A museum curator is preparing a 2022 display on the first months of Pakistan. One exhibit contains a family letter describing crowded trains, an abandoned h...
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A museum curator is preparing a 2022 display on the first months of Pakistan. One exhibit contains a family letter describing crowded trains, an abandoned home in India and volunteers arranging food in a new Muslim state. The curator asks pupils to connect this personal evidence to the wider problems facing the government after independence in August 1947. Use the evidence and your own knowledge of the subcontinent.
(a) Identify the movement of people described in the letter. [1]
(b) Explain one reason why this movement created an immediate problem for Pakistan. [2]
(c) State one other urgent difficulty faced by the new state in 1947. [1]
Answer Details
(a) Migration of refugees / the partition migration / muhajirs moving to Pakistan. [1] (b) Any two: very large numbers needed housing; food and medical care were required; jobs had to be found; camps and transport placed pressure on limited resources. [2] (c) Any one: shortage of trained officials; division of cash/assets; dispute over Kashmir; weak armed forces/equipment; lack of government buildings. [1]
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