Partition of India
On the 18, July 1947 India declared it’s independence from the British Empire after almost 200 years of being rule over the country. But independence was short lived after a day; the country was split up into 2 different countries which became Pakistan. Later the Pakistani province of East Pakistan will declare it’s independence from Pakistan which became the country Bangladesh. India was split up on the bases of religion which has created bitter relations between the populations of these three countries.
Majority of India during British rule were made up of Hindus, with the Sikhs and the Muslims making up the minority. The majority of the Muslim population of India didn’t want to be ruled under a Hindu majority and declared its intentions to create their own state. With this common thought shared among the Muslim population came idea the partition which the country of India will be split into to two, with the Muslim receive the control of the Muslim dominated areas, while the Sikhs and the Hindu will remained in control of India.
The Impact of partition led to the biggest mass migration in history with an estimate of 15 million people moving between the borders of India and Pakistan, displacement of 12.5 million people, brutal riots and massacres between the Muslim, Sikhs and Hindus with an estimate death toll of a million people and the provinces of Punjab in the North West of the Country and the Bengal in the East being cut in half which has created a hostile relationship between the two countries. The hostile relations between the 2 countries have lead the two countries into 4 major wars with The Indo – Pakistani civil war of 1947 and 1971 with the war of 1971 resulted in the Pakistani province of East Pakistan breaking away from Pakistani rule becoming the independent state Bangladesh. Today relations between both countries have been hostile with both contesting each in a nuclear arms race which in recent times has threatened to lead into a nuclear war.
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Majority of India during British rule were made up of Hindus, with the Sikhs and the Muslims making up the minority. The majority of the Muslim population of India didn’t want to be ruled under a Hindu majority and declared its intentions to create their own state. With this common thought shared among the Muslim population came idea the partition which the country of India will be split into to two, with the Muslim receive the control of the Muslim dominated areas, while the Sikhs and the Hindu will remained in control of India.
The Impact of partition led to the biggest mass migration in history with an estimate of 15 million people moving between the borders of India and Pakistan, displacement of 12.5 million people, brutal riots and massacres between the Muslim, Sikhs and Hindus with an estimate death toll of a million people and the provinces of Punjab in the North West of the Country and the Bengal in the East being cut in half which has created a hostile relationship between the two countries. The hostile relations between the 2 countries have lead the two countries into 4 major wars with The Indo – Pakistani civil war of 1947 and 1971 with the war of 1971 resulted in the Pakistani province of East Pakistan breaking away from Pakistani rule becoming the independent state Bangladesh. Today relations between both countries have been hostile with both contesting each in a nuclear arms race which in recent times has threatened to lead into a nuclear war.
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