I didn’t now this at all. thats…interesting
🇮🇳🇵🇰India orders ALL local Pakistani nationals to leave the country after suspected terrorist attack. UPDATE: IAF accidentally bombs own village
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Hate literally blinded India
Yes, the British Empire played a significant role in shaping Hindu-Muslim relations in India long before the 1947 Partition. Key aspects include:
1. Policy of Divide and Rule
The British institutionalized religious divisions through measures like the separate electorate system (1909 Morley-Minto Reforms), which granted Muslims distinct political representation and deepened communal fault lines711. This strategy aimed to weaken unified anti-colonial movements by amplifying religious identities29.
2. Post-1857 Repression of Muslims
After the 1857 rebellion, the British disproportionately targeted Muslims, whom they perceived as primary instigators. This led to systemic exclusion of Muslims from civil and military roles, while Hindus increasingly collaborated with colonial authorities510. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan noted Muslims faced collective punishment, pushing them to seek political safeguards5.
3. Identity Construction
The 1871 census categorized Indians by religion, formalizing Hindu and Muslim as rigid political identities rather than fluid cultural ones211. British administrators often framed Hindus as "collaborators" and Muslims as "rebels," exacerbating distrust58.
4. Electoral Manipulation
By reserving legislative seats for religious communities and framing politics around communal representation, the British made religious identity a cornerstone of governance. This institutionalized competition for resources and power along religious lines911.
5. Pre-Partition Tensions
By the 1930s, the Muslim League framed Congress as a Hindu-dominated body, citing grievances like underrepresentation in jobs and cultural marginalization. This narrative, rooted in British policies, fueled demands for a separate Muslim state69.
6. Long-Term Consequences
While pre-colonial Hindu-Muslim relations included both conflict and syncretism (e.g., shared Sufi shrines)8, British policies transformed religious differences into a structural political divide. The 1946 Cabinet Mission Plan’s failure and subsequent Partition were direct outcomes of these engineered divisions169.
The British thus systematically politicized religious identity, creating conditions for the eventual partition into India and Pakistan.
Citations:
- Partition of India - Wikipedia
- British Rule and Hindu-Muslim Riots in India: A Reassessment
- India’s Muslims: An Increasingly Marginalized Population
- https://www.journalofpoliticalscience.com/uploads/archives/1-2-4-462.pdf
- Partition of India | Summary, Cause, Effects, & Significance | Britannica
- British Raj - Wikipedia
- Hindu–Islamic relations - Wikipedia
- Partition: Why was British India divided 75 years ago?
- https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/files/889434/oupbrempmus.pdf
- The Origins of Hindu-Muslim Conflict in South Asia
- British raj | Imperialism, Impact, History, & Facts | Britannica
Answer from Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/di...gY03_By_T_yFs4NGR5U3.g?utm_source=copy_output
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all those conflicts arose because of the British empire
wanna throw rocks and hide their hands.
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all those conflicts arose because of the British empire.
wanna throw rocks and hide their hands.
Best thing that happened to the UK was the USA that took all the attention off of them. Vast majority of people only mention the US, France, Russia when speaking about colonialism and imperialism. The USA becoming the big brother was perfect for the UK (and Canada, and Australia, and NZ).
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This is 100% false and a wild thing to think, let alone say.
Caribbean ppl especially Anglophone Caribbean talk about the harm of the British Empire all the time.
To not care and/or be blind to it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.
all those conflicts arose because of the British empire.
wanna throw rocks and hide their hands.
The frugal British along with the Germans are nowhere to be seen in the whole Israeli mess they created leaving the America taxpayer to pick up the pieces..
Can't even tell themselves apart from one another, bombing their own peoples 
Can't even tell themselves apart from one another, bombing their own peoples
Religion and the British.
Two evils at work.
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all those conflicts arose because of the British empire.
wanna throw rocks and hide their hands.
even more insane is moving to the country that colonised and suppressed you.
British English is still thought in India, send your kids to an English boarding school is still seen as a rich flex.As a Brazilian that would be like moving to Portugal aint know way... I'm only talking to about the people from those countries relocating to GB. If you're born there it's a total different situation.