Archive for the ‘Pakistan Movement’ Category

The Indus Basin Water Dispute

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

The Indus Basin water dispute had its origin in the partition of the Punjab. It broke in to the open on April 1, 1948, when East Punjab in India cut off the flow of canal water to west Punjab in Pakistan. Pakistan has fertile soil but a hot and dry climate. ...

Pakhtunistan Movement

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

In the western wing of Pakistan the speakers of Pushto-Pakhtunsled by the “Frontier Gandhi” khan at the very outset raised question demanding themselves a nation within Pakistan and thus making an attempt to undo the unity, solidarity, and security of the state which just took its birth. While the infant ...

Indian Independence Act (1947)

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

In the meantime the Indian Independence Bill was drafted and shown to Indian party leaders and to Gandhi and introduce in the House of Commons by Prime Minster Attlee himself on 4 July. It was passed on 15 July by the Commons and on 16 July by the Lords. There ...