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'File 11/57 Political Situation in India & Pakistan' [6r] (11/26)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in 13 Feb 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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4 '
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Junagadh
In Junagadh the situation was more static, but some looting and
arson of Muslin property took place and the Pakistan Government alleged
that life was being made intolerable for Muslims in the hope that they
would leave before the plebiscite which the Government of India propose
to hold under the auspices of either a British or Parsec judge* The
leader of the Provisional Government declared that any attempt by the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
or his heirs to return to the throne would be net by stiff
resistance. At the end of the month the Governor General issued an
ordinance vesting in the Administrator of Junagadh all the property
standing in the name of the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
, including bank deposits and
Government securities, the total amount of which was Rs.12,900,000.
1C• om.mma 1 311uatirn » There was little communal trouble during
the month. few incidents -were reported from the Punjab, and the
western part of the United Provinces. There was a recrudescence of
stabbing in Leihi on loth-19th December and a more serious outbreak of
stabbing and looting at Ajmer in Rajputana. On 16th December a curfew
had to be imposed in Oawnpore where an unlawful demonstration had
occurred after a speech by "General" Mohan Singh .of the Indian National
Army, On the evening of the 18th December serious communal rioting
broke out in Hyderabad (Sind) (as a result of the stories carried there
by Moslem refugees from the affair at Ajmer). Energetic steps were at
once taken to bring the situation under control and total casualties
are said to have been about 90 , of which 30 were fatal.
B. INDIA
H• Internal Political Situation . It was hoped that the Constituent
Assembly would be able to consider the draft nev/ Constitution in
January, The Government of India accepted the principle of the
formation of Provinces on a linguistic basis, but stated that its
implementation must v/ait until the administrative machinery was more'
stable, A 3i week session of the Constituent Assembly sitting as
/ the
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This file contains a report entitled 'Events in India and Pakistan during December 1947' that was sent from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bahrain to the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The report is divided up as follows:
A. Relations between the Two Dominions: Kashmir, Financial Relations, Jundagadh, Communal Situation
B. India: Internal Political Situation, Hyderabad, Eastern States, External Affairs, Food Policy, Industries Conference, Shipping, Import Control
C. Pakistan: Internal Political Situation, Muslim League, North West Frontier, External Affairs, Industries Conference, Food Situation, Railway Rates, Air Transport, Cotton, Jute.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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