WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Cold War disputes over the type of government they should have-Pakistan wanted communism, India wanted democracy
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Religion-Pakistan was Sunni Muslim, while most of India was Shia Muslim
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Language-India spoke Hindi and Pakistan spoke Arabic
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Differences in religion-Pakistan’s population was mostly Muslim, while India was mostly Hindi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why was British India partitioned? In 1946, Britain announced it would grant India independence. No longer able to afford to administer the country, it wanted to leave as quickly as possible. The last viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, set the date as 15 August 1947.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was not until 1940 that the league called for the formation of a Muslim state that would be separate from the projected independent country of India. The league wanted a separate nation for India’s Muslims because it feared that an independent India would be dominated by Hindus.
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.