Why did the partition of India happen?

Answer 1

Muslims feared that their rights would not be protected in a land where Hindus were the majority.

Well that is the simplest answer that anyone can give, but there were many other factors involved and a lot of history behind it. In 1857 Britishers occupied the whole subcontinent (India+Pakistan+Bangladesh), and it was a deliberate attempt to divide one nation into two. for details you should checkout

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Answer 2

1. The different missions sent to India which supported the Muslim League.
2. The policy of Divide and Rule followed by the British.
3. The communal riots which had broken inside the country.
4. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League seldom tried to co-operate with each other on the views.
5. British created the belief that Hindu and Muslim (Islam) were two separate religions.

Answer 3

After partition, all the Muslims living in India were forced to move to the newly partitioned-off Pakistan. Conversely, all the Hindus living in that area had to move out of that area and into the country that remained India.

Answer 4

India's partition in 1947 based a result of communal divide between Hindus and Muslim population of the country. British government has played a very importatnt role in deviding them.

Answer 5

1.The divide and rule policy of England was one of the major causes that led to the partition of India.