Why did Great Britain partition India at the time of its independence?

a) Muslims refused to live under the rule of Hindus, convincing Great Britain to partition India along religious lines.
b) India had never been united except under British rule, so it was natural to split it when independence came.
Consider This: More than a million people died in the ethnic cleansing that followed the partition. See 14.4: The Colonial Collapse.
c) Great Britain had long promised a free Pakistan as the price of support in the First and Second World Wars.
Consider This: More than a million people died in the ethnic cleansing that followed the partition. See 14.4: The Colonial Collapse.
d) Mahatma Gandhi proposed the split as a way to make governing the huge territory more manageable.
Consider This: More than a million people died in the ethnic cleansing that followed the partition. See 14.4: The Colonial Collapse.


a) Muslims refused to live under the rule of Hindus, convincing Great Britain to partition India along religious lines.

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