WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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Differences between Hindus and Muslims created religious conflict.
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Indian leaders disagreed about India’s role in the UN
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Great Britain feared Indian would be too strong
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North India became communist and South India became democratic
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to scholar Francis Robinson’s research, India’s colonial structure instigated the hostility between Hindus and Muslims. This was no doubt caused by Muslims being the minority in British-India, which drove this demographic to form a separate political identity away from British and Hindu influence.
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: -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-4: -The predominantly Hindu and Sikh areas were assigned to the new India and predominantly Muslim areas to the new nation of Pakistan; the plan included a partition of the Muslim-majority provinces of Punjab and Bengal.