10th Standard Social Post Independent India

 

Post Independent India

 I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate answers :

1. The British government’s last Governor General was Lord Mountbatten.

2. India’s first Home Minister was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

3. Inia’s first President was Dr. Babu Rajendra Prasad.

4. Pondicherry became a union territory in the year 1963.

5. State Reorganization law was implemented in 1953 year.

 

II. Discuss in groups and answer the following :

1. What were the problems faced in independent India?

Ans: The problems faced by India after Independence were

a) The Problem of refugees.

b) Problem of communaliriots.

c) Formation of the government.

d) Integration of various provinces.

e) Linguistic formation of states.

f) Production of food and many others.

 

2. How did the nation face the refugee problem?

Ans: a) In 1951 most of the refugees from west Pakistan were taken care of.

b) After the liberation of Bangladesh 10 lakh, people arrived to India as refugees. Our government provided resettle them in Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam States.

c) Many Bangladesh refugees came to Bengal. India did not leave its humanitarian concern and tried to provide better facilities.

d) More than one lakh and twenty thousand Tibetan refugees came to India.

e) In 1960 our Karnataka government-sanctioned 3000 Acres of land to them.

 

3. How was Pondicherry liberated from the French? Explain.

Ans: Even after the independence of India, the French had treated Pondicherry as their colony. The Congress, the communists, and other organizations urged that Pondicherry should be the part of India. After a long effort, Pondicherry was liberated from the French and it was declared a Union territory in 1963.

 

4. How was Goa liberated from the Portuguese?

Ans: Even after independence, Goa was under the rule of Portuguese. Though they were ordered to give up Goa, the Portuguese strengthened their hold on Goa by suppressing the movements. In 1955, Satyagrahis from different ports of India gathered at Goa and staged dharnas and liberation movements to quit Portuguese from Goa. In 1961 the Indian army intervened and took it under its control. Thus Goa was liberated in 1961 and became a Union Territoiy of India. Now it has become one of the states of India.

 

5. Explain the process of State Reorganization based on language.

Ans: After India achieved Independence, it had to face the linguistic formation problem. Many organizations and the people demanded to mark the boundaries based on the language of the areas. The desire of the people for linguistic formation of states was intense. In 1953 the government formed Justice Fazal Ali Commission in which Fazal Ali was the Chairman, K.M. Panickker and H.N. Kunjru were the members.

Andhra Pradesh became the first state on the base of language. As per the report of the Commission, the State Reorganisation Act came into force in 1956. Accordingly, 14 states and 6 Union Territories were formed in the country. On November 1st, 1956, Mysore State came into existence on the base of Kannada speaking areas. In 1973 Mysore was renamed as Karnataka State.