Frederick Burrows declared an impromptu holiday to ease tensions during a rally calling for this action, but only succeeded in giving thousands of angry, violent people a day off to murder each other.
Frederick Burrows declared an impromptu holiday to ease tensions during a rally calling for this action, but only succeeded in giving thousands of angry, violent people a day off to murder each other. V.P. Menon crisscrossed the country as the bureaucratic architect of this event, which was driven by violence like the Noakhali Massacres and the "Week of the Long Knives." Survey work by Cyril Radcliffe guided this action but notably overlooked the Chittagong Hills, prompting an angry letter from Sardar Patel. The Instrument of Accession was created to allow princely states to choose their allegiance under the plan for this action designed by Lord Mountbatten; however, that act soon sparked a conflict establishing the Line of Control between its major participants after the Maharaja of Kashmir refused to choose a side. For 10 points, identify this August, 1947 action that divided the British Raj into states ruled from Islamabad and New Delhi.
Frederick Burrows declared an impromptu holiday to ease tensions during a rally calling for this action, but only succeeded in giving thousands of angry, violent people a day off to murder each other.
partition of India [accept all logical equivalents, including "division of India and Pakistan," etc.; PROMPT on "Indian Independence" but ACCEPT "Pakistani Independence," which necessarily denotes the partition]