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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Tell me about the partition of India.I really, really want to know.
(, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:03, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
Well, it was basically to protect the interests of the muslim minorityThey'd been safely looked after under British rule but feared (with some justification) that with self rule their precarious hold on positions of power (a hangover from the Mughal empire which immediately preceded British rule, hugely disproportionate to their small population) would be jeopardised. Thus they demanded and got what was initially called East & West Pakistan for themselves. A situation not a million miles from that in Norn Irn.
Oh, you were joking.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:36,
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