Why was the Indian subcontinent divided into two nations?

The subcontinent was divided into two parts - Pakistan and Bharat

The two religions developed in the Indian subcontinent was Hinduism and Buddhism :D

The Himalaya Mountains are part of two nations on the Indian subcontinent. Most of the massive mountain range in in Nepal, but it is also found in Tibet.

There are two island nations south of the Indian subcontinent: Maldives to the southwest and Sri Lanka to the southeast.

Hindu and jainism

The Indus and the Ganges.

The Indian subcontinent divides Indian Ocean into two seas

The indus and the ganges rivers.

Hinduism and Buddhism.

Hinduism, Islam, Christianity andSikhism are the major religions of Indian subcontinent.

Indus and Ganges rivers.

Mainly it's a two season place: rainy and not so rainy.

Hindus and Muslims

The Aryans furnished civilization in the Indian subcontinent with many impressive cultural and religious.

In 1947, the British divided-up the Indian Empire into two nations. Pakistan, which was meant to be a homeland for Muslims living in the Indian Empire and the Union of India which was meant to be a homeland for Hindu's living in the Empire. This was called the partition of India.

to make peace(:

After WWII Korea was divided at the 38 parallel.

The main reason that India was divided into two nations in 1947 was religion. India was mostly Hindu and Pakistan was mostly Muslim.

There are two nations on the Korean peninsula because after the Korean War, Korea was divided into two different nations, namely North Korea and South Korea.

what are two nations that fought against each other during the french and Indian war.

Indian and pacific

korea i think

Essentially, the only European that was divided after World War II was Germany. The two nations reunited after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Hindus are the dominant religious group of the Indian Subcontinent. Arabs are the dominant ethnic group of the Middle East and North Africa. The two are entirely unrelated.

East Germany and West Germany.

Vietnam was divided into two separate nations

Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It should be noted that the island has been divided by two parties for most of its modern history, when it was first colonized it was a divide between France and Spain, respectably. The island is still divided by two nations to this day.

There is no subcontinent that is divided into just two countries. Here are the subcontinents: North America (23 countries) South America (12 countries) Europe (51 countries) Middle East (17 countries) India (6 countries) Greenland (1 country)

America and France

united states and iraq

Soviet Union and Poland

Yes Tigers are native to Asia, Siberian Tigers which are found in Siberia which is in the Asian portion of Russia and the Bengal Tiger which is found on the Indian Subcontinent just to name two.

After the nation was divided into two separate political entities, each with its own king, the separate nations were known as "Israel" and "Judah".

to give the Islamic population of India their own country

Republic of Korea (South), Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North)

After the first Indochina war, Vietnam was divided into two nations, North Vietnam (Communist) and South Vietnam (anti-Communist), based on the Geneva Accord. After South Vietnam's army fell at the end of the Vietnam War, the two countries became one. Note: Korea was also divided into two nations following World War 2, but the division was based on plans developed by the United Nations which partitioned the country along the 38th parallel, with the Soviet…

There are two ways:If dealing only in the Indian subcontinent, you could write it as fourteen lakh fifty-six thousand seven hundred fifty four Indian Rupees. Internationally, you could also write it as one million four hundred fifty-six thousand seven hundred fifty four Indian Rupees.

It might be argued it is also divided into two nations by Capitalism: North & South Korea. And no, before you get excited I am not in any way suggesting the folks in the north are better off, manifestly they are not. Neither am I content in the idea of North Korea being a Communist country, it is, was, ruled by a despot.

The Indian subcontinent broke off from Africa over a hundred million years ago. It then moved to the southern coast of Asia. When it collided with Asia, the formation of the Himalaya began.

India won its independence in 15th August 1947 , but sadly lost its unity. The Indian subcontinent was divided/partitioned into two different countries- India and Pakistan. West Pakistan consisted Sindh and East Pakistan (which later becomes Bangladesh) which consisted of east Bengal, the rest was India. Consider a map of south Asia to understand the scenario better.

India & Pakistan. Pakistan was subsequently divided & the Eastern part became Bangladesh.

None of them. It is a large island in the Caribbean. It's sort of divided into two nations Haiti and The Dominican Republic.

One European and two Asian nations were divided: East & West Germany; North & South Vietnam; North & South Korea.

Germany was divided in West Germany and East Germany. West Germany was an independent democracy. East Germany was a bloc state of the USSR.

Babur and Jahangir

were divided into many diverse cultures speaking more than two thousand different languages

The Muslims and the Hindus are two different nations. They follow different religions. Their traditions, culture, customs, ideals and beliefs are totally different. Tey neither inter-dine nor inter-marry. When India was divided, riots broke in the subcontinent. The fear of loss of life and wholesale killing of one nation at the hands of the other made this large scale migration take place.

sir syed ahmad khan

Mountains usually occur at the boundary between two of the Earth's tectonic plates that are colliding. This occurs famously in India/Pakistan where the Indian subcontinent is moving north into the Asian plate forming the Himalayan mountain chain.

The French lost the French and Indian War. France retained two islands in Canada, Haiti, a few islands in the Caribbean, and a sliver of South America.