Britishes wanted to weaken India after Independence in 1947. Therefore they divided or encouraged to divide India.
British India was divided in India and Pakistan because it was a big place. This would make the population go down.
i don't now
India, Pakistan, Burma and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
India and Pakistan
There was no separate viceroy for Pakistan and one for India. As both were one country then. But the last viceroy of India was Lord Mountbatten.
Well it was a part of India.
nobody actually divided india. Today's Pakistan had predominantly indo-aryan population who were Muslim by faith. so they were a few separate regional ethnic groups from very long ago.It just happened during British era as religious clashes became all time high at that time.
India and Pakistan were created when British left India. Pakistan further divided into two (Pakistan and Bangladesh) in 1971.
The two nations, formed at the time of partition of India in 1947 by the British, were the present India and Pakistan. Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan till 1971 Burma, although not regarded as a part of India, was nonetheless part of the wider India under British Empire.
India and Pakistan
A lot of Indians were Hindu, and the Pakistanis were Muslim. They divided it because they didn't want to be a single country together and Pakistan wanted to be a Muslim nation.
India
India was divided into India and Pakistan after the British left, due to religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims. The major religions in India are Hinduism and Islam, while in Pakistan, the major religion is Islam.
Following the departure of the British from the sub-continent, the land was divided into two nations; India and Pakistan. Pakistan was then taken over by the Pakistan Muslim League, as a government and under the Governor-Generalship of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, prospered with regards to its resources.
Muslims
Muslims
Prior to 1947 the entire region covering India and Pakistan was known simply as India. Technically, it was called the Indian Empire but was also commonly referred to as the British Raj, "raj" being Hindi for "rule."
Pakistan was once a part of British India. During the Partition in 1947, India and Pakistan were split into their current countries.
India, Pakistan, Burma and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).