Celebration of country’s independence
New Delhi: The country is celebrating its 78th Independence Day. 15th August 1947 was the day when India breathed its last as a nation. But along with independence, India was divided into two parts. One was India and the other was Pakistan on the basis of religion. The British ruled over India for more than 200 years. India was bound in the chains of slavery in its own country. Hundreds of revolutionaries were hanged to free the country. Thousands of houses were destroyed and lakhs of people lost their lives.
Difficulty over distribution of army and money
The spirit of dying for the motherland had uprooted the British and they were forced to leave India. But before leaving, the British left such a spark of partition that it turned into a fierce fire and lakhs of people were massacred. The responsibility of dividing India into two parts was given to British lawyer Sir Cyril Radcliffe. He drew a line on the map of India and declared Pakistan a separate nation on 14 August 1947 and India on 15 August 1947. The geographical division of the two countries had happened, but there was a problem in the division of army and money.
India got 400 crores, Pakistan got 75 crores
According to the partition agreement, Pakistan got more than 17 percent of the assets and liabilities of British India. According to the report, India had about Rs 400 crore at that time. Pakistan got Rs 75 crore as its share, while Pakistan was also asked to pay a working amount of Rs 20 crore.
Celebration of country’s independence
The Partition Council had decided that both the countries would continue to use the existing coins and currency till 31 March 1948 and Pakistan would issue new coins and notes between 1 April and 30 September 1948. However, it was decided to keep the old currency in circulation even after that. This is why even after 5 years of partition, Pakistani coins were in circulation in Kolkata and RBI notes bearing Pakistan Government were in circulation in Pakistan.
Division of movable assets in the ratio of 80:20
According to the report, all movable assets were divided in the ratio of 80-20. Similarly, after the partition, in the 1950s, there was a demand to divide the archaeological remains between the two countries. During the partition of the two countries, apart from land, money and army, even animals were divided. There was also a dispute over the ‘Joymoni’ elephant. After this, West Bengal got the car and East Bengal (then Pakistan) got the ‘Joymoni’ elephant. Similarly, both the independent countries India and Pakistan were staking their claim on the gold-plated horse-drawn carriage. This was decided by tossing, in which India won the toss and took this magnificent carriage in its name. (Input-IANS)
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