The Great Divide. The violent legacy of Indian Partition. In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

The partition was caused in part by the two-nation theory presented by Syed Ahmed Khan, due to presented religious issues. Pakistan became a Muslim country, and India became a majority Hindu but secular country. The main spokesperson for the partition was Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The Partition of India in 1947 is one of the great forgotten tragedies of the 20th century. It occurred when India became independent from the British Empire and the territory was broken into India and Pakistan. It was decided that India needed to be separated because it had ended up as a massive, sprawling empire.

The next day, Hindus struck back, and the violence continued for three days in which approximately 4,000 people died (according to official accounts), both Hindus and Muslims.

55 crore to Pakistan | FAQs – Myths about Mahatma Gandhi.

India had a trump card to force Pakistan out of Kashmir. India held Rs 55 crores in terms of assets and liabilities that it had to give Pakistan.

Rs 45.470 trillion

According to the survey, India has net liabilities of Rs 1,09,84,736 crore, including the meager Rs 300 crore from Pakistan. The original, unsettled claim from Pakistan was Rs 49.8 crore, but it swelled to over Rs 560 crore after adjusting for inflation and exchange rate revisions.

Heavy fighting was going on in Naoshera, Rajouri, Skardu, and Tithwal. Mirpur had fallen and the Indian Garrison at Poonch was under siege. It was during this critical time in the war that Gandhi laid out his second condition to pay Pakistan Rs 55 crores.