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“If abdication of British responsibility at the time of transfer of power was callous, the speed with which it was done made it worse.” Critically examine.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Politics of Separatism

The statement identifies two distinct failures — Britain's withdrawal of responsibility itself, and the reckless pace at which that withdrawal was executed — and argues the second compounded the first.

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  • The Original Timetable and Its Compression
  • The Radcliffe Award — Boundaries Announced After Independence
  • Absence of Security Arrangements for Population Transfer
  • Princely States Left Unresolved
  • Administrative and Military Partition Rushed
  • The Counter-Argument — Would More Time Have Helped?

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