Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Regional Aspirations

Question:

The Akali Dal formed in 1920 as the political wing of the Sikhs led the movement for the formation of which of the following?

Options:

Akali Suba

Sikh Suba

Punjabi Suba

Shiromani Suba

Correct Answer:

Punjabi Suba

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (3) - Punjabi Suba

The decade of the 1980s also witnessed major developments in the State of Punjab. The social composition of the State changed first with Partition and later on after the carving out of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. While the rest of the country was reorganized on linguistic lines in the 1950s, Punjab had to wait till 1966 for the creation of a Punjabi-speaking State. The Akali Dal, which was formed in 1920 as the political wing of the Sikhs, had led the movement for the formation of a ‘Punjabi suba’. The Sikhs were now a majority in the truncated State of Punjab.