9.
INDIA AFTER INDEPENDENCE
1)
How did the country deal with the problems
of Refugees?
a) The
government of India provided shelter, employment, lands, education, health care
and conducive environment to the refugees.
b) They
were rehabilitated in the various states of India.
c) People
from Pakistan were settled in Orissa under the Dandakaranya project
d) The
Chakmar from Bangladesh migrated to Tripura state.
e) Sreelankan
refugees were rehabilitated in the three Southern states.
f) The
Tibatian refugees in 1954 have been settled in 10 states of India.
2)
How was Goa liberated from Portuguese?
Goa was
under the imperialist rule of Portuguese to be handed over to India. But the
Portuguese brought in additional troops from Africa and Europe. They tried to
suppress the liberation movement in Goa in 1955. Satyagrahis from different
parts of India gathered in Goa and began liberation movement demanding the
imperialists to quit Goa. In 1961, the Indian Army intervened and took Goa
under its control, Goa remained a Union territory till 1987, became a state
later on.
3)
Explain the role of Sardar patel in
Integration of Provinces.
When
the British left India, there were 562 provinces. The Government of India
invited all the provinces to join the union. There who joined were given a
privy purse based on the income of the province. During the process of
integration, Junagadh, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir offered stiff resistance.
After the king of Janagadh, who wanted to merge with Pakistan, fled from the
kingdom as a result of people protests the Indian army occupied Janagadh and
merged it with India. The king of Jammu and Kashmir wanted to be independent
but Pakistan incited the tribal’s in an attempt to force the king to merge with
Pakistan on a request from the king, the Indian Government Merged Jammu and
Kashmir with India. In the case of Hyderabad, force was used to make the Nizam
accede to India for resolving all these problems
Points to
Remember
·
The last Governor General of British India
was Lord Mountbatten
·
The firms home minister of Independent
India was Sardar Vallababai Patel
·
A temporary Government was formed on 15th Aug 1947
·
The Indian constitution was adopted on 26th Jan 1950
·
42nd Amendment added - secularism and socialist
·
The forgien policy of India is - Non Alignment policy
·
The King of Jammu and Kashmir was - Harising
·
Pondicherry joined India as a union
territory in – 1963
·
The linguistic reorganization of India
took place in – 1956
·
The chairman of Re-Organization committee was – Fazal Ali
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