India and Pakistan are countries in Asia. Pakistan was once part of India. When India gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, it was partitioned into two countries: India and Pakistan. This was done because Pakistan was to be a separate state for Muslims....
Why Is Pakistan Such a Mess? Blame India.Nisid Hajari
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CHITRAL: We have experienced Democratic periods and Martial law eras taking turns in Pakistan ever since independence. We have also seen that both the dispensations have brought nothing but misery to the country in one form or the other. A school of thought believes that democracy has not been...
Why did India and Pakistan separate after their independence? Why were the southern colonies founded? Why did Buddhism become popular in India? Why did the Quit India Movement fail? Why was the Indus River Valley important? Why is the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere important?
we need to understand the historical perspective of this event. The date of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination was about five months after India’s independence and the partition of India. The partition was the separation of India into two countries based on religion. Pakistan was the country designa...
Before Partition, his family had a textile business in Calcutta, which they had to let go when they migrated to Pakistan in 1947. After Independence, they set up another textile business in Dhaka, which they had to abandon when East Pakistan separated from its western wing in 1971. The thir...
They were all connected to the ‘intranet‘ as well, which seemingly had an endless supply of knowledge written by North Koreans, for North Koreans. Fancy North Koreans have access to that ‘intranet’ on their mobile phones anywhere as well – we looked up ‘Pakistan’ while on the road...
Why did Spanish power and prosperity decline in the 1600's? Why were the Spanish able conquer Central and South America? Why was the Mexican War of Independence important? Why did India and Pakistan separate after their independence? Why did the United States sign a treaty with Spain in 1795...
For decades, several domestic militant groups, demanding either independence for Kashmir or for the area to become part of Pakistan, have fought Indian security forces, in violence that has killed tens of thousands. India says those groups are supported by Pakistan, which Islamabad denies. ...