The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.
Thus the India–Pakistan Partition resulted in one of the largest forced migrations of the 20th century. Keywords: Asia; empire; imperialism; geopolitics; faith; violencedoi:10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm285Vazira Fazila℡acoobali ZamindarBlackwell Publishing LtdYacoobali- Zamindar, Vazira Fazila. 2013....
Why was India divided into two countries after independence in 1947? Independence of India and Pakistan: India became independent from British rule on August 15, 1947. Pakistan became free on August 14 the same year. The independence of India was preceded by its division into two states. ...
Palestinian former British India a part. In March 1940, the all India Muslim League adopted a resolution on the establishment of Pakistan. In June 1947, the United Kingdom announced "Mountbatten programme", the implementation of the India-Pakistan partition. On August 14, Pakistan declared indepen...
The idea of India is as broken as the idea of Pakistan, its just that the religious bigots were kept away during the formative years of India. Since then pandering to all religions has led to a religiously charged nation where reason and logic are lampooned. drsubrotoroy Says: March 5...
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What was the reason for the Partition of India? Why did Haiti want independence? Why does India have a president and a prime minister? Why did British officials partition India into India and Pakistan? Why was the East India Company interested in India?
Basharat Peer’s ‘Curfewed Nights’ brings home the myriad nuances and human-ness of ‘the Kashmir issue’ – the main reason why, we are told, Pakistan and India can’t exist in peace. Despite the hostilities, it speaks for the changing times that Peer was able to recently visit Pakis...
Two childhood best friends who were separated by India-Pakistan partition met after several years in the US.
The 1947 Partition of India: A Paradigm for Pathological Politics in India and Pakistan. Asian Ethnicity, Vol. 3(1):9-28.Ishtiaq A (2002). "The 1947 Partition of India: A Paradigm for Pathological Politics in India and Pakistan" Published in Asian Ethnicity Rout ledge, part of the Taylor...