what was the divide and rule policy of the british
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In 1857, the 'Great Mutiny' broke out in which the Hindus and Muslims jointly fought against the British. This shocked the British government so much that after suppressing the Mutiny, they decided to start the policy of divide and rule (see online “History in the Service of Imperialism” by B.N. Pande).
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divide and rule policy was a policy by British
Bengal is an example of state on which they are applied it according to the divide and rule policy British divide India means the main dispute in different religion and cast in Bengal they divided west and east Bengal east Bengal for Muslims and West Bengal for Hindus now is the East Bengal is Bangladesh and West Bengal is a state of India
British also divided India into Bharat and Pakistan on the Independence