The British sowed the seeds of communal hatred and divided the two
main religious communities in India. Do you agree with this statement?
Write two relevant incidents to support vour answer.
Answers
Britishers arrived in India around AD 1612. Sometimes I feel how some thousands of Britishers were able to conquer entire INDIA. And rule it for nearly 200 years. The Reason behind their success lies in their divide and rule technique. That time India was under the rule of Mughals which were firmly governing India with iron fist. So Britishers behaved as businesseman till the Mughals were strong at centre.
But after the Mughals became weak at centre after Aurangzeb death. Britishers started showing their true colours. While conquering India they used divide and rule policy. One key point you have to understand here is that feeling of Nationalism was absent among Common people. People from different regions don't used to consider each other as the citizens of same country. So Britishers were easily able to use army from one region against any other region. We Indians were like soliders who fight for money. That's why they were able to use divide and rule policy effectively in India.