Which of the following ended the post-partition fighting between Hindus and Muslims?

a. Election of the first woman prime minister

b. Prime Minister Nehru’s reconciliation attempts

c. Gandhi’s hunger strike in protest

d. Gandhi’s assassination by a Hindu fanatic

Answer:- c. Gandhi’s hunger strike in protest

Gandhi’s hunger strike in protest is the answer (C). Fighting between Hindus and Muslims after the division was put a halt by Gandhi’s protest hunger fast. Gandhi started a nonviolent hunger strike in an effort to bring Hindus and Muslims together, and it was effective in doing so.