why did the British create the animosity between the hindus and the muslims
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The Origins of Hindu-Muslim Conflict in South Asia
What are the historical origins of animosities between South Asia’s two largest religions?
Akhilesh Pillalamarri
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
March 16, 2019
The Origins of Hindu-Muslim Conflict in South Asia
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It has lately become fashionable in some circles, particularly among individuals inundated in postcolonial thought, to blame the current conflict between India and Pakistan, and more generally, strife between Hindus and Muslims on the British, and the British Raj’s colonial policies. In the words of Shashi Tharoor, an Indian parliamentarian: “The colonial project of ‘divide et impera’ (divide and rule) fomented religious antagonisms to facilitate continued imperial rule and reached its tragic culmination in 1947.” Some academics go even further, arguing that the very religious identities of Hindus and Muslims in the subcontinent were constructed by the British, and as such, the subsequent strife between these groups was a function of this policy.