Content area
Full Text
Abstract
The Partition of India 1947 resulted in the Partition of the Punjab into two, East and West. The 3'd June Plan gave a sense of uneasiness and generated the division of dilemma among the large communities of the British Punjab like Muslims, Hindus and Sikh besetting a holocaust. This situation was beneficial for the British and the Congress. The Sikh community with the support of Congress wanted the proportion of the Punjab according to their own violation by using different modules of deeds. On the other hand, for Muslims the largest populous group of the Punjab, by using the platform of Muslim League showed the resentment because they wanted the decision on the Punjab according to their requirements. Consequently the conflict caused the world's bloodiest partition and the largest migration of the history.
Introduction
The Sikhs were the third largest community of the United Punjab before India's partition. The Sikhs had the historic religious, economic and socio-political roots in the Punjab. Since the annexation of the Punjab, they were faithful with the British rulers and had an influence in the Punjabi society, even enjoying various privileges. But in the 20th century, the Muslims Independence Movement in India was not only going to divide the Punjab but also causing the division of the Sikh community between East and West Punjab, which confused the Sikh leadership. So according to the political scenarios in different timings, Sikh leadership changed their demands and started to present different solutions of the Sikh enigma for the geographical transformation of the province. The Indian National Congress fully supported the Sikhs politically because of the socio-political motives and gains. This research will deal with the claims and the demands of the Sikhs, and the resentment by the Sikh community on the Boundary Award.
The Sikh Dilemma
The issue surfaced when on February 20, 1947, the British Prime Minister Mr. Clement Richard Attlee (1883-1967), announced in the House of Commons to grant the independence to Indians by June 1948. He also told that the King (Albert Frederick Arthur 1895-1952) had appointed his cousin Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979) as the last Viceroy of India.1 "...by March 1947, when Mountbatten arrived to replace the Viceroy Lord Archibald Percival Wavell (1883-1950), partition was the only solution...