They weren't forced to partition, but they were led down that path by the British in an attempt to divide them as they left. The thinking was that the divided f

They weren't forced to partition, but they were led down that path by the British in an attempt to divide them as they left. The thinking was that the divided former colonies would drive themselves into such a state such that they would invite their colonial masters back to rule over them. There was definitely religious violence in South Asia before colonization, but the scale and depth definitely increased during and after.