O-LevelPakistan StudiesThe history and culture of PakistanMay/June 2017 · Q325 Marks
How did the name ‘Pakistan' originate?
- (a)How did the name ‘Pakistan' originate?[4]
- (b)Why was the Second Round Table Conference of 1931 unsuccessful?[7]
- (c)Was the withdrawal of Gandhi's support the most important reason for the decline of the Khilafat Movement? Explain your answer.[14]
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- [1-4] Chaudhry Rehmat Ali devised the name.
- [1-4] Stated in pamphlet ‘Now or Never' in 1933.
- [1-4] By end of the year most Muslims within India knew the name and its importance.
- [1-4] Punjab, Afghania (NWFP), Kashmir, Sindh and Balochistan.
- [1-4] Muslim League thought his ideas were impractical and ignored by Jinnah.
- [5-7] Gandhi did not accept that the 14 Points of the Quaid-e-Azam should be included in future discussions.
- [5-7] Gandhi did not accept the demands about the rights of minorities.
- [5-7] The Conference was unsuccessful because Gandhi refused to recognise the rights of the Muslim.
- [7-10] Gandhi saw an opportunity for self-rule by joining the Movement, the involvement of a Hindu-majority grouping was welcomed by many Muslims.
- [7-10] By joining with a Hindu-majority grouping the objectives of the Movement were made less clear. Some perceived that Gandhi and some Hindus and used it for their own political reasons.
- [7-10] Chauri Chaura was a village in the United Province where trouble started between the police and a mob. Gandhi decided that the Swaraj Movement was becoming too violent following the Chauri Chaura incident and so withdrew his support.
- [7-10] Thousands of Muslims migrated to Afghanistan in a religious protest against the British government. The Afghan government was hostile to the migrants and refused to allow all the refugees to settle.
- [7-10] Many of the refugees who returned to India died on the journey back or found themselves homeless and their jobs occupied which dispirited them.
- [7-10] Some of the leaders including Maulana and Muhammad Ali were imprisoned in 1921 which made the organisation less effective.
- [7-10] The refusal of Britain to accept the demands of the Movement.
- [7-10] The decision of the Mustafa Kamal Ataturk to form a nationalist government in Turkey ended most of the impetus for the Khalifat movement, which had previously served as a unifying force for Muslims.
- [7-10] Mopla violence divided Muslims.
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