Why was India Partitioned? (Short Animated Documentary)

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Sources:

The 'Tropical Dominions'': The Appeal of Dominion Status in the Decolonisation of India, Pakistan and Ceylon by Harshan Kumarasingham

The Attlee Government, the Imperial Preference System and the Creation of the Gatt by Richard Toye

The Conservative Party and Indian Independence, 1945-1947 by Nicholas Owen

[jamiengo]

“Largely saw everyone under one category: Ours” so much more simpler...

[AncientAccounts]

*_Well this didn't go well at least we know what to do with the new Israel State"_*
- Britain 1948

[hfar_in_the_sky]

In short, religion and politics are complicated (especially when they overlap) and trying to find a simple solution rarely results in a simple outcome.

[joshk.]

dancing through a bed of flowers will forever be my favourite part of any History Matters videos

[awildfilingcabinet]

Britain: I promise that the movement will be nonviolent under our watchful eye
Also Britain: *Closes eyes*

[CreeperLadMC]

Ireland and India: getting partitioned sucks.
Africa: AMATEURS.

[bradlemmond]

"Britain for the British, as we used to say about India"
_-Winston Churchill_

[richardroopnarine]

Strictly speaking, although partition was contemplated of both the Muslim and Hindu interests the 562 princes ultimately had the choice of joining either India, or Pakistan, or becoming independent. Therefore, it may have been possible to have a geographically unified country had the parties been able to work out their differences or through conquest

[bearful]

You're smart for not covering the Kashmir issue.

[benashley]

This one felt overly abbreviated. Would have preferred to wait longer for a slightly more detailed/extended vid

[moeedmudassar]

when you seek a whole subcontinent for spice but end up still seasoning with salt and pepper

[indursmindur]

"Partition? That's the last thing we would do" And then they partitioned and left, and it was the last thing they did.

[damianrodriguez]

Count Von Count: ONE country Ah Ah Ha
TWO Countries: Ah Ah Ha

[xsellepoch]

What if India had been reverted back to its pre-colonial borders? Or what if all the princely states had each gained independence as a separate country? Or what if India had been divided along ethnic lines? Really, when you think about it, it’s incredible we even got an India as massive as we did in our time line when it could have been divided much much extensively.

[xwxobvn]

> Why was India Partitioned?
Poland was like "First time?"

[BigBroTejano]

*sees third option*
Well... I don’t think anyone told India or Pakistan about there being a third opinions... cause they pretty much used the Indian army to turn any “will be independent” vote into “thank you for joining”

[itaybron]

Well at least they didn't repeat that mistake in the middle east or Africa

[PickleRick]

Such a complex topic deserves a longer video!

[gbclnpp]

Short answer: Religon
Long answer: Watch the video

[BeanOnTheFlipside]

I'm an indian. You're dead wrong. they stopped us from being a single india cause they knew Our curry would be too strong