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Who first proposed two nation theory in India?
Allama Iqbal’s presidential address to the Muslim League on 29 December 1930 is seen by some as the first exposition of the two-nation theory in support of what would ultimately become Pakistan.
Do you think that two nation theory became the basis of creation of Pakistan?
The two-nation theory (Urdu: دو قومی نظریہ do qaumī nazariya) is the basis of the creation of Pakistan. The two-nation theory was a founding principle of the Pakistan Movement (i.e. the ideology of Pakistan as a Muslim nation-state in South Asia), and the partition of India in 1947.
What was the basis of India’s partition?
The partition involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and Punjab, based on district-wide non-Muslim or Muslim majorities. The partition also saw the division of the British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Navy, the Indian Civil Service, the railways, and the central treasury.
Who proposed two nation theory class 12?
The two nation theory means the cultural, political, religious, economic and social dissimilarities between the two major communities, Hindus and Muslims of the Sub Continent. Two -nation theory was presented by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan due to Hindu-Urdu Controversy in 1867. It was initiated by M.A. Jinnah in 1940.
How did the two nation theory emerge?
The origin of the Two-Nation Theory is traced to the post-1857 Indian Revolt times. It were both the Hindus and Muslims who rebelled together against the British with an aim to drive them out of India. They left no stone unturned to crush Muslims socially, economically, and politically.
WHO declared the partition of India?
The actual division of British India between the two new dominions was accomplished according to what has come to be known as the “3 June Plan” or “Mountbatten Plan”. It was announced at a press conference by Mountbatten on 3 June 1947, when the date of independence – 15 August 1947 – was also announced.