Sardar Patel and Partition of India - Hardcover

P. Chopra

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8122007767 ISBN 13: 9788122007763

Publisher: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2010

Synopsis

Complete Independence and unity of India was Sardar Patel's goal and he made all efforts to keep the two major communities of India united for the purpose. He was critical of British Government's communal award and separate electorate to create internal dissensions between the two communities.Sardar Patel considered Jinnah's "Two-Nation-Theory" as absurd. He traced the attitude of Jinnah its recalcitrant nature of being open to no compromise and adhering only to the idea of Pakistan.Sardar Patel justified the responsibility of the Congress to divide the country when he said that "we took these extreme steps after great deliberation. In spite of my previous strong opposition to partition I agreed to it because I felt that in order to keep India united it must be divided now. There should be peace in the country."

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. (Mrs.) Prabha Chopra, former Editor of the Gazetteers in Delhi Administration and Senior Fellow of Indian Council of Social Science Research, is currently Member-Secretary-cum-editor in the Collected Works of Sardar Patel project.

About this edition

• Publisher: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 8122007767
• ISBN 13: 9788122007763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 266