British India divided into two - Pakistan with Muslim majority and India secular but with Hindu majority
India's Mahatma Gandhi opposed the idea
Last Viceroy Lord Louis Mountbatten oversaw talks between India's Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ali Jinnah head of Muslim League
Led to largest mass migration in history
Quick guide: Partition
India and Pakistan 07
In 1947, the jewel of the British Empire, India, was granted independence, divided along religious lines and two nations were born - India and Pakistan.
Partition left 10 million people uprooted and more than half a million Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus dead in riots and massacres.
Sixty years on, the status of Kashmir remains unresolved despite a tenuous peace process between India and Pakistan, following three wars. Communal unrest continues to surface from time to time in both countries. The good news is that the economies are growing, especially in India.
Find out more about how India, Pakistan and, since 1971 Bangladesh, have developed since partition.
Hell yes. They did. Not only than Pakistan, but also than India in many many sectors. Bangladesh is one of the lucky country which make all millennium development goals 2015, before 2015. when Pakistan & India will not.
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After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
PARTITION - THE BASICS
British India divided into two - Pakistan with Muslim majority and India secular but with Hindu majority
India's Mahatma Gandhi opposed the idea
Last Viceroy Lord Louis Mountbatten oversaw talks between India's Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ali Jinnah head of Muslim League
Led to largest mass migration in history
Quick guide: Partition
India and Pakistan 07
In 1947, the jewel of the British Empire, India, was granted independence, divided along religious lines and two nations were born - India and Pakistan.
Partition left 10 million people uprooted and more than half a million Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus dead in riots and massacres.
Sixty years on, the status of Kashmir remains unresolved despite a tenuous peace process between India and Pakistan, following three wars. Communal unrest continues to surface from time to time in both countries. The good news is that the economies are growing, especially in India.
Find out more about how India, Pakistan and, since 1971 Bangladesh, have developed since partition.
Hell yes. They did. Not only than Pakistan, but also than India in many many sectors. Bangladesh is one of the lucky country which make all millennium development goals 2015, before 2015. when Pakistan & India will not.