#partition of India

[victusinveritas]

More like the Psych-Picot Agreement.

[insightfultake]

Understanding the Enmity Between Hindus and Muslims: A Complex Tapestry

It is imperative that the Indian subcontinent comprehend the animosity between Muslims and Hindus in order to advance from its current $3.5 trillion economy to China's $17 trillion economy. According to India's 2021 census, Muslims make up 15% of the country's 1.4 billion inhabitants, making them the second-largest religious group behind Hindus (79.8%). According to figures released by the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) in May 2024, the proportion of Muslims in India has increased by 43% since 1950, from 9.84% to 14.09%. Though it does not accurately reflect reality, the growing Muslim population in India sends a clear message to the rest of the world that minorities in India are properly protected by the government. 

If it is so, then why is there animosity between the two largest religious groups in India? There is not a single year we spend without riots between Hindus and Muslims. Why does this happen? And what could be the reason behind it? Know more...

[jesterraconteuse]

PSA if you don't know anything about the partition of India don't talk to me about Palestine. As a Bangladeshi don't even start with me

[takemetobogman]

“There are only a few writers who could cut you deep and still make you want to bleed and Manto is definitely one of them.”

Its the 77th Independence day of India and as a person who believes that we can't talk about Independence without talking about Manto's Partition, I shared my two cents in an article on Medium. The above quote is from the article. If you wanna read more, you can check it out here:

[quotesfrommyreading]

This pattern holds across many of the conventional wars since World War II: a conflict over territory and power balance that began with the declaration of those modern states and that has flared intermittently ever since.

Armenia and Azerbaijan, for instance, two countries that also emerged out of the Soviet Union’s breakup, have fought periodic wars ever since, broken by long but tense cease-fires. India and Pakistan fought their first war within months of their independence and partition in 1947, followed by three more wars, most recently in 1999, and repeated lower-level conflicts now held at a tentative nuclear peace. North and South Korea reached an armistice in 1953 but remain in a technical state of war with occasional flare-ups and an ever-present threat of all-out fighting.

Such conflicts, in other words, have often persisted for as many as six or seven decades. With peace talks minimal or nonexistent in many cases, some may well continue longer than that.

And while outright fighting may be infrequent, with what Dr. Radchenko termed “active phases” lasting only a few months, periods of calm typically require deep international involvement to maintain. American troops, for instance, have been garrisoned in South Korea for more than 70 years.

It is impossible to predict whether this represents the future for Russia and Ukraine, though it perhaps already describes their present state. The seven years before Russia’s 2022 invasion were marked by lower-level fighting, with heavy Western diplomacy and support to Ukraine aimed at forestalling wider conflict.

This pattern shows that one side rarely vanquishes the other outright, especially with foreign states ready to step in. And it offers another lesson: Political change within those countries rarely provides the sort of breakthrough that observers are hoping might one day lead Moscow to pull back. The decade-long Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, for instance, only deepened with the elevation, in 1985, of the reform-minded leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

  —  What 70 Years of War Can Tell Us About the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

[iakshaysrivastav]

"Freedom at Midnight" on SonyLIV: Redefining Historical Drama with a Bold Retelling of India's Partition

The recently launched SonyLIV series Freedom at Midnight is making waves in the entertainment industry. It is known for its ambitious portrayal of India’s independence and partition. Based on the critically acclaimed book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, the series has sparked curiosity and conversations with its nuanced take on this pivotal historical era. Directed by Nikkhil Advani, the…

[pebblegalaxy]

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact: A Comprehensive Analysis of Successes, Failures, and its Impact on India-Pakistan Relations

The Nehru-Liaquat Pact: Origins, Objectives, Successes, and Failures Over the Decades The Nehru-Liaquat Pact, also known as the Delhi Agreement, stands as a critical moment in the turbulent post-Partition era of South Asia. Signed on April 8, 1950, by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, this agreement was an attempt to address the communal…

[rightnewshindi]

Partition of India: 14 अगस्त को हुआ था भारत-पाकिस्तान विभाजन, जानें खूनी संघर्ष से जुड़े खौफनाक तथ्य

14 August 1947 Partition of India: भारत के मुट्ठीभर मुसलमानों और वह भी सिर्फ, पंजाब, उत्तर प्रदेश एवं बिहार के मुसलनामों ने अंग्रेजों की चाल के तहत एक अलग देश की मांग की और अंतत: खूनी संघर्ष के बाद विभाजन करना तय किया गया। प्लान के तहत 14 अगस्त 1947 के दिन भारत को विभाजित कर दिया गया। 1857 से 1947 तक 90 साल के संग्राम, आंदोलन और बलिदान के बाद भारतीयों ने आजादी की जगह देखी विभाजन की त्रासदी।…

[rc2208]

At Kashmere Gate

[autumnrose11]

Just finished reading Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Took me two days to get through it. And GOSH DANG IT it is AMAZING.

It tells the story of three women during the Partition of India in 1947. Choosing between love and ambition, finding their place in a newborn country split in two, divided by religion ..... Goodness, I loved it. Completely. Incredibly heart-wrenching. I finished it last night and still thinking about it. The characters and the love stories are haunting me.

[timetravellingkitty]

Embarrassing way of announcing that you have no idea what you're talking about, so let's go through some history shall we?

The modern day nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were under the British Empire, called the British Raj after a failed rebellion against the rule of the East India Company in 1857. During the Indian Independence Movement a political theory known as the Two Nation Theory, came to prominence, which seeked to establish a separate nation for Indian Muslims. This theory was propagated by the All India Muslim League, whose aim was to secure the interests of Muslims in the region and served as political representation for them. The demand for Pakistan came to fruition, and British India was divided into two independent dominions: India and Pakistan. Bangladesh, known as East Pakistan at the time, eventually seceded after a Bengali nationalist movement

Let's compare this to Israel and Palestine. The Ottoman Empire controlled Palestine for 400 years until it was captured by Britain. The British were given the Mandate for Palestine by the League of Nations after World War 1. By that time the Zionist movement had already emerged. In 1917, Arthur Balfour (British Foreign Secretary) sent a letter to a leader of the Zionist movement, supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Jewish settlers began migrating to Palestine and their numbers only increased after the Holocaust. In 1947, the UN proposed a partition plan, recommending the establishment of independent Arab and Jewish state. 56% of the land was given to the settlers, despite their population not even being half of the Palestinians. The Arabs ofc rejected this, so it wasn't implemented. A civil war broke out and the British left. In 1948 Zionist militias displaced majority of the Palestinians and Israel declared independence (from what tho 🤡)

There is no double standard here. Neither India nor Pakistan are colonising the other nation but the same cannot be said for Israel. The use of Palestine as a Jewish homeland was associated with the slogan "a land without a people for a people without a land" which is obviously not true. The existence of Israel REQUIRES the extermination of Palestinians. India was the first non-Arab country to recognise Palestine's statehood. Both nations have struggled against British colonialism. While India still recognises Palestine as legitimate, ever since Modi became Prime Minister in 2014 India has become the largest buyer of arms from Israel and we have shifted away from vocally supporting Palestine

And frankly, it's insulting as fuck to use something as traumatic as the Partition of India (a result of the British divide and rule strategy) to justify the genocide of Palestinians and Israeli settler-colonialism

[ayowotsdis]

This from a narrative of a South Asian.

[filtercoffeeonsteroids]

OMG GUYS ITS HAPPENING

We are getting our stuff back yayyyyy!!!!!

The imperialist assholes are getting what they deserve 😗😗👍

[shaylogic]

DBDA Fanfic Research Refs

Hey, all. I'm looking for some research reference material to help me with writing some Dead Boy Detectives fanfiction. I want to get a better idea of the settings/backgrounds that Edwin and Charles would be coming from in their living pasts.

[I'm coming from a pretty ignorant American perspective, so please forgive me. This is why I'm requesting help with good research materials.]

If anyone could help offer up some more recommendations, or point out bad ones on my current to-read list, I'd really appreciate the help. This could become a collaborative reference post for others in the fandom looking for the same thing.

I'm particularly looking at:

British/English/UK/London?? Slang in different time periods

Edwin's Edwardian period

[Re: Edwin: I'll probably be checking out more of Wilde and Lord Byron's works, or people along those lines. . .?]

Charles' 1980's period, and the punk scene?

Partition of India > England immigration [??? I am white, so I don't really wanna tread into that foolishly, but fandom is a good opportunity to learn real life history]

LGBT (esp. gay) history in London and the greater area in their time periods

[Example pics of what resources I'm thinking about looking at under the cut, because it got long.]

Here are some books I've been looking at so far:

Here's a movie I did a history class report on a while ago, and I've been thinking of it again:

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This is some of what I've been considering so far. Anyone have suggestions?