WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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Why did large numbers of Hindus and Muslims migrate immediately after India gained its independence?
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Many jobs were being outsourced overseas.
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The government offered housing incentives in newly developed areas.
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Religious pilgrimages to neighboring countries were required based on their beliefs.
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The subcontinent was divided into countries based primarily on the location of religious majorities.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Millions of people moved to what they hoped would be safer territory, with Muslims heading towards Pakistan, and Hindus and Sikhs in the direction of India. As many as 14-16m people may have been eventually displaced, travelling on foot, in bullock carts and by train.
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.
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.
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