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Often Indian's will talk of Pakistan having been created in 1947 from India. This carries a arrogant presumption that their India (Indian Republic) was unnaturaly carved and a country was fabricated on basis of religion. This conveys the organic nature of India and the artificial nature of Pakistan. I want to address this issue. This way of looking at 1947 is so accepted that even most Pakistani's even go along with the premise of this. So let us look at this carefully.

1. First you got to clarify are we talking about geographic India or the colonial India or Indian Republic. Three of these terms although all sharing the name"India" are not the same just as David Junior, David Senior would not be the same person.

2. The Geographic India refers to a region the boundary of which is loosely defined and is rather subjective. This geographic India includes today's Pakistan, Indian Republic, Bangladesh. I won't bother mentioing Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka. No one country has a especial claim to this geographic India.

This India is comparable to say Europe, Scandanavia, Iberia, Balkans, Maghreb etc. These are all geographic regions each with many countries occupying these regions. AS a geographic region the land has been there since before written history.

We now move on to British India. Let us make this clear. British India was a colony and was part of a empire that streched all over the world. We the people were colonized did not choose to be part of this colony. We were in fact enslaved by the British. This the definition British India.

Another way to look at British India is to regard it as a giant open air prison. We South Asians were slowly beaten, shot, killed and forced at gun point and then locked into this British prison built by our slavemaster who named British India.

The only justification and reason for the existance of British India was British greed and lust for power, Non of us wanted voluntarily to be in this British India. We were prisoners in this. In 1947 our prison sentance came to an end and we left this this prison to go our way. why do you find this unnatural?

Another thing I hear is people say it was British conspiracy to divide us. If this is so care to look at how be came to be togather in the first place. Let us look at just one example. Sindh. Sindh was a independant kingdom in 1843. Well the British did conspire no by dividing us but deciding to use force and uniting us by killing 6,000 Sindhi who did NOT want to be part of British India.

If 1947 was unnatural and a conspiracy what was 1843? Another British conspiracy to unite Sindh into India so that in 1947 they could un -unite it. It is ridicalous. Look at the stats for the Battle of Miani. 6,000 Sindhi died fighting to stop being part of British India. 260 British died making British India.

Battle of Miani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So everytime you think of 1947 elective detachment please think of that as opposite of the 1843 British enforced attachment.


Let us look at the map of British India.

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and the flag.

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India during the British Raj was made up of two types of territory: British India and the Native States (or Princely States).[20] In its Interpretation Act 1889, the British Parliament adopted the following definitions:

(1.) The expression "British India" shall mean all territories and places within Her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by Her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor-General of India.

(2.) The expression "India" shall mean British India together with any territories of any native prince or chief under the suzerainty of Her Majesty exercised through the Governor-General of India, or through any governor or other officer subordinate to the Governor-General of India.[1]

The British Raj extended over almost all present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, with exceptions such as Goa and Pondicherry.[9] In addition, at various times, it included Aden (from 1858 to 1937),[10] Lower Burma (from 1858 to 1937), Upper Burma (from 1886 to 1937), British Somaliland (briefly from 1884 to 1898), and Singapore (briefly from 1858 to 1867). Burma was separated from India and directly administered by the British Crown from 1937 until its independence in 1948. The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf were theoretically princely states as well as Presidencies and provinces of British India until 1946 and used the rupee as their unit of currency.[11]

Among other countries in the region, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens. Ceylon was part of Madras Presidency between 1793 and 1798.[12] The kingdoms of Nepal and Bhutan, having fought wars with the British, subsequently signed treaties with them and were recognised by the British as independent states.[13][14] The Kingdom of Sikkim was established as a princely state after the Anglo-Sikkimese Treaty of 1861; however, the issue of sovereignty was left undefined.[15] The Maldive Islands were a British protectorate from


Preceded by

British India

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Company rule in India
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Today part of

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Bangladesh
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India
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Myanmar
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Pakistan
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Singapore
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Somalia
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Yemen

The British India was built by British enterprise, greed, lust for power, copious amounts of British and native blood. We the native opposed this British project and did NOT want to be part of a enslaved colony. We were forced to be in this colony. In 1947 we recieved our freedom and chose to go our way thus undoing the forced union by British. There was British conspiracy and that was when they forced us to unite with guns.
 
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@Atanz

I am surprised by your intellectual depravity and illogical argument making

Flags are never a historical evidence. Bellow is the flag of India in Mauryan time and is quite different from present day Indian flag. And Flags have changed since then numerous times.

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Also flag of India under Mughal rule

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Pakistan was carved out of India for Indian Muslims as a 'safe heaven'. Because Indian Muslims felt they cannot co exist with Hindus. Hindus never favored formation of Pakistan and were for united India. Hindus fought for united India until the last minute and even Gandhi was killed for that as he was mum on the issue. Thus Pakistan was carved out of India in 1947.
 
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Pakistani's makes their own theory and history to feel good and happy. Hahaha LOL
@Atanz

I am surprised by your intellectual depravity and illogical argument making

Flags are never a historical evidence. Bellow is the flag of India in Mauryan time and is quite different from present day Indian flag. And Flags have changed since then numerous times.

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Also flag of India under Mughal rule

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Pakistan was carved out of India for Indian Muslims as a 'safe heaven'. Because Indian Muslims felt they cannot co exist with Hindus. Hindus never favored formation of Pakistan and were for united India. Hindus fought for united India until the last minute and even Gandhi was killed for that as he was mum on the issue. Thus Pakistan was carved out of India in 1947.
If you didnt realise OP was trying to have some fun at the cost of Indians. Check all his threads and you'll know what I mean. Why do you wanna give such threads more visibility?
 
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If you didnt realise OP was trying to have some fun at the cost of Indians. Check all his threads and you'll know what I mean. Why do you wanna give such threads more visibility?
Forget OP, but still Pakistan makes up that part of Mughal and British India which was hostile all the time to Delhi Throne and it was last part which became part of British Empire and some of it's parts never saw a British step. @Atanz
 
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If you didnt realise OP was trying to have some fun at the cost of Indians. Check all his threads and you'll know what I mean. Why do you wanna give such threads more visibility?

If he is wants to have fun...then he should post this in funny thread that is running since long. But if he is serious, then he should read some history before posting on something as serious as this matter

This flag was derived from Mehargarh Part of Baluchistan Pakistan....
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If what you are saying is correct, then this is a clear evidence of Indian civilization stretching from present day Pakistan to Bihar, as the capital of Maurya Empure was Patna.

Also do you know that the symbol you have posted in the most important symbol in all of Hinduism. It is called Swastika
 
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If what you are saying is correct, then this is a clear evidence of Indian civilization stretching from present day Pakistan to Bihar, as the capital of Maurya Empure was Patna
Not Indian civilization but Mehargragh civilization which dates 7000BC.Indus civilization succeeded it not any Indian civilization, Indus or Harrapa Civilization is name given worldwide.Pakistan is home some of oldest civilizations,even Rig Ved was written in region which today makes Pakistan.
 
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In the end the fact remains the same( Not sure why Atanz picks on the same thing again and again). Did Pakistan break itself away from an Independent sovereign historical republic/monarchy called India? Definitely a big NO. But Did they parted away as a separate state from a modestly compact cultural entity and a generalized geographic expression? The answer is a big YES. India from antiquity has been regarded as a compressed collection of diverse races, culture, language and religions, not a political entity.
 
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Yes this is a myth that British created India......
The name India may refer to either the region of Greater India (the Indian subcontinent) or to the contemporary Republic of India located therein. The name is derived from the name of the Sindhu (Indus River) and has been in use in Greek since Herodotus (4th century BC). The term appeared in Old English as early the 9th century and reemerged in Modern English in the 17th century.
The English term is from Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), via Latin India. Indía in Koine Greek denoted the region beyond the Indus (Ἰνδός) river in Pakistan, since Herodotus (5th century BC) ἡ Ἰνδική χώρη, hē Indikē chōrē; "the Indian land", Ἰνδός, Indos, "an Indian", from Old Persian Hinduš (referring to what is now known as Sindh, a province of present day Pakistan, and listed as a conquered territory by Darius I in the Persepolis terrace inscription). The name is derived ultimately from Sindhu, the Sanskrit name of the river, but also meaning "river" generically. Latin India is used by Lucian (2nd century).
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Not Indian civilization but Mehargragh civilization which dates 7000BC.Indus civilization succeeded it not any Indian civilization, Indus or Harrapa Civilization is name given worldwide.Pakistan is home some of oldest civilizations,even Rig Ved was written in region which today makes Pakistan.

The problem is...this is not the way history is taught across the world. It may be in Pakistan and I would not blame you for thinking that way

For ex: Look at what is taught at Harvard University under Indian Civilization.

Sources of Indian Civilization

If you don't know about Harvard University, it is one of the top universities in the world

Harvard University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Often Indian's will talk of Pakistan having been created in 1947 from India. This carries a arrogant presumption that their India (Indian Republic) was unnaturaly carved and a country was fabricated on basis of religion. This conveys the organic nature of India and the artificial nature of Pakistan. I want to address this issue. This way of looking at 1947 is so accepted that even most Pakistani's even go along with the premise of this. So let us look at this carefully.
Look at hindu kingdoms and kasmir in 1857
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