Essays on Partition Of India

Purpose

This paper is going to elaborate the process of decolonization of India from the British rule with the advent of World War II. The Second World War proved to be fatal to Britain’s desire to build an empire as they received immense pressure from the United Nations to grant their protectorates independence. It also explores the Partition that led to the emergence of India and Pakistan as both failed to agree on a ruling power with the present day Indians wanted the government wanted to have a majority Indian government while the largely Islamic state of Pakistan wished ...

The study of various aspects of the history of contacts between the East and the West in the political, economic and cultural fields contributes to both the development of science and the improvement of mutual understanding and beneficial cooperation between the two civilizations. Implicitly such issues carry immense political relevance. Nowadays, when the questions of self-determination of nations with looming prospects of gaining sovereignty by a large section of public entities, when political leaders often refuse to compromise, it seems timely to apply the lessons of the past. In other words, it is very important to identify what price ...

Abstract

A rich history exists about various developments that have happened to India in the last 400 years. The history encompasses the influence of rainfall in influencing socio-economic lifestyle of the Indians, political system, the colonization, and decolonization of India, the partition of India and the factors that contributed to the partition, as well as the influence of World War 2 in resisting the colonial rule. The political model of Mahatma Gandhi is instrumental in defining the history of India during the colonial era as well as decolonization and partitioning of India into India and Pakistan. While history tend to ...

The most lasting effect of the partition and subsequent creation of Pakistan was the devastation of the Indian people – Hindu, Muslim and Sikh - who were mere pawns in a cynical game of power politics. Division, the physical, psychological and spiritual breakup of the nascent Indian nation, meant the destruction of families, the ruin of businesses and an end to a way of life that the subcontinent’s countless villages had followed for centuries. The political alternative was decades of social upheaval and a politically unacceptable instability in South

Asia. The establishment of Pakistan may have been a desirable outcome from a purely political ...

India is a country that has fast gained economic strength over the past few decades and has emerged as a power to reckon with in a global context. With a population of over 1 billion people, the Indian Diaspora influences policies in several countries around the world. The Indian culture and heritage has hence gained tremendous value. Indians are proud of their rich heritage and history. There are several events in India’s history, dotted with thousands of years of being governed by foreign rulers, that have left a lasting impact on Indian mindsets. These are historical events that, over a century after they occurred, ...