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1. Topic: Division of Military
and Armed Forced
Prepared by Romela Zaynab

2. Islamic Integration

3. Lesson Objectives
• By the end of lesson, students will be able to explain the unjust
division of military assets and armed forced in 1947 and its effects
on Pakistan as a new country.

4. Why was the division of armed forces and
military assets a problem for Pakistan in 1947?
Reasons
• Shortage Of Army Officers
• Improper Division of Military Equipment
• Deficiency of Military Supply

5. Shortage Of Army Officers.
• A big problem for the Pakistan army was that their army of
150,000 men needed 4,000 officers. There were only 2,500 trained
Muslim officers, as the British Indian army had favoured Hindu
officers. Jinnah was forced to take 500 British officers
temporarily. As Pakistan faced almost immediate war with India
over Kashmir, it needed the best army it could raise.

6. Improper Division of Military Equipment
• In military matters, the Indians once again failed to keep to the
agreement. They agreed division of the military in a ratio of 17
(India) and 5 (Pakistan). Also, according to the division of India
plan, Pakistan was to receive one lac sixty thousand ordinances
from division of military assets but it only got 703 ordinances.

7. Deficiency of Military Supply
• Pakistan was given no laboratory to make and test weapons. India
kept all the telegraph stores., All 16 ordnance factories were in
India, Pakistan was not even given one because India refused to
handed over. Consequently, Pakistan had no factories capable of
making military goods. The military supplies which India agreed to
hand over sometimes did not arrive, or when they did, they were
often old, worn, damaged and obsolete. The result of the division
of military assets in 1947 was that Pakistan started its life with a
seriously under-resourced military force.