WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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The British established a single government with a Hindu majority, but with specific offices reserved for Muslims
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The government of India was divided between two houses of the Indian parliament, one for Muslims, one for Hindus.
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The British simply withdrew from India without any political settlement of the problem of religious division.
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The British decided to divide India into two nations, a Muslim Pakistan and a secular, but Hindu-dominated India.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Between 500, 000 and 2 million souls perished as a result of the ensuing upheaval and violence. 80, 000 women were abducted.
Detailed explanation-3: -The partition created the independent nations of Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India, separating the provinces of Bengal and Punjab along religious lines, despite the fact that Muslims and Hindus lived in mixed communities throughout the area, Satia said.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hindus and Sikhs fled Pakistan, a country that would be Muslim-controlled. Muslims in modern-day India fled in the opposite direction. The legacy of that violent separation has endured, resulting in a bitter rivalry between India and Pakistan.