alleryStart learning →Why did Pakistan emerge as two separate territories in 1947?
APunjab demanded two territories
BMuslim areas lay west and east
CThe British wanted two colonies
DBengal refused to join Pakistan
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Muslim areas lay west and east
1. There was no single belt of Muslim majority areas.
2. One lay in the west and one in the east.
3. So West and East Pakistan were separated by Indian land.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._
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