WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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the decision of India to allow only Hinduism to be practiced within its borders
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Muslims becoming the dominant religious force
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the creation of Pakistan as a separate nation
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a large increase in converts to Sikhism
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: India and Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-2: -’The Long Partition’ 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: -Pakistan became an independent country on 14th August 1947 whereas India got independence a day later. The idea that the Muslims in the subcontinent need a separate nation because their aspirations would be crushed in a Hindu-dominated India was first echoed in the Two-Nation Theory.
Detailed explanation-4: -Violence against Muslims The history of modern India has many incidents of communal violence. During the 1947 partition there was religious violence between Muslim-Hindu, Muslim-Sikhs and Muslim-Jains on a gigantic scale. Hundreds of religious riots have been recorded since then, in every decade of independent India.
Detailed explanation-5: -The last viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, set the date as 15 August 1947. The population was about 25% Muslim, with the rest mostly Hindu but also Sikh, Buddhist and other religions.