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What was refugee’s crises faced by Pakistan? (4)Please, someone
--tenson between hindu and muslims began to spill over into violence. 1 million people died, and 20 million were at pakistan's doorstepthey had to be fed and accomodated out of a vey limited supply of resources
What was canal water dispute? (4)
--Pakistan's agro-based economy dependent on river water . the headwork of these rivers were in India and both nations ended up claiming rights over this water . India threatened to stop this water and this was a problem as it would have resulted in famine and deaths , this issue was eventually solved by the mediation of world bank in 1960 . it gave control of eastern rivers ,beas, ravi and sutlej to india and the control of western rivers, indus, jhelum and chenab to pakistan .
What were administrative problems for Pakistan? (4)
--no experienced and trained staff , literacy rate 10% at the time of independence , shortage of properly qualified and experienced personels, running a government department was extremely difficult without trained staff
What was the issue of division of assets in 1947? (4)
--pakistan was granted 750 million rs , first 200 million rs were paid then kashmir war broke out and india refused to pay further.shortage of military officers. and the military equipment given to pakistan were broken and obsolete.
What were the difficulties for the accession of the princely states at partition of India? (4)
--the leaders of princely states were asked to choose between india and pakistan ,dir, chitral, gilgit, hunza and bahawalapur joined pakistan . the decision proved diificult with other, hyderaad had a hindu majority but the ruler was muslim . in junagadh the populationwas mostly non muslims but the prince was a muslim
