COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Started ethnic cleansing
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Gave control to the United Nations
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Put Nelson Mandela in charge of the subcontinent.
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Divided the subcontinent into two states, Pakistan and India
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dominion of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan-which at the time comprised two regions lying on either side of India-is now the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947.
Detailed explanation-2: -When British rule came to an end in 1947, the subcontinent was partitioned along religious lines into two separate countries-India, with a majority of Hindus, and Pakistan, with a majority of Muslims.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.