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India was an empire from Pakistan to Burma which was partitioned because the British wanted to weaken it and divide it. That caused a huge amount of problems, l
by Synaesthesia 4y ago
India was an empire from Pakistan to Burma which was partitioned because the British wanted to weaken it and divide it. That caused a huge amount of problems, like Kashmir, Bangladesh.. If you read about the history of British perfidy in Bengal, its actually pretty horrifying. Yes India was once very rich and capable, before it was reduced to penury.
- hef19898 4y agoYou really think, that Hindus and Moslems would have lived peacefully this whole time without British India being split apart? Honestly, I think a civil war between those groups would have been equally as likely as peaceful co-existance. Anyway, that is pure speculation, isn't it?
- rhaway84773 4y agoWell, India has 200million Muslims. No civil war yet. There have been altercations between Hindus and Muslims. There’s no reason to believe it would be significantly worse if you doubled the number of Muslims in India, especially when you consider that a lot of the Hindu-Muslim divisions were sown as a result of partition itself, which was an incredibly divisive and bloody affair. Further, a larger Muslim population would also have reduced political power of the Hindu fascists as well and lack of funding through Pakistan and increased Democratic power would have led to less political disaffection in the extremist Muslim side.
- Jenepas 4y ago[dead]
- Synaesthesia 4y agoMaybe, but they did coexist for a long time without any real issues. And the fact does remain that Britain plundered the place something extraordinary. Bengal was once probably the richest place on earth. Today its Bangladesh.