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It's almost like a colonial power intentionally divided the region so they'll be focused on infighting instead of competing with said colonial power (europe.pub)
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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Scanned that, and it appears that the Muslim and Hindu peoples were fighting

As independence approached, the violence between Hindus and Muslims in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal continued unabated.

There's a statement earlier that the fighting was instigated by the British, but it lacks citation.

The Congress was secular and strongly opposed to having any religious state.[96] It insisted there was a natural unity to India, and repeatedly blamed the British for "divide and rule" tactics based on prompting Muslims to think of themselves as alien from Hindus.[citation needed]

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't downvote you, for the record lol.

The tl;dr is that India and Pakistan used to be a dozen different countries until foreigners showed up with guns and decided to redraw the map. All those international tensions didn't evaporate, and it's more or less the equivalent of trying to put angry cats together in the same bag. The British didn't cause the tensions, but their fuckery absolutely made it worse.

The article also doesn't cover the Sikh separatists, but they've also been around since the East India Trading Co merged their empire with India, and the current Indian government has been assassinating supporters.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You know what would improve Wikipedia? A "search this page" option.

I was looking to see if the formation (imposing) of Pakistan and India was around 1918 along with all those other great Treaty of Versailles decisions like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

I gave up. With long articles, we need a search within the article.

Speaking about the app. I don't know about the website because all Wikipedia opens the app. I can't even go there deliberately in a browser.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oh, lame, it asks which one I want to use on my phone. Their app is okay, but there's some rough spots still. It also doesn't help that you have to read multiple articles in order to get a full picture, since they split off the history of the British Raj from the overview.

The Treaty of Versailles shook it up a bit and there were various revolutions that softened British rule, but the Brits were there until the 40s and formed Pakistan on their way out.