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Named(Appointed) on March 24th, 1947 a
Named(Appointed) on March 24th, 1947 a
viceroy and Governor general of India, Lord
viceroy and Governor general of India, Lord
Mountbatten has the heavy task to prepare the
Mountbatten has the heavy task to prepare the
independence. Gandhi advises(recommends) to
independence. Gandhi advises(recommends) to
the Congress to reject the proposals offered by
the Congress to reject the proposals offered by
British Mission cabinet in 1946, because he is
British Mission cabinet in 1946, because he is
wary of the grouping proposed for states with
wary of the grouping proposed for states with
Muslim majority which he considers as the
Muslim majority which he considers as the
beginning of partition(score). However it is one
beginning of partition(score). However it is one
of rare times when the Congress rejects its
of rare times when the Congress rejects its
opinion(notice) (but not its authority), because
opinion(notice) (but not its authority), because
Nehru and Patel knows that if the Congress does
Nehru and Patel knows that if the Congress does
not approve the plan, the control of the
not approve the plan, the control of the
government would fall into the hands of the
government would fall into the hands of the
Muslim League.
Muslim League.

Mahat ma Gandhi

Between 1946 and 1947, more than 5 000 people
Between 1946 and 1947, more than 5 000 people
are killed in intercommunity violence. Millions of
are killed in intercommunity violence. Millions of
people are moved forcibly to homogenize the
people are moved forcibly to homogenize the
setting-up(presence) of the populations according
setting-up(presence) of the populations according
to their faiths. Gandhi is viscerally set against the
to their faiths. Gandhi is viscerally set against the
plans which would separate India in two different
plans which would separate India in two different
countries.
countries.

As the war progresses, Gandhi increases his(her) demands(requests) for the independence, writing a
resolution calling the British to leave India: Quit India. It is for Gandhi and the Congress Party
revolts her(it) the most radical intended to reject the British outside the Indian lands. Gandhi is
criticized by certain members of Congress and the other political groups as well for or against the
British. Some people think that oppose in United Kingdom at the time of this all-out war is immoral,
others find that Gandhi does not go rather far. Quit India becomes the strongest movement in the
history(story) of the fight(wrestling) for the independence, with arrests and violence in a still ever
seen scale(ladder).
On August 15th, 1947, India reaches finally
its independence, the price(prize) of
numerous strikes and sacrifices, thanks to
the firm efforts of the leaders(managers) of
the Congress Party, the leader of the
nationalist movement, and in particular
Nehru and the Mahatma Gandhi. At the same
time(in parallel), she(it) undergoes a
partition(score) which gives birth(rise) to
another State, Pakistan for the Muslims.

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