Partition of India

The Partition of India refers to the regions of northwestern India and parts of eastern India being partitioned away from the country in order to create Pakistan. It was caused by the British support for the Muslim League, though it was opposed my many politicians, political parties and religious groups. The Partition of India led to the killing and forced conversion of around 4.75 million Hindus.

Before the British

For Hundreds of years, India had been occupied by tyrannical Islamic Empires. These invaders indulged in mass killing, rape and destruction of Hindu temples. The Hindus who were not killed suffered heavy taxation(Jizya Tax), which resulted in many poor people having to convert to Islam.

In the 1700's, an Islamic scholar by the name of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi, declared India Dar-ul Harb. Dehlavi approached the Emir of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali in the year of 1761, requesting him to invade India. He also convinced the Muslim Nawabs to support Abdali's invasion.

Additionally, 34 Ulemas(councils of Islamic scholars) issued fatwas declaring India as Dar ul Harb.

However despite Islamic extremist bigots like Dehlavi, the vast majority of Indian Muslims considered themselves as culturally Indian and not Arab. For instance, Wajid Ali Shah of the Kingdom of Awadh, was well known for composing and singing Radha Kanhaiyya Ka Kissa(Tale of Radha and Krishna). Additionally, there was Mir Taqui Mir, an Urdu poet who wrote, "What do you ask Mir of his faith and religion? Since long he as put on janew(sacred thread of Hindus), sit in the temple and has given up Islam."

Divide and Rule Policy of the British

It was under British rule in India that the idea of dividing India on religious lines came about. The earliest recorded reference to dividing India goes back to 1843. In a speech to the British Parliament, Thomas Macaulay, who introduced English education in India, offered a suggestion on how the British government should deal with India Hindu majority versus the Muslim minority. He stated that Britain should, "take no part in the disputes between Mahometans and idolaters. But, if our government does take a part, there can be no doubt that Mahometanism is entitled to the preference.

Wali Khan, the son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, wrote a book titled "Untold Story of Partition". He wrote, "The British are manipulative people, experienced in ways of modern sabotage. They seriously set out to find the best means for establishing control over the numerous small kingdoms and millions of individuals....Unity among Indians spelt disaster for the British, which they wanted to avoid at all costs."

The British introduced the Minto Morley reforms in the year of 1909, giving a separate electorate for Muslims. It promoted Anti-Hindu and Islamic separatist leadership.

The British then proceeded to look for Indian Muslim collaborators. On November 2, 1921, Mohammad Shafi, a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, submitted a memo which proposed that to undermine growing religious unity in India, it was important to separate the Muslims from it. The memo also proposed an Anglo-Mohammedan Union that would operate in the interest of the British Empire.

On September 21, 1922, the Viceroy, Reading, wrote to Birkenhead, the Secretary of State for India: "I have sent you a telegram, which will show you how near we have been to a complete break between Muslims and Hindus. I have been giving the greatest attention to this possibility, and I have the greatest assistance from Shafi in my council, who is a highly respected Mohammadan."

Pakistan Movement

• The word "Pakistan" was invented by Islamic Supremacist Chaudhry Rehmat Ali and 3 other Cambridge Muslim students. Pakistan stood for P-Punjab, A-Afghanistan, K-Kashmir, S-Sindh, Tan-Balochistan. A pamphlet by the name of "Now or Never" was circulated by Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, with "Seven Commandments of the destiny of Dinia(India)"
• On August 16, 1946, Muhammad Ali Jinnah proclaimed "Direct Action Day". Soon after, more than 4,000 Hindus were massacred at the hands of Muslim mobs in the city of Calcutta.
• On October 10, 1946, Muslim mobs massacred 5,000 Hindus in the Noakhali region of Bengal and raped hundreds of women. Many thousands more were also forced to concert to Islam. On the island of Sandwip, gasoline was imported from the mainland to burn down houses owned by Hindus.
• In March of 1947, incited by the Pir of Golra Sharif, Muslim League mobs attacked Hindus and Sikhs in villages of Multan, Rawalpindi, Campbellpur, and Jhelum Sargodha.

Creation of Pakistan

On June 3, 1947, the Congress Party gave in and accepted the Mountbatten Plan, which meant that India will be partitioned. On August 15, India and Pakistan became independent countries from the British Empire.