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NEW BEGINNINGS:

PAKISTAN AFTER 1947


History : Grade VIII
Students’ Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
1. Describe with Outline some salient features of the early beginnings of Pakistan after 1947.
2. Explain events of the Kashmir War.
3. Describe the main idea of Objective Resolution.
4. Describe the key elements of the Constitution of 1956.
5. Enlist some characteristics of Ayyub Khan’s Regime.
6. Identify causes and events of the War of 1965. and war of 1971.
7. Describe the causes and events of the Afghan War.
8. Identify the sequence of events of Cold War that led to the War on Terrorism.
9. Use a timeline to identify the time of the events after the formation of Pakistan in the span of
Migration, War of Kashmir, constitutions1956, 1958, 1973, 1965 war , 1971 war , Afghan war till the
War on Terror.
10. Use an organogram to demonstrate the sequence of events led by the Afghan War till the War on
Terror.
11. Explore some of the pull and push factors behind the Migration of 1947.
12. Evaluate the most challenging problem Pakistan had to face after Independence.
13. Explore the contributions of the migrants and common people in the struggle for the Freedom of
Pakistan.
STUDENTS’ LEARNING OBJECTIVES (CONT…)

14. Explore the consequences of the War of Kashmir on Pakistan.


15. Enquire why part of objective resolution has become a compulsory part of all constitutions.
16. Elaborate on the reasons behind the failure of the Constitution of 1956.
17. Identify some major milestones of Ayub Khan’s Regime.
18. Analyze the most important contribution of Ayub Khan.
19. Enquire about the significance of Ayub Khan’s Regime in the history of Pakistan.
20. Discover some causes of the War of 1965.
21. Analyze the impact of the War of 1965 in the coming years.
22. Compare the constitution of 1962 with the constitution of 1973.
23. Discover key causes of the War of 1971.
24. Analyze the impact of the War of 1971.
25. Enquire into the consequences of the Afghan War on Pakistan.
26. Explore the consequences of the War on Terror on the social and economic history of
Pakistan.
27. Identify the contributions of the Pakistan Army in the War on Terror.
28. Justify that the migration of 1947 was the biggest migration in human history.
AT 2: SLO 2
Explain events of the Kashmir War.
SLO 14
Explore the consequences of the War of
Kashmir War Kashmir on Pakistan.
Kashmir Issue:
• One of the largest state in the region.
• Had boundaries with Tibet, China, Afghanistan, USSR- great strategic
importance.
• In 1947, 4 million inhabitants were Muslims. (As per census of 1941)
• Maharaja was Hindu who tried to win independence for his state but couldn’t.
So, he delayed the decision of joining either Pakistan or India. It is also reported
that British government sold the whole area to Dogra Raj in 75 lac rupees in
1846.
• Maharaja Hari Singh was not fair with Muslim – used to treat badly and tried to
drive Muslims out of his region.
• Over 200,000 Muslims fled to Pakistan in 1947 but later they rose in rebellion.
The maharaja ultimately called India for help on the agreement of acceding to
India after it.
KASHMIR WAR
• On the day Jinnah flew to Karachi in Mountbatten’s Dakota Plane, Dawn newspaper’s
headline declared:
“Jinnah wishes Hindustan Peace and Prosperity
Past must be buried and let us start afresh”

• Kashmir was important for Pakistan as three of its great rivers flow through Kashmir- Indus,
Jhelum and Chenab. Pakistan saw it vital to be part of it due to its economic, political and
security reasons.
• India believed that handing over Kashmir to Pakistan may make Pakistan stronger and more
independent which would be a threat to their security and against their wishes.
• In 1947 the Hindu Maharaja started a campaign to get Muslims out of Kashmir.
KASHMIR WAR

• Ian Stephens, editor of the Calcutta Statemen newspaper, writes in 1947 about the
extermination of Muslims from one area of Kashmir in the following words:

“Within a period of about eleven weeks starting in August, systematic savageries…….


practically eliminated the entire Muslim element of the population, amounting to 500,000
people. About 200,000 just disappeared, remaining untraceable, having presumably been
butchered , or died from epidemics and exposure. The rest fled destitute to Pakistan”.

• In October thousands of armed Muslim tribesmen from Poonch in Jammu province called for
jihad and marched to support the Kashmiri Muslims. They defeated the Maharaja’s troops,
but in turn of military support, Maharaja pledged the allegiance to India. Indian troops then
entered Srinagar, the Kashmir’s capital and took over. A war broke out which continued for
a year almost before United Nation’s Representatives were called in, in January 1948 to
ensure ceasefire. Pakistan and India had been fighting over this issue since then and matter
has not been resolved yet.
CURRENT
SITUATION
IN KASHMIR
• The Kashmir issue is a long-standing
dispute between Pakistan and India.
There have been several wars over
this issue.
• Another common issue is the
exchange of fire on LOC (Line of
Control)and working boundary
between Pakistan, India and Kashmir
which mainly targets the urban
population.
Kashmir
Conflict

Reference Pages From


Resource Books
Kashmir Conflict

Reference Pages From


Resource Books
• Due to Kashmir conflict India and
Pakistan had gone into war situation
for many times. Both the neighboring
IMPACTS OF countries don’t have normal
KASHMIR WAR relationships and all kinds of trade
and cooperative opportunities got
ON PAKISTAN deadlocked at Kashmir issue.
• History and Culture of Pakistan by Nigel
Kelly.
• Model Textbook of History – 8 by
National Book Foundation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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