The Partition of India and Pakistan

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

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🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In 1947, India and Pakistan became independent countries after almost 200 years of British colonial rule. However, this wasn’t just a case of a former colony becoming independent. It was a single colony which was partitioned into two separate countries. That partition had wide-ranging implications, many of which are still being felt today. Learn more about the partition of India and Pakistan, the reasons for it, and its legacy on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1947, India and Pakistan became independent countries after almost 200 years of British colonial rule.
0:07.0	However, it wasn't just a case of a former colony becoming independent.
0:11.0	It was a single colony which was partitioned into two separate countries.
0:15.4	That partition had wide-ranging implications, many of which are still being felt today.
0:20.2	Learn more about the partition of India and Pakistan, the reasons for it and its legacy,
0:24.3	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Modern India and Pakistan are actually rather recent creations.
0:45.4	Historically speaking, there never was such a division. To understand the
0:49.7	partition of India and Pakistan, we have to go way back in time.
0:54.0	India was used to describe the greater region of South Asia, which is today occupied by multiple countries.
1:00.0	One of the great early ancient civilizations was the Indus Valley culture. This was considered to be
1:04.4	an early progenitor of Indian civilization, but it is in today what is now Pakistan.
1:09.2	When Alexander the Great invaded India in the 4th century BC, most of the land he conquered was actually in
1:14.6	modern-day Pakistan as well.
1:16.4	He really didn't get much further than the Indus River.
1:20.0	Hinduism arose in India and became a religion with multiple kingdoms and empires that
1:24.0	rose and fell over time. Sometimes there would be large empires that ruled most of the
1:27.9	subcontinent and other times it broke into smaller kingdoms. The origins of
1:32.2	partition can be traced back to the rise of Islam in the seventh century.
1:36.2	Arab traders brought their religion with them by sea and the Islamic Caliphate conquered lands
1:40.0	in Central Asia and Persia by land. Hindus in many areas converted to Islam and
1:45.0	Islam spread throughout the subcontinent. However, it wasn't even growth. Most areas in
1:51.0	Greater India remained Hindu, but some areas became staunchly Muslim,
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