Unit 20: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Asia & Oceania
Topic 20.16: Developments and challenges in South Asia after 1947 Questions
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Which agreement, signed in January 1966, restored the pre-war borders following the second Indo-Pakistani war?
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Which leader died in 1948, only a year after Pakistan's independence?
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What was the immediate cause of the massive refugee crisis that helped draw India into the 1971 war?
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Which Indian prime minister declared the State of Emergency in 1975?
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Analyse the impact of the 1971 war on Pakistan and on India.
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What was 'Operation Gibraltar'?
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Who became Pakistan's president after Ayub Khan resigned in 1969, and called the December 1970 general election?
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Compare and contrast the causes and outcomes of the 1965 war and the 1971 war between India and Pakistan.
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Examine the reasons why the Kashmir dispute remained unresolved between 1947 and 1965.
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What was the outcome of Pakistan's December 1970 general election?
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Evaluate the successes and failures of Rajiv Gandhi's premiership, 1984 to 1989.
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Approximately how many Pakistani soldiers surrendered at Dhaka on 16 December 1971?
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Evaluate the impact of military rule on nation-building in Pakistan between 1958 and 1988.
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Discuss the reasons for the growth of Sinhalese-Tamil tension in Sri Lanka up to 1983.
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To what extent was economic inequality the main cause of instability in South Asia in the period 1947 to 1991?
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What was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1966 programme demanding regional autonomy for East Pakistan called?
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What law made Sinhala the sole official language of Ceylon in 1956?
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Examine the causes of conflict between India and Pakistan in the period 1947 to 1965.
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Evaluate the extent to which the 1971 war between India and Pakistan can be considered the most significant of the Indo-Pakistani conflicts between 1947 and 1971.
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Discuss the role of Indira Gandhi in shaping India's development between 1966 and 1984.
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