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Great Britain divided India into two countries: India and Pakistan. It was to separate the two religions that were dominant in India: Hinduism and Islam.

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British had Chinese forts in India and they had to get control of that so in the process of capturing the Chinese forts they had enough power to take control of the whole country.

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along sectarian lines.

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