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  • Could the partition of India and Pakistan repeat itself in U.K. and Scotland?

    04/10/2023 9:39:31 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 42 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 04/10/2023 | Rajan Laad
    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:a central and southern part, where Hindus had the majoritytwo parts in the north-west and north-east that mostly Muslim populationBut Hindus and Muslims were scattered throughout British India.Hence,...