24 min

Britain, Pakistan and the Partition of India Explaining History

    • Society & Culture

The British, aware of their imminent loss of world power in Asia, encouraged the partition of India. Military planners and politicians hoped that a Muslim state, favourable to British interests and opposed to the USSR would emerge in the shape of Pakistan
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The British, aware of their imminent loss of world power in Asia, encouraged the partition of India. Military planners and politicians hoped that a Muslim state, favourable to British interests and opposed to the USSR would emerge in the shape of Pakistan
Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/explaininghistory.



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 min

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