The end of the year saw the passing away of Sardar Patel. Thereafter, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who had quit the Nehru Cabinet opposing the pact with Liaquat Ali Khan, was agitating in Kashmir against the special status accorded to the state under Article 370 of the Constitution. He was strongly opposed to the concept of two prime ministers, two flags and two Constitutions within one country. The government arrested him and he died in prison under mysterious circumstances.
