why india and pak divided before 1947
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due to politicians and britishers......
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The British leaders finally agreed that the partition was the best way to limit bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims within India. It was decided that India would be split into two independent nations. Pakistan would contain the mainly Muslim regions of India, and India would retain the regions of Hindu majority
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Up until 1947, the region of south Asia was united as India and was controlled by imperialistic Great Britain. This region was called the "jewel in Britain's crown" and was fairly stable. However, the partition of 1947 marked a turning point in history and the end of British rule in India. The partition marked the beginning of an age of conflict in south Asia.
The Partition:
Throughout the early 1900's the people of India worked to gain their independence from Great Britain. The prominent Indian activist,Mohandas Gandhi, led many Indians in peaceful marches and boycotts promoting home-rule. When British views towards imperialism changed after World War II, it seemed that independence was finally in sight for India.
In February of 1947 the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, announced that Britain would turn over the government of India to the Indian people by June of 1948. Attlee met with Jawaharlal Nehru of the Congress party and Mohammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League to discuss who would rule India after independence. A major problem came to his attention.
India's Hindus and Muslims were bitterly divided. The Muslim League said that it would never accept Indian independence if it meant rule by the Hindu-dominated Congress party. The Muslim League wanted a partition, which meant a division of British India into two countries;one Hindu and one Muslim. At first Britain was reluctant to form two nations based on religion,but they observed that Muslim and Hindus were already causing violence within India. More than 5,000 people died in August of 1946 after four days of religious rioting broke out in Calcutta.
Riots in Calcutta in a struggle for independence
The British leaders finally agreed that the partition was the best way to limit bloodshed between Hindus and Muslims within India. It was decided that India would be split into two independent nations. Pakistan would contain the mainly Muslim regions of India, and India would retain the regions of Hindu majority. Borders of the two new countries were hastily drawn, and problems soon arose.
The Muslim and Hindu regions of India were not clearly defined. In fact, there were two mainly-Muslim regions 1,000 miles apart; one lay to the northwest of India and the other to the northeast. It was decided that these two geographically unconnected regions would become Pakistan and that the rest would be the independent nation of India. And so, in August of 1947, India and Pakistan were officially formed. Nehru became Prime Minister of India and Jinnah became Prime Minister of Pakistan.