Hi, I just have a question
I was talking to a girl from India, and during discussion my she said that Pakistan used to be Indian land.
Is that true? What's the relationship?
Full Version: Hey Indians!
You don't need to be Indian to know this.
Prior to the late 1940's, there was no Pakistan. What is now Pakistan & Bangladesh was part of India.
The Muslims in India were represented by a separatist fool who wanted a place for the Muslims. Thus, Pakistan.
India should have never been partitioned. Gandhi had it right.
Prior to the late 1940's, there was no Pakistan. What is now Pakistan & Bangladesh was part of India.
The Muslims in India were represented by a separatist fool who wanted a place for the Muslims. Thus, Pakistan.
India should have never been partitioned. Gandhi had it right.
QUOTE(KhalsaPunjab @ Sep 14 2007, 06:54 PM) 
we indians are mostly hindu but sadly stuck with many muslims also
You sound quite ignorant. The sad part is not that Hindus are stuck with Muslims, but that they had to be partitioned according to religion in the first place.
QUOTE(KhalsaPunjab @ Sep 14 2007, 07:10 PM)
idiot
the majority of muslims DID want a partition - guess u are against democracy
go live in an islamic country since muslims are such good people to you
they will treat you great
the majority of muslims DID want a partition - guess u are against democracy
go live in an islamic country since muslims are such good people to you
they will treat you great
Clearly you missed my point. You seem to have an aversion to living with Muslims. THAT's sad.
No country should split up due to religious beliefs, if anything they should unite. That's what I was getting at.
thanks for answering! 
QUOTE(poiu900 @ Sep 14 2007, 10:29 PM)
Hi, I just have a question
I was talking to a girl from India, and during discussion my she said that Pakistan used to be Indian land.
Is that true? What's the relationship?
I was talking to a girl from India, and during discussion my she said that Pakistan used to be Indian land.
Is that true? What's the relationship?
Pakistan is still part of the Indian subcontinent, but not part of the Republic of India. Interestingly, the term "India" itself was originally derived from the Indus Valley in Pakistan.
Salahadin
QUOTE(GentleWind @ Sep 16 2007, 05:46 AM)
Salahadin
Yup. Salahadin was a great guy.
If you have any queries just read this article.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 15:39 GMT 16:39 UK
After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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.
After partition: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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.
- 1. Dominion of Pakistan created on 14 August 1947. Became world's first Islamic Republic in 1956. New city of Islamabad replaced Karachi as capital in the mid 1960s
- 2. British India was made up of provinces, princely states and state agencies. An independent Union of India was created on 15 August 1947 and renamed the Republic of India in 1950
- 3. Punjab was split in two. Majority Muslim western part became Pakistan's Punjab province; majority Sikh and Hindu eastern part became India's Punjab state
- 4. Bengal divided into Indian state of West Bengal and East Pakistan, which became East Bengal in 1956 and Bangladesh achieved independence after a civil war in 1971
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6922293.stm
Some quick facts about partition. This is also a nice article.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 15:45 GMT 16:45 UK
Quick guide: Partition
Events after the end of British rule in India in August 1947 were momentous: two new countries were created to form predominantly Muslim West and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) with Hindu-majority India wedged in between.
The break-up along religious lines resulted in the movement of about 14.5 million people - Muslims going to Pakistan from India and Hindus and Sikhs going in the opposite direction.
The new governments were ill-equipped to deal with such a massive migration - one of the largest of its kind in the world - and there was huge violence on both sides of the border.
The upheaval resulted in a breakdown of law and order: estimates of casualties vary, from between 200,000 up to a million people. Around 12 million people were left homeless and thousands were raped.
Who was to blame?
The British were accused of pulling out of India too quickly. Critics say that they failed to come up with a definitive map of the border, and failed to plan for the huge migration.
Britain argued it was forced to act speedily because of the breakdown of law and order, and that matters would have got worse the longer they remained.
Britain also argued that it had limited resources after World War II.
After partition
The two countries - already bitterly divided by the Kashmir question (see below) pursued differing alliances around the world.
India looked to Soviet Russia as its strategic ally, and did not liberalise its economy until the early 1990s.
Pakistan chose China and the US as its key foreign policy partners. But unlike India - which has had political stability apart from the state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975 - Pakistan for most of its existence has been governed by the military.
The Kashmir question
The dispute over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir has been the spark for two of India and Pakistan's three wars.
Kashmir had a Muslim majority but a Hindu princely ruler who eventually acceded to India in return for military aid.
Within months of independence, India and Pakistan were at war in Kashmir and the sense of conflict has lingered ever since.
The nuclear issue
Nuclear tests by India in May 1998 and by Pakistan just weeks later provoked international concern.
n May 1999, there were fears of nuclear war between the two countries after Pakistani-backed forces entered a mountainous area of Indian-administered Kashmir.
In 2004, the leading Pakistani nuclear scientist, AQ Khan, confessed to selling nuclear weapons technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
The future
India is tipped to be a 21st Century superpower with a population that will overtake China's by 2050.
India's economy has seen dramatic growth and much foreign investment.
Pakistan too has had recent economic growth, but many see its long-term stability threatened by Islamic militancy and political uncertainty.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6924732.stm
Quick guide: Partition
Events after the end of British rule in India in August 1947 were momentous: two new countries were created to form predominantly Muslim West and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) with Hindu-majority India wedged in between.
The break-up along religious lines resulted in the movement of about 14.5 million people - Muslims going to Pakistan from India and Hindus and Sikhs going in the opposite direction.
The new governments were ill-equipped to deal with such a massive migration - one of the largest of its kind in the world - and there was huge violence on both sides of the border.
The upheaval resulted in a breakdown of law and order: estimates of casualties vary, from between 200,000 up to a million people. Around 12 million people were left homeless and thousands were raped.
Who was to blame?
The British were accused of pulling out of India too quickly. Critics say that they failed to come up with a definitive map of the border, and failed to plan for the huge migration.
Britain argued it was forced to act speedily because of the breakdown of law and order, and that matters would have got worse the longer they remained.
Britain also argued that it had limited resources after World War II.
After partition
The two countries - already bitterly divided by the Kashmir question (see below) pursued differing alliances around the world.
India looked to Soviet Russia as its strategic ally, and did not liberalise its economy until the early 1990s.
Pakistan chose China and the US as its key foreign policy partners. But unlike India - which has had political stability apart from the state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975 - Pakistan for most of its existence has been governed by the military.
The Kashmir question
The dispute over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir has been the spark for two of India and Pakistan's three wars.
Kashmir had a Muslim majority but a Hindu princely ruler who eventually acceded to India in return for military aid.
Within months of independence, India and Pakistan were at war in Kashmir and the sense of conflict has lingered ever since.
The nuclear issue
Nuclear tests by India in May 1998 and by Pakistan just weeks later provoked international concern.
n May 1999, there were fears of nuclear war between the two countries after Pakistani-backed forces entered a mountainous area of Indian-administered Kashmir.
In 2004, the leading Pakistani nuclear scientist, AQ Khan, confessed to selling nuclear weapons technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
The future
India is tipped to be a 21st Century superpower with a population that will overtake China's by 2050.
India's economy has seen dramatic growth and much foreign investment.
Pakistan too has had recent economic growth, but many see its long-term stability threatened by Islamic militancy and political uncertainty.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6924732.stm
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