and the . he ritish
ndian rovin es ere dire tly under the ontrol o the ritish government. n the other hand several large and small states
ruled y prin es alled the rin ely tates en oyed some orm o ontrol over their internal a airs as long as they a epted
ritish suprema y.
. he s heme o artition in luded a plan or the trans er o population a ross the order
uring partition areas here the uslims ere in ma ority as made as a istan. he rest as to stay as ndia.
arlier the plan o trans er as not in luded in the partition plan ut a ter ards the minorities in oth the states ere treated
ruthlessly and ere illed so un illingly they had to leave their homes and led a ay to their respe tive religion ma ority
states.
. aurashtra
he interim government too a irm stan e against the possi le division o ndia into small prin ipalities o
di erent si es. t as a very ompli ated tas that re uired s ill ul persuasion. or instan e there ere small states in
today s rissa. aurashtra region o u arat had ig states small states and numerous other di erent administrations.
. anipur
odha handra ingh ahara a o anipur made it a onstitutional monar hy and e ame the irst state to hold
ele tions under niversal dult ran hises. ut on sharp di eren es over a merger o anipur the government o ndia
pressurised ahara a into signing an agreement in eptem er .
. ydera ad
he year as the year o one o the largest most a rupt unplanned and tragi trans er o population that
 human history has no n. n the name o religion people o one ommunity ruthlessly illed and maimed people o the other
ommunity. ities li e ahore mritsar and ol ata ere divided into ommunal ones.
. ahore mritsar and al utta
ities li e ahore mritsar and ol ata e ame divided into . uslims ould avoid going
into an area here mainly indus or i hs lived similarly the indus and i hs stayed a ay rom areas o uslim
predominan e.
. han dul a ar han
han dul a ar han is also no n as rontier andhi as the undisputed leader o the orth est
rontier rovin e . espite his opposition as merged ith a istan.
. ardar alla h hai atel
l as ndia s eputy rime inister and the ome inister during the ru ial period
immediately ollo ing ndependen e. e played a histori role in negotiating ith the rulers o prin ely states irmly ut
diplomati ally and ringing most o them into the ndian nion.
. adya radesh
hhattisgadh re onstituted adhya radesh ttaran hal re ormed ttar radesh and har hand as arved out
o ihar. he asis or the reation o these states is said to e so io politi al and not linguisti .
. he government had used de eit ul ta ti s to united prin ely states
he rulers o the prin ely states signed a do ument alled the nstrument o ession. he nstrument o
a ession as a legal do ument reated in . t as e e uted y overnment o ndia to prin ely states hi h ere signed
y most o the rulers.
. i ii iv iii
i ii iv iii
. agpur
ur national movement had re e ted these divisions as arti i ial and had promised the linguisti prin iple as the
asis o ormation o states. n a t a ter the agpur session o ongress in the prin iple as re ognised as the asis o
the reorganisation o the ndian ational ongress party itsel . any rovin ial ongress ommittees ere reated y
linguisti ones hi h did not ollo the administrative divisions o ritish ndia.
. odha handra ingh
he ahara a o anipur as odha handra ingh. e days e ore independen e he signed the instrument
o a ession ith the ndian government on the assuran e that the internal autonomy o anipur ould e maintained.
. i ii a iii iv d
i ii a iii iv d
. n
he tates eorganisation ommission onstituted y the entral overnment o ndia on nd
e em er to re ommend the reorganisation o state oundaries.
. i. he person in the enter o the artoon is andit a ahar al ehru the irst rime inister o ndia ho a ed the irst and
oremost hallenge o integration o prin ely states and ormation o linguisti states.
ii. he pi ture a tually re ers to the pro lem o reorgani ation o states on the linguisti asis ith the ear o disintegration in
the ountry.
iii. ndia avoided all the on li ts y respe ting and identi ying the regional demands o the people and enhan ed demo ra y y
providing some autonomy to the states also.

.
i ammu and ashmir

ii erala

iii est engal

iv elangana

v aryana
. he nstrument o a ession as a legal do ument reated in . t as e e uted y overnment o ndia to prin ely states
hi h as signed y most o the rulers. any rulers o the rin ely tates ere dreaming o esta lishing independent o their
o n. o ever as a result o the movement o the people the states and the a le ste ardship o ardar alla h hai atel they
a eded to ndia y signing an nstrument o ession.
. he government s approa h as guided y three onsiderations
. he people o most o the rin ely tates learly anted to e ome part o the ndian nion.
. he government anted to a ommodate plurality y adopting le i le approa h in dealing ith the demand o the region.
. he entral government as so mu h on erned to ards integration and onsolidation o territorial oundaries o ndian
nation.
. he t o ma or di eren es et een the hallenge o nation uilding or eastern and estern regions o the ountry at the time o
independen e ere
i. he estern region su h as un a as a ing the pro lem o re ugees i.e. persons displa ed rom a istan. or ed to
a andon their homes and move a ross orders people ent through immense su ering. heir reha ilitation as ne essary.
here as no su h pro lem in the eastern region.
ii. he estern region as a ing the hallenge o ommunal tension and violen e. here as no su h violen e and ommunal
tension in the eastern region.
. ndia had to a e many hallenges immediately a ter independen e hi h an e summed up as ollo s
. ndia as divided among various states at the time o independen e. en e a great hallenge
arose to uni y and integrate the ountry into one ond. ardar alla h hai atel too upon himsel to integrate these states
either ish ully or diplomati ally to e ompleted into di erent stages.
. ndia onstituted representative demo ra y ased on the parliamentary orm o government
and it as a great hallenge to develop these demo rati pra ti es in the nation.
. he tates eorganisation ommission onsidered to orm states on linguisti asis ut re ommended that om ay state should
stay as a ilingual state. t as urther enlarged y the addition o aurashtra tate and ut h tate the arathi spea ing distri ts
o agpur ivision o adhya radesh and the arath ada region o ydera ad. om ay got divided on ilingual asis
onsisting o u arat and arathi spea ing people. ter popular agitation the states o aharashtra and u arat ere reated in
.
. ndia a ed the ollo ing three hallenges at the time o independen e in
i. he irst hallenge as to shape a nation that as united yet a ommodative o the diversity in our so iety. here ere
di erent ulture religions languages in the ountry. t as a very serious uestion o unity and integration hi h as to e
solved y the leaders.
ii. he se ond hallenge as to esta lish demo ra y. he onstitution had granted undamental rights and the right to vote to
every iti en. epresentative demo ra y had een adopted under the onstitution. he hallenge as to develop demo rati
pra ti es in a ordan e ith the onstitution.
iii. he third hallenge as to ensure the development and ell eing o the entire so iety and not only o some se tions. he
onstitution had adopted the prin iple o e uality and provided spe ial prote tion to so ially disadvantaged groups and
religious and ultural ommunities. he ire tive rin iples o tate oli y aimed at setting up a el are state ut the
hallenge as to evolve e e tive poli ies or e onomi development and eradi ation o poverty.
. he state o ydera ad hi h ormed the heartland o the e an as the iggest among the ative tates o ndia. i am
anted ydera ad to e an independent state. ut the people o ydera ad ere not happy ith the rule o i am due to his non
demo rati pra ti es. en e the various se tion o so iety agitated against him
. he people o ydera ad state had to ight not only against the ritish imperial po er ut also against the i am s eudal and
ommunal rule or the a hievement o independen e and responsi le government.
. he peasants in the elangana region parti ularly rose voi e against him.
. omen also oined the movement in large num er.
. he ommunist and ydera ad ongress ere at the ore ront o the movement.
. i am responded y unleashing a a a ars paramilitary or e on people.
. ltimately the entral government had to order the army to ta le and in the ndian army moved in ontrol the i am s
or es. ll the a ove mentioned situations led to a ession o ydera ad.
. ndia had to a e many hallenges immediately a ter she got independen e hi h an e summed up as ollo s
. he irst hallenge as to shape a nation that as united yet a ommodative o the diversity
in our so iety. ndia as a land o ontinental si e and diversity. ts people spo e di erent languages and ollo ed di erent
 ulture and religions. en e a great hallenge arose to unity and integrate the ountry into one ond ardar alla h hai atel
too upon himsel to integrate these states either il ully or diplomati ally to e ompleted into di erent stages.
. he onstitution had granted undamental rights and e tended right to vote to every iti en.
ndia adopted epresentative demo ra y ased on the parliamentary orm o government. he hallenge as to develop
demo rati pra ti es in a ordan e ith the onstitution.
. he onstitution had adopted the prin iple o e uality and provided
spe ial prote tion to so ially disadvantaged groups and religious and ultural ommunities. ndian polity made hersel to
a hieve el are goods ith the environment o e e tive e onomi poli ies and eradi ation o poverty and unemployment.
. his statement an e usti ied y ollo ing arguments
i. ormation on the asis o language e ame a uni orm asis or dra ing the state oundaries. t has united the ountry rather
than leading to disintegration.
ii. egional aspirations are very mu h a part o demo rati politi s. pression o regional issues is not an a erration or an
a normal phenomenon. large and diverse demo ra y li e ndia must deal ith regional aspirations on a regular asis.
egional aspirations hen ul illed give strength to the people and ma e demo ra y a su ess. any a regional aspirations
are eing a ommodated to strengthen the demo ra y.
iii. he est ay to respond to regional aspirations is through demo rati negotiations rather than through suppression.
iv. egional im alan e in e onomi development ontri utes to the eeling o regional dis rimination. egional im alan e is a
a t o ndia s development e perien e.
. i. otti riramulu as a reno ned andhian a tivist and parti ipated in the ivil iso edien e ovement andi ar h or alt
atyagraha as also in individual atyagraha. e had ide support o people rom depressed astes as he got opened temples
in adras residen y in or their orship in . e as thus an outstanding igure in that provin e.
ii. riramulu as also present in the agpur session o the ndian ational ongress held ar a in . ere the ongress
had onsented to the prospe tive plan o reorganisation o states on language asis.
iii. e as also no n to the a t that rovin ial ongress ommittees ere also onstituted during the struggle or independen e
on the asis o distin t language spo en in the area region. hen so learned and the veteran person sa that adras provin e
as so large in terms o area and diverse in languages it ould impossi le to run the same as a single administrative unit. e
raised his voi e or reorganisation ut it as allen in the dea ears o the government in the entre. en e he sat on a hunger
stri e till death on to er . ventually he died on e em er vi . days hunger stri e .
. oon a ter the partition the t o ountries ere involved in a on li t over the ate o ashmir. he a istani government laimed
that ashmir elonged to it. his led to ars in and . ndia on a de isive ar against a istan in ut the
ashmir uestion remained unsolved. he ongress party has evolved its politi s on ashmir on the asis o ma or glo al and
domesti developments. andit a aharlal ehru repeated his ommitment to ind the ill o the people o ashmir in the
onstituent ssem ly o ndia.
he pro lems o ashmir et een ndian and a istan are
i. ndia as satis ied that the most important politi al leader and party o ashmir had a epted a ession
to ndia. he leader li e hei h dullah o ational on eren e represented the demo rati ill o the people o ashmir
and they ere unam iguously a eeded to ndia. he ongress party also assured internal autonomy to the people o ammu
and ashmir through the onstitution o ndia.
ii. rti le o the ndian onstitution is an arti le that gives autonomous status to the
state o ammu and ashmir. he rti le o onstitution an e altered in avour o the entre. any other parties have
supported this arti le ut haratiya an angh no re e ted every premise and every poli y o the ongress and anted
to omit rti le . o e tremely polarised position on ashmir are represented y ongress and the and it is
impossi le to evolve any minimal national onsensus on ashmir in ndia.
iii. urther the emergen e o terrorism in the valley has a entuated polarisation among politi al
parties in ndia e ause a istan is dire tly involved in terrorist a tivities. he situation in ashmir has een tense and there
have een several deadly atta s on soldiers. n the last ive years ammu and ashmir has itnessed rise in death o se urity
personnel. hun o these atta s have o urred in ul ama region o . ata released y the government sho ed that
the alley has een itnessing regular terror atta s in the past ive years.
iv. nother dimensions that ashmir valley ammu and ada h have involved is inter regional disputes
and ompetition. ada h s politi al parties say that ashmir dis riminated them. ut a ter the entry o entre all the
movements ere dis ontinued. ammu and ashmir valley are separated rom ea h other then another t o nation theory
ould e a ed y ndian nion.
hat s hy the politi al parties have to maintain legitima y and demo ra y ith all.