Partition of India and Pakistan

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Before the partition Before the partition Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs all lived together helping each other without any dispute. However, the population majority was Hindu, with a concentrated amount of Muslims in northeastern and northwestern part of British India (The Great Partition, Yale). In the Northwest there were also a lot of Sikhs in the ancient city of Lahore, one of India's biggest cosmopolitan areas, with some of the best education centres and trends. Even though the Muslims population was significant they were not given as many rights as Hindus for example they were not allowed to drink water from the same tap or get the same education rights. Due to this, Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted a separate homeland for Muslims. Hence, despite Gandhi and Nehru's strong argument for India to be one, the borders for the two nations, Pakistan and India were drawn on August 14 and August 15, 1947. Causes for the Partition After World War II, Great Britain was in a bankrupt position and could not afford to hold an army in India, where frequent revolts and popular movements against British rule were taking place. By the end of the 19th century, several nationalistic movements had started in India. Indian nationalism had grown largely since British policies of education and the advances made by the British in India in the fields of transportation and communication. However, their complete insensitivity to and distance from the people of India and their customs created such disillusionment with them in their subjects that the end of British rule became inevitable. Hindu and Muslim rivalry also deepened the chasm between the two communities. Hindus resented the Muslims for their former rule over India. Hindu revivalists rallied for a ban on the slaughter of cows, a cheap source of meat for the Muslims. They also wanted to change the official script form the Persian to the
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