Analyze the range of opinion in the Indian nationalist movement, particularly the differences between Gandhi and Nehru, and the communally based rivalry between Jinnah’s Muslim League and the Congress Party. Final essay should be between 1.5 and 3 pages in length.
First paragraph is included here, followed by a link for the post-grademark version of the full essay.
The greatest difficulty faced by the Indian nationalist movement during its inception was the fundamental difference in religious outlook and political goals between the Hindus and Muslims of that region. While both factions sought freedom from British colonial rule after the end of World War II, strife between them escalated to the point of rioting. Finally, due to the extreme violence associated with the call for freedom and internal fractioning that would not be quelled, the British government agreed to release India as a colonial holding but stipulated that the territory would be split along cultural lines, resulting in a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan. This led to an exodus from each country to the other by geographical residents that belonged culturally to the other, resulting (ironically) in even more violence between the groups as militants sought to restrict emigration or to punish those who disagreed with them.
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Analysis of “The Congress Party and The Muslim League”
The greatest difficulty faced by the Indian nationalist movement during its inception was the fundamental difference in religious outlook and political goals between the Hindus and Muslims of that region. While both factions sought freedom from British colonial rule after the end of World War II, strife between them escalated to the point of rioting. Finally, due to the extreme violence associated with the call for freedom and internal fractioning that would not be quelled, the British government agreed to release India as a colonial holding but stipulated that the territory would be split along cultural lines, resulting in a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan. This led to an exodus from each country to the other by geographical residents that belonged culturally to the other, resulting (ironically) in even more violence between the groups as militants sought to restrict emigration or to punish those who disagreed with them.
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