Partition Of India Case Study

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What were the reasons for the partition of India that led to more conflicts between India and newly formed Pakistan from the years of 1947 to 1971?

Sant Patel

A: Plan of Investigation
The investigation evaluates the reasons India was partitioned in to two countries. It also assessed the significance of the conflicts that aroused after the independence and the partition of India. In order to evaluate the reasons the country was partitioned, the investigation examined each of the research sources from the opposing viewpoints of India and also Pakistan. In this investigation, the sources for the reasons the country was partitioned include “State Formation” by Jayita Ray and “Muslims” by Irfan Omar. In order to evaluate the conflicts that aroused after the independence and the partition, the investigation evaluates the sources that have the most significance of the conflict between India and Pakistan. The sources include the sources stated above and also “Pakistan and India” by Stephen P. Cohen. Sources used in this investigation are web sources from Tennessee electronic Library (tntel.info).

Part B: Summary of Evidence
After its “raj” for three centuries (1757-1947), in 1947, the British power was “transferred” to the two dominions, India and Pakistan. The former land was as the successor state of British India and Pakistan a second successor state. The price of the independence was the partition of continental India on the idea of communal majority principle of the “two-nation” theory theorized by the Muslim League. The partition of British India was a turning point because it left many questions unanswered and many conflicts unresolved. One question left elusive was, “Why did indepen...

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...efore the partition. Other reason would be of religion differences. From the years of 1947 to 1971, there were many conflicts added such as the “proxy” war over the disputed state of Kashmir and the third Indo-Pak War that made East Pakistan a new independent country – Bangladesh.

Part F: Bibliography
Cohen, Stephen P. "Pakistan and India." Encyclopedia of India. Ed. Stanley Wolpert. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 262-270. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
Omar, Irfan A. "Muslims." Encyclopedia of India. Ed. Stanley Wolpert. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 198-205. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
Ray, Jayita. "State Formation." Encyclopedia of India. Ed. Stanley Wolpert. Vol. 4. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 102-107. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.

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