The Partition Of India, India Led To The Partition Of India

PARTITION OF INDIA

The Partition of India was in actuality, the partition of the British Indian Empire that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan (which later split into Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the Union of India (later becoming Republic of India) on 14 August 1947.

INTRODUCTION

In other words, it was the division of the Bengal province of British India into East Pakistan and West Bengal (India), and the similar partition of the Punjab Province into West Punjab (West Pakistan) and East Punjab (now Punjab). It is however, pertinent to note that this partition was not just a partition of land, but also to the respective divisions of other assets, including the British Indian Army, the Indian Civil Service and other administrative services, the railways, and the central treasury, to name a few.

PARTITION OF BENGAL

In 1905, the viceroy, Lord Curzon, divided the largest administrative

More significantly, law and order issues were for the first time devolved from British authority to provincial governments headed by Indians. This increased Muslim anxieties about eventual Hindu domination. In the Indian provincial elections, 1937, the Muslim League turned out its best performance in Muslim-minority provinces, however, in the Muslim-majority regions of the Punjab and Bengal regional parties outperformed the League. In its manifesto the Congress maintained that religious issues were of lesser importance to the masses than economic and social issues. However, the Muslim League conducted its own investigation into the conditions of Muslims under Congress-governed provinces, the findings of which increased fear among the Muslim masses of future Hindu domination. The view that Muslims would be unfairly treated in an independent India dominated by the Congress became a part of the public discourse of