"ملف ٥٧/١١ الوضع السياسي في الهند وباكستان" [و‎‎٦] (٢٦/١١)

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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 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, 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
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