Posted on 04/10/2023 9:39:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When India was liberated from British rule more than 75 years ago, the territory was divided, or partitioned, into India and the new state of Pakistan; East Pakistan later became Bangladesh.
The British oversaw the partition along with the newly appointed Indian and Pakistani leaders in their respective newly formed nations.
British civil servant Sir Cyril Radcliffe drew up the borders between India and Pakistan, in 1947, dividing the sub-continent very roughly into:
But Hindus and Muslims were scattered throughout British India.
Hence, after the declaration of the partition, more than 15 million people traveled, often hundreds of miles, to cross the new frontiers to their respective nations. It has been called the largest exodus in human history.
Almost 75 years later, history may be repeating itself.
Last October, the United Kingdom swore in Rishi Sunak as their new prime minister. Sunak’s parents are Indian Hindus who migrated to the U.K. from East Africa. Sunak was born in Southampton in 1980. His father was a doctor, his mother was a pharmacist. He went to the boarding school Winchester College, then studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford, and business at Stanford University in the U.S.
Sunak was first elected as a Member of Parliament in 2015, rose quickly, and was made Chancellor of the Exchequer in February 2020 under then-U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
He was one for the records, or the glass ceilings that were broken. Sunak is the first British Asian and first British Indian prime minister.
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Yousaf's father is originally from Pakistan and emigrated from there to Scotland with his family in the 1960s, while his mother was born into a South Asian family in Kenya.
After studying politics at Glasgow University, he briefly worked in a call center before becoming a parliamentary assistant to a member of the Scottish Parliament and later an aide to former first minister Alex Salmond.
Yousaf made history as the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government and the first Muslim to lead a major U.K. party.
Upon being elected as the 14th leader of the SNP and first minister of Scotland, Yousaf announced his intention to deliver Scottish independence and even demanded a referendum. The last referendum occurred in 2014 when the people of Scotland elected to remain with the United Kingdom.
Yousaf said: “The people of Scotland need independence now more than ever before, and we will be the generation that delivers it.”
He even emphasized that Scotland is a European nation and added, “I was determined then, as I am now, as the 14th leader of this great party, that we will deliver independence for Scotland – together as a team.”
In response, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Sunak acknowledged the election result and claimed to be looking “forward to working with him (Yousaf)."
Unfortunately I see that coming to America.
To be clear, I meant partitioning.
Meanwhile the few remaining Anglo-Saxons will be emigrating to... where? Canada? Australia? Trying to pass themselves off as Irish? New Zealand won’t take them.
If we’re lucky it will be partitioning, not “ethnic cleansing.”
> Hence, after the declaration of the partition, more than 15 million people traveled, often hundreds of miles, to cross the new frontiers to their respective nations. <
Oh, and at least a million (yes, million) people died in the associated violence.
Funny how the author doesn’t mention that.
Will their be a concert for Scotland?
Unfortunately? I’m greatly looking forward to it... if it happens.
Sick of low lifes, Marxsist trash and homosexualists in New York, California and DC ruining life for everyone else... on earth.
Sucks living under insane, evil people.
Except the same woke/leftist post-modern religionists reside on both sides of the England/Scotland border
Which way will people flow?
Unfortunately? I wish the US would partition itself so I’m not forced to live under leftist oppression. Let the leftists have their area and we ours.
What does Scotland produce besides Mohair sheep, bagpipes and homosexuals?
Scotland is a welfare state. They will not last very long upon breaking from the rest of the UK (England, Wales, Northern Ireland).
Yes, unfortunately. Nobody hates leftards more than me. However, if it happens there’s going to be lots and lots of heartbreak, and not just the libtards either. It’s going to be ugly.
Been saying this is going to be a big problem for Britain.
“What does Scotland produce”
They have a lot of this kind of useful liquid called oil.
...haggis....gotta mention haggis.....!! and how about trying
“MacYousef”...? might lend some credibility and/or legitimacy to the whole matter...
Scotland would own North Sea oil. Otherwise they wouldn’t dare go their own way.
Hopefully, Yes.
It is strange that Britain and Scotland now have Hindu and Muslim leaders, but odds are separation wouldn’t be as violent as the Indian partition was. People in the border region, though, might not be too happy about having to choose between England and Scotland.
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