THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Many jobs were being outsourced overseas.
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The government offered housing incentives in newly developed areas.
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Religious pilgrimages to neighboring countries were required based on their beliefs.
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The subcontinent was divided into countries based primarily on the location of religious majorities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Millions of people moved to what they hoped would be safer territory, with Muslims heading towards Pakistan, and Hindus and Sikhs in the direction of India. As many as 14-16m people may have been eventually displaced, travelling on foot, in bullock carts and by train.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the British left, they partitioned India, creating the separate countries of India and Pakistan to accommodate religious differences between Pakistan, which has a majority Muslim population, and India, which is primarily Hindu.
Detailed explanation-3: -Among Hindus in East Bengal, those who were better placed economically left first. Government employees were given a chance to swap their posts between India and Pakistan. The educated urban upper and middle classes, the rural gentry, traders, businessmen and artisans left for India soon after partition.
Detailed explanation-4: -Crudely, this was a division based upon religious affiliation, with the creation of a Muslim majority in West and East Pakistan and a Hindu majority in India.