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Slice the Partition opponentsRead the answer and worked solution →League or CongressRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the sectionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Partition bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Permanent Settlement of Bengal came into operation in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →At the 1797 Burdwan auction, what share of the sales turned out to be fictitious?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Permanent Settlement, who were classified as zamindars?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which law could a zamindari be auctioned if payment did not arrive by sunset of the due date?Read the answer and worked solution →Francis Buchanan's survey of which North Bengal district describes the rich peasants called jotedars?Read the answer and worked solution →Sharecroppers who worked jotedar land and gave half the produce were called:Read the answer and worked solution →A transaction made in the name of a fictitious person while the real beneficiary stays hidden is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Fifth Report on the East India Company was submitted to Parliament in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Francis Buchanan is often called Buchanan-Hamilton. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →The hill folk of the Rajmahal hills who practised shifting cultivation were the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Collector of Bhagalpur proposed a policy of pacification of the Paharias in the 1780s?Read the answer and worked solution →The area demarcated in 1832 as the land of the Santhals was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Santhal villages in Damin-i-Koh grew from 40 in 1838 to how many by 1851?Read the answer and worked solution →Santhals called the moneylenders who took over their land by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56, how large an area became the Santhal Pargana?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan revolt of 1875 began in which large village of Poona district?Read the answer and worked solution →The revenue system of the Bombay Deccan, settled directly with the cultivator, was called:Read the answer and worked solution →A famine devastated the Deccan in which years, killing a third of the cattle?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cotton Supply Association was founded in Britain in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →By 1862, what share of Britain's cotton imports came from India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Limitation Law of 1859 made loan bonds between moneylenders and ryots valid for how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan Riots Commission presented its report to the British Parliament in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rural groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Rajmahal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Partition opponents

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Does not match the category
  1. Jinnah
  2. Rehmat Ali
  3. Iqbal
  4. Sikandar
Matches the category
  1. Gandhi
  2. Ghaffar
  3. Frontier
  4. Bapu
Instructions
Slice only those who firmly opposed Partition to the end.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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League or Congress

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Upper category
League
Lower category
Congress
Items
  1. Category
    League
    Item
    Dhaka 1906
  2. Category
    League
    Item
    Lahore res
  3. Category
    League
    Item
    Direct Day
  4. Category
    League
    Item
    30 seats
  5. Category
    Congress
    Item
    91.3 pc
  6. Category
    Congress
    Item
    Noakhali
  7. Category
    Congress
    Item
    Azad
  8. Category
    Congress
    Item
    Cut Punjab
Instructions
Send each fact to the Muslim League or the Congress.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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Sort the sections

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Items
  1. Group
    Section A
    Item
    Hindu majority
  2. Group
    Section A
    Item
    UP, Bombay
  3. Group
    Section B
    Item
    North-west
  4. Group
    Section B
    Item
    Punjab, Sind
  5. Group
    Section C
    Item
    North-east
  6. Group
    Section C
    Item
    Bengal, Assam
Groups
  1. Item
    Section A
  2. Item
    Section B
  3. Item
    Section C
Instructions
Drop each item onto the right Cabinet Mission section.
_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 14, Understanding Partition: Politics, Memories, Experiences._

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