Why was India split into two countries? - Haimanti Roy
Dig into the 1947 Partition of India, when Britain split the region into two states, India and Pakistan, and the mass migrations and violence that followed.
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In 1947, the British viceroy announced that after 200 years of British rule, India would gain independence and be partitioned into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. What followed was one of the largest and bloodiest forced migrations in history: an estimated 1 million people lost their lives. What caused this violent aftermath? Haimanti Roy details the lasting legacies of the Partition of India.
Lesson by Haimanti Roy, directed by Jagriti Khirwar & Raghav Arumugam.
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There is saying that "Only reason you still find pyramids in Egypt because they were too heavy to transport to British museum" Pirates of the world.
Yeah, but they would have been better looked after for it.
@@maninashed1451 tf..
Anti British speak hate crime
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@@maninashed1451 still, I believe those legacies were undermined most of their integrity the moment they got robbed and transported to another land.The beauty and significance of a culture can only be truly appreciated in the place where it was originally cultivated. The British took them and preserve them only to brag
As an old Iraqi saying goes "If you see two fish fighting in water, you can be sure an Englishman passed by five minutes ago"
This is a universal saying at this point lol.
@@reubennelson4086 yeah
@@SpeedyRogue I’m pretty sure it’s an old Ottoman Turkish quote
I swear I have seen this quote posted in like 4 different comment sections, with a different supposed place of origin every time
@@jassimarsingh6505 The Ottomans be smart in their onion hats
Whenever I read about our history, it saddens me. My grandmother tells me about how big her house was in Multan (Now part of Pakistan). She tells me about how rich she was but had to flee to save her life. She thought that she would get to see her home again, but we have no contacts to know the conditions of the land. All money and gold were left their. She lost her twin sister in the violence that took place. She still prays for her to be alive.
I wish you the very best for your and your grandma's future may God give you a thousand blessings Waheguru mehhr kare
😢...
Howw sad for her 🥺🥺❤❤
SAD TO HEAR my dada lost his brother hope he is alive to as we are Pakistan while him and his whole family is In India
My grandfather (Hindu) was from Lahore which is in Pakistan. He was also so rich but after separation he left their big house and gold also.. he missed their home and everything which he left in lahore..
As a Pakistani living in the UK, I can confirm that the British youth are oblivious to the wrongdoings of their ancestors and they have not been taught well enough about the impacts of colonialism that remain prevalent in various parts of the world to this day. It's a shame really.
Unfortunately, it’s true.
pretty much westerners mindset.
Yeah, they don't teach students about this, cuz they think it's too dark and they don't want to perceive themselves as villians. Imo everyone should know about history
@@SDW3-6-9 Let's not talk about what Indian Hindus did in June 1984 to Gurdwaras.
@@AYZ21 Since 1947, the wholesale destruction of temples, gurdwaras, churches in Pakistan makes dismal reading alongside the persecution of miniroties, particularly girls. No point in taquiyya or whataboutery mate. Go in Peace!
I have a feeling they don't teach this in british schools.
A feeling? THEY DON'T LMAO
@@arhamkhalid5990 I'm not blaming current Brits for anything (it would be foolishness) But atleast the Brits ought to know that their ancestors are the reason why many people from many countries suffer even today. Like Africa,India, and many many other. Famines,slavery, violence,poverty,hunger,and so on. British imperialist empire. A great cancer.
yeah
@@arhamkhalid5990 Is British colonialism (or at least their actions in regards to India) really not part of the history curriculum? I'm not British so I wouldn't know.
What they are supposed to teach? That they collected all different nations in subcontinent into one, and later these nations started claiming they own sole power of the entire Subcontinent by virtue of their newly created identity "Hindu" and suppress Muslims. Thank God British didn't agreed to such cunning ideas of upper caste and divided their British empire in subcontinent into two.
Fun Fact: India was divided by a man who had never ever visited India. 😶
That’s evident in the crude dividing.
Damn seems like a not fun thing at all
It was the scramble for Africa all over again (ب_ب) so much senseless bloodshed
I mean he was just given the post after the last guy was out and was given like a few months to make sense of the situation and resolve it...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 pls tell me more about it (the full story if you can)
I'm British (although not white or South Asian) and I didn't know any of these details despite growing up around many people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage. It's honestly shocking that colonial history is barely taught in English schools. Colonial history is British history
I don't blame British. In 1945 and 1946 elections, 95% so called muslim Minority (which Ruled India & Spain for 800 years), Voted for Separate country because they didn't want to live under Democracy lead by (very Stu p!d) Secular Majority. 1945 & 1946 elections - Congress represented - Secularists. Muslim league - 95% muslims voted for. Hindu Mahasabha - hardly 5% votes. The fearful Minority 30 Million (now 220 Million) didn't left for Pakistan and now pelt stone on Hindu festivals. Hindu temples are under attack, Idols are being vandalised. There are many cases. Also, Pakistan in 1970, kiIIed 3 Million Bangladeshi people 😃 10 million refugee went to India (with whom they didn't want to live) 🤦🏻♂️, lsIamic Brotherhood KiIIed Bangladeshi 🙈🙅🏻🤷🏻♂️🙆🏻♂️ And even today, Baloch, Pashtuns, Sindhi people in Pakistan are "Disappearing". Take a guess by whom. Pakistan's main export is IT. (International Terr o rism) They were minority, yet they ruled Spain and India for 800 years. British were less than 1,00,000. Yet they ruled 300 million people. Minority is dangerous term. Don't play with it. For 51%, 49% is minority. 1921, Moplah Riots. 10,000 H Indus got kiIIed , 3000 forced converted. Direct action day - 5000 Indoos KiIIed. Noakhali riots - 5000 Indus KiIIed. Minority pelt stones on our festival. Minority is dangerous term. It automatically makes them victim which is not case in India. Hindus are Victim of them.
And British thinks Germany owns up to its past
f u c k u guys u took everything from us
Of course history is taught in my country. What makes you think it is nt?
As a history teacher, it now is...
I am a Pakistani and a few days ago I went to meet my 103 year old great grandmother who has dementia, the people who lived with her told me that her brother was killed in the partition and that she probably saw things that she didn't tell anyone till her dementia.
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@@cack-monkey Bro wtf
@@cack-monkey average indian
I never thought I could relate with someone this closely, I am an Indian rajbansi bengali, we are classified as lower/scheduled castes in the Indian constitution although I cant share the gruesome stories here but I have heard stories from my grandmother about the things they had to go through as a dalit, they fleed from muslim persecution in east pak to be persecuted by hindus in bengal, there are now sc villages which were once like concentration camps in the past, I sometimes go there to visit my relatives and friends :)
@@justme-vu7wi as an indian, i do not accept this waste of oxygen
Like someone said, "All the fighting in the world started with a Britsh drawing a line on a Map"
Not, really, there was already conflict before the British.
@@Wa._.li1 but not all Hindus
@@Wa._.li1 u didn't mention it 🙂
I think the best is to make a world history as it is that it was!
@@Wa._.li1 It's not an independent country, it's an forced country. They live in revenge for nothing now. Pak is either needed to be joined or totally destroyed, else it will affect everyone in the next generations. No muslims here are now treated poorly so they can easily join us but it seems politicians of both the countries want a fking war.
i’m an indian living in Britain and i just mentioned the partition offhandedly and none of my white friends knew that this had ever happened, it hit me then how many british people live without understanding just HOW britain got to their current privileged position in the world, and the severity of the consequences of their past actions
the irony-
@@Aditi-cg4qf tell me abt it and these are the same people who are tryna be social warriors
ah yes, BRI ISH PEOPLE
Why are you living in Britain? You move to western countries that you hate?
@@bncthiccboi7552 i didn’t really have a choice lmao? my parents chose to immigrate here
As an Irishman (of Indian descent), we bitterly remember how British colonialism hurt our nation. For 800 years, the British tried to subject Ireland into its constitution, but Ireland never stopped resisting. So the British deliberately caused a famine in 1845, killing 2 million and leaving 2 million others to leave - so the British could repopulate with the Protestants (Ulsters), mainly in the Belfast region. That Ulster gang would go on to play a role in dividing our Ireland apart after our independence in 1921. This helped explain why Irish people do sympathise with India.
The famine wasn't on purpose, it was caused by the deliberate exportation of potatoes to Great Britain, which led to the famine. And what happened a few centuries ago isn't the modern day British peoples fault, but it was a tragedy that the British tried to incorporate Ireland into the union but blaming people today isn't going to help, people learning about the history will though.
@@harrisonbailey5449 if the British hadn’t continued forcibly exporting potatoes from Ireland, the population would’ve never starved like it did
I have read/watched a lot of history lectures on Ireland and England and how the United Kingdom came to be. England seriously has been the world's biggest aggressor for more than a thousand years and still feigns ignorance.
@@wren_. yes, that's what i said. but the british never created the famine, they just didn't respond well to it
Thank you for sharing and explaining this. This make sense.
it devastates me how Punjab was sliced through the middle like that. brothers separated from sisters, children from their parents all because of colonial greed, and poor planning. as a Pakistani punjabi, it blows my mind how we share the same/similar language, food, traditions and culture as Indian punjabis but we can never cross over to see them or share our plate with them because of politics. I hope this border disintregrates one day and Punjab becomes whole again,
Then why has nt it happened ??
This is because of incompetent delhi Sultan not british do not blame your problems on us
The britishers did this.
@@cack-monkey It was definitely cuz of your ancestors. Not you, but your ancestors.
@@cack-monkeyThe Border was drawn by Lord Mountbatten. Who had the Border making skills of a drunk 1st trimester fetus.
Rest of world: that's terrible British Empire: just as planned
100% true.
True
Yeah, we wanted the collapse of empire right? Circumstances forced us to do so.
@@niranjandesai6766 ur name suits ur comment
next china will take that place
And yet the Queen still sits here today with the stolen Jewel of India on her crown.. nothing angers me more
The Queen? Of whom? She's just a witch of England
@@azhagurajaallinall126 exactly but people are blinded by media that portrays them so differently to what they truly are.. they don’t even recognise and look back at what they did to India, nor do they accept aboriginal lands in australia
@@sahar.2316The "stolen jewel of India" being the Koh-i-Noor? The truth is that the diamond changed hands so many times through history, that it is difficult to consider the diamond "Indian". It was given by Duleep Singh to Queen Victoria in 1849, after the signing of the Last Treaty of Lahore. It's debatable whether this should be considered a gift or a coerced tribute. If you consider it coerced, then by that standard, the Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh would also be guilty of coercing the diamond from the Afghan Shah, whom he received it as a "mandatory gift". The Afghan Shah himself received the diamond as a "gift" from the Persian Shah, who acquired it after looting the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire looted it from the Delhi Sultanate, who looted it from the Kakatiya dynasty, which is where the paper trail on the diamond's origin runs cold. Britain has had a messy history in regards to India, including many wrongdoings. However, regarding this particular gem, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran all make some claim on the diamond, but official documents transferred the diamond from India to Britain over 170 years ago. It's probably best to keep it on the shelf, rather than open a whole can of worms. No more strife should be caused over a shiny rock. P.S: This diamond is _not_ part of Queen Elizabeth II's crown, and she has never worn it. The crown it is embroidered to was last worn by her Mum in 1953, and has remained on the shelf ever since.
@@alliinase9076Are you a history professor?
@@alliinase9076 it was given as a gift ?? Bruh they forced us to give the diamond as a "gift".
Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru didn't represent the "Hindu majority", they were secular. Leaders of the Hindu Mahasabha represented Hindus. The views involved are a lot more complex and nuanced than presented.
Yupp
The Mahasabha is a fringe right wing group who have no power today
jinnah wanted muslim majority because of hindu majority
So in fact the party that you said is an extremist one who forced to make another chaos in that crowds situation, wait thats not me who said that but that argue is from NYT New York Times article in 1950.
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as an indian, many years ago my family lived in present day pakistan. They left to India. My grandfather lost his job and went through much stress. Sometimes i wish the world could live at peace and didn't need to go through so much.
Agreed.
take your complaints to Nehru and Janni, not the british lmao
@@rorke6092Jinnah too.
British used the simplest tactic -of- Divide and Rule. Even today in India, we see fair skin obsession, western brands hype, more value of English language, than regional ones...
tbf learning English is a useful skill to have irrespective of anything else.
@@TheAmericanPrometheus he is not saying english is not useful... But he is saying Indian society thinks those who speak english are superior than native speakers.... And thats really bad
That's oversimplification, the Western culture which the current Indian generation is following is American opposed to the Western culture which the elites of the 20th century India were following which was inherently British. And probably it's also cause of the more conservative and superstitious side of these regional cultures which makes them less attractive to the current day youth and which at some level is also incompatible with the urban lifestyle. So rather than viewing outside cultures with hostility we should try to imbibe the best features of those cultures and in process reform our own as well. And as far as it is concerned about english, I think it is more of a sign of how well aware one is about the international affairs, hence it's hyped up in this age of globalisation. Personal opinion, agree to disagree. What do you think?
@@razemusik3466 true India has so many regional languages that it is difficult for people to communicate while travelling through states. Instead of picking one the hundred languages and offending others, it is better to learn English for business purposes.
So Indians having obsession with fair skin is somehow British fault? Common dude our Indians should change their mentality before blaming others..we are adults and we are able to make our own decisions and living in a democratic country…
Fun fact : Today's British generation don't know any of this history.
I am a British student in Year 8 (12 to 13-year-olds), and I’m sort of the history buff of the class so I knew about this anyway but however when my class finished the Stuart curriculum early we did the British Empire and the main bit of the curriculum was finding out the positive and negatives of the Empire and obviously the partition of India was a part of that. So at least my class was taught and maybe others.
@@oshb5559 So may I ask what's written in your textbooks, was partition of India a positive or a negative for the British Empire?
@@oshb5559 I expect there being 90% negatives and 9% mehs and 1% positives.
@@oshb5559 hi, from India my age ,year same as your. But British did bad to india
@@oshb5559 I can give my history book text pdf you can read British did bad to india from the book. Do you want it ?
My late grandfather was from Lahore (now in Pakistan) and came to India as a refugee. He used to tell about the difficulties he faced during the Partition. He told me that while he took a train to go to the newly formed Dominion of India from the Dominion of Pakistan, he wore a burkha to hide from the local Muslim militias who were constantly stopping the train to look out for Hindus and kill them (Since my grandfather was a Hindu). When he finally reached the Indian border, the driver of the train who was a Muslim was taken out by the angry Sikh and Hindu militias from the Indian side and was killed mercilessly. When asked about how he felt during that time, He only used to say that no one in this world should go through what he went through.
As a bangladeshi living in the UK, I can say that without my own reasearch or my family, and having gone through the british education system, I never would have known about my own history regarding the indian split.
Same as a Pakistani in UAE.
Yeah as Pakistani in Australia I really only recently found out about it
@@naveerarizwan5329you people really missed your history classes badly. How can you not know about india Pakistan partition
Bengal should never have been divided. They mutilated the country
you won't learn it from this hindutva propaganda either. Read the wikipedia article and read what Nehru and Janni said about the partition of india. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
"No wonder sun never sets in the British empire cuz even God can't trust britishers in the dark " ~ shashi tharoor
his whole debate >>>>>
Sick burn 😂😂😂
Yuvraj Singh Lel😂👍
The saying is "Why dosnt the sun set on the britsh empire? God dosn't trust the britsh in the dark.
Well said by him:)
The guy who made the border: ooh let me do this, ah yes this looks kinda cute, uh-huh, yeah perfect
Could be true. who knows
@@OreOmodif u read history, it's really true..!!
If you take a look at the limited Historical Documents of Sir Cyril Radcliffe, he had said "I had no alternative, the time at my disposal was so short that I could not do a better job. Given the same period, I would do the same thing. However, if I had two to three years, I might have improved on what I did." You see he was given only 5 weeks to make a border at the last minute and seeing the horrific results of the border he was forced to rush, he refused to take his salary. I can not say exactly how he felt but from the things I found, no one in the committee felt comfortable with the border and the violence that came after and they were highly likely horrified at the large screw up they had just made but dividing British Raj was never an easy job not to mention, dividing a very diverse country in just 5 weeks is just impossible to do without causing massive amounts of violence and let's not forget Sir Cyril Radcliffe never have been to Asia and knew very little of British Raj. If anything I really do feel bad for Sir Cyril Radcliffe as he was made to do the impossible and still, I have no idea why the British even tried dividing the British Raj up at all instead of keeping the British Raj united as that was more possible to do in just 5 weeks then it was to get a Lawyer from London who knows nothing about British Raj to divide British Raj.
Heard he had a pet terrier that he loved and wanted to make one of the countries in its likeness
@@lostonearth7856 bro you mentioned 5 weeks here, but what about 250 yr of British rule in India..?
4:47 Nothing is harsher that splitting families...it's really hard to even imagine it..
I'm from Myanmar and I know the feeling of being colonized by other countries. Watching this video make this feeling reborn in my heart again.
Yet you guys did the same thing towards Rohingya
@@protocetus499 The Burmese government is afraid of Muslims. The Burmese government, like India, is worried about secession.
@@protocetus499 , no RO hi gya are terro rist people who don't respect other's faith.
Of course, when you are in power you can boss the powerless minorities however you like. Like the Rohingya people a few years ago in Myanmar, made close to a million flee your country. If the Myanmar people had an empire who would know what atrocities would be committed.
@@ballenboyUh guys, he is either living in a military Junta or has left the country. Please do not put a massacre on him.
The world will never know the pain Punjab had to face. All the Hindu and Sikh families that resided in Pakistan had to leave all their assets, lands and Homes to start from scratch in India after Partition and Vice Versa for Muslim Families who left for Pakistan. Another Factor was the Religious Mob who would burn the homes of People of other religions and would kill you instantly if you weren't a part of their Religion..
People even say that when the train was used to transport people from India to Pakistan or vice versa, if the train was started from pakistan, most of the people would be dead inside the train by the time it reached India and the same happened when the train started from India.
I am from Pakistani Punjab and my Grandmother tells me the stories of the violence that happened.
Ikr
This is so heartbreaking.
The case was also similar for Bengal. The people of West Bengal and now Bangladesh had to suffer a lot and had to go through the same situation like Punjab
Such small divisions on a map sure have caused millions of people to hate each other...
yep, most of the ppl in India hate muslims coz Muslim league demanded Pakistan and separate country for muslims which they also supported, They think that they can never co exist
No, it's come down to what makes human, human.
@@indopew2319 The main culprit still are politians
@Bhaskar ojha no man Hate is never justified
Indian people hate each other. Read about colorism and caste system.
Thank you Ms. Marvel for bringing this real life event to light to many people. I never knew about this as an American. Watchmen brought the tulsa race massacre to light. Comic book shows 2 , American education system 0.
Literally. I took AP World History in high school, and World History (1500-Present) in college and not once did I ever hear about this.
westerns are always saying that they are free and yeah they are but their minds are not. Ms. Marvel is not showing the real story and the media never showed the real picture.
@@phildowd5106 this shows their priorities that they never give a damn about brown people
It's nothing compared to British shooting over 5000 men in single village of Southern India for refusing to pay tax.
You must be joking! Ms Marvel the Amazon TV show!!! And Watchman…….Christ just about sums the American knowledge of history and they clearly forgot to teach in school about the deaths of an estimated 12 million native Indians during the colonising of the US.
Thank you Ms. Marvel for starting my path of India education to this video!!
this is indian propaganda it's not true. The British didn't want to separate india, they were forced to by threats of war and increasing provocation from the Muslim league and the INA. Read the actual history here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India
@@rorke6092 Uh yeah. Their plan was to take control over the bustling sub-continent and steal as much as they could.
"No wonder that the sun never set on the British Empire because even God couldn't trust the English in the dark" -Dr Shashi Tharoor
Well, they were powerful. But if it was the other way around, and india became a world power, they would do exactly the same and go and colonize the world. Britain was colonized herself, by the Romans, the Vikings, the Normans etc. That's what nations do. It does not justify it, it is a sad trait of humanity.
@@b.m.t.h.3961 umm...I don't think so just saying that everyone would do that if they were in the same position is a bit....cus before the British or even Turkish invasion india was a big civilization and the biggest economy and the kings who conquered outside of the country kept and respected the indigenous culture. Even the Turks who invaded India were atleast tolerant to people and still under their rule India's gdp was 24% of the world. In my openion colonisation is the worst you could do to any country cus its sole purpose is profit. Atleast the kings work for the empire they conquer but with colonisation every single change or "development" that happens is for the sole benifit of the colonisers.
@@kanishkanegi5594 I have to respectfully disagree with you. If india industrlized in the 17th/18th century like the west, they probably would have done what the west did. Remember, it was not just Britain expanding, it was many countries too, Spain, France, Portugal, the Arab nations etc. Humans are animals, very intelligent animals but we share their ways, animals expand territory, they do it for resources. India would have probably done it too.
@@b.m.t.h.3961 yup you could be right I can't predict what could have happened but as an indian I can atleast say that I know haw the people are.. maybe lol?? I don't know much about western history but usually conquering and expanding is glorified and in india too kings were expected to do the same but the pattern I have observed is that the kings and leaders who were more peaceful were glorified they were the ones who got people's support and left a mark in history. You can't see other cultures and civilizations through your own culture's lens right?it's just that different cultures have different outlooks which in a way I believe dictate their actions too. Plus in india the raw materials were already available that's why we got colonised in the first place lol soo it could be we would have colonised but I really don't think so...
@@physicslover4951 can I ask you something ??do you have knowledge in your recent history like in your family that did sati?? I won't defend anything but I just want to know cus I have something to tell.
My grandfather came to Pakistan without his father or siblings, alone. After years he settled yet he still missed the place he grew up in (Lucknow). He couldn't even attend the funeral of his brothers. He was the eldest yet the only one alive. I can feel sorrow in his voice when he talks about his brothers.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Did he ever get to talk to his brother after he came to Pakistan?
@@gaurangverma5470 yes but at that time there were no video calls and voice calls would be short and once in a month.
@Manal Fatima Adaab from Lucknow to your grandfather and you
@@manalfatima4961 That is very tragic.
my grandma was from Rawalpindi, Pakistan nd she always talked about her memories as being a kid , her brother who became muslim as they didn't want to leave thier land. And a berry tree near well.
My grandpa had huge hotels in lahore and karachi at that time he was a very successfull businessman but as all our family lived in india he left all that and fled to India on a camel he made few visits to pakistan even after independence he still talks about how beautiful pakistan is
"The problems created by partition" As a CK3 player this sentence struck many cords with me.
"Divide and rule" yeah. They divided people based on their religion so that people would not unite together to fight them. But we did it anyways and it still cost us. It's still causing us pain because religious and caste differences were weaponized by the British but it's used by politicians till date to divide our people. So yeah even though we are free from the British we still are shackled.
The politicians sure learned alot from the british though.
So true, we citizens still haven't learnt anything, we are still feeding the one who is dividing us, many would argue there is nothing like that but minority and majority of India have again being divided by hate!
If you think about it,without Gandhi ji , we would probably still be under British rule
With British being sent their method to divide should have also been sent but we kept it, keeping it.🤐
Exactly. I will not accept that we are independent until the minds of our people are "decolonised" from this stigma planted by the British.
I am Korean and I can tell this is SCARILY similar to what happened after Independence of Korea. Japanese troops withdrew and we separated… Also I just realized two Independence Days share same date(15/8)
@@muskanie2055 yeah I've also heard how wrong happened to Muslims and Pakistan, Muslims in Kashmir are still suffering atrocities of the Indian army
@@niftygaming4861 ok pak u r just like imran but you should know no one is gonna take you seriosly..
@@niftygaming4861 yeah regardless of religion Hindus and Muslims are living in danger
@@niftygaming4861 there is absolutely no proof of Indian army doing atrocities on citizens of India living in Kashmir. All news are "alleged" and mention "reports say", so stop spreading false rumours if you don't have valid proof. BBC and Washington post are some news companies which have always been spreading such ridiculous rumours without any proof whatsoever.
@@muskanie2055 If same media says something about Pak it is considered true but if they say something about Kashmir then that's considered groundless... Hmmm..! Well, at the end of the day, it all comes down to politics. I just wish Kashmiris get their true freedom and reunite.
As a Bangladeshi this breaks my heart. We should have never been segregated. We should have all been one.
AS AN INDIAN I DISAGREE. PARTITION OF INDIA WAS GOOD. HINDUS AND MUSLIMS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERRENT PEOPLE AND CANNOT BE ONE COUNTRY. I BELEIVE IN THE TWO NATION THEORY AND THAT PARTITION OF INDIA WAS GOOD.
@@kushagrapal8689 g chill
Under whose rule?
@@kushagrapal8689 just chill chill chill
@@rahman077 we cannot be one is because Pakistan and Bangladesh are Muslim majority nations which follows Shariah law We know how you people give respect to Hindus with great names you will call us also we know how you respect our Hindu scriptures etc actually
I am half-Bangladeshi and Indian, My maternal grandfather was born in East Pakistan or now the Bangladesh (Foridpur) and had to leave all the wealth they had. They were wealthy farmers with a huge manor and 3 streams and 13 farms but had to leave at a very young age. He was only 8 that time and wasn't sure what happened. His sister was also taken away from his family. They came to India for the first time and had no money and he used to work at a hospital sweeper at the age of 12-15 and nextly a Group-D worker. He married to 14 year old girl when he was 22. This was perfect true history which still Horrifies me as a 16-year-old teen
Both my maternal and paternal grandfathers we're born in Bangladesh, however, I would not say that I'm half Bangladeshi. Nevertheless, yes, both of my grandparents also had to go through what you just mentioned, and as a 15 yo teen it horrifies me to this day, and I cannot even imagine the hardships they had to go through at such young ages (especially because they were completely separated from their families and their parents had died due to horrible diseases.)
@@xlr8_bs514 However some artists call themselves half-nationality just because someone in their family is from that nationality, that's the reason I wrote
@@moon_dust_lights3388 Understandable
My ancestor also came from foridpur😢😢
Me, who studied this for months in school, seeing this concluded in 5 mins - 👁️👄👁️
To be fair this was a extremely complicated series of events and it actually may take months to study every detail
You say months. My useless books have been repeating the same thing for years. I came to know about these in 5th grade. Now I'm in 10th. Still the same chapters.
@@imsickoflifeanditstactics5063 heck yes It's the same bs but the language made more complicated for different levels..
This video touched me more deeply than all the history books I've read about the Partition.
THIS WJ=HOLE WAS A HISTI=ORY BOOK FOR WHOLE ONE CLASS
Not to offend anyone that's British ,but they really tore people apart from their homeland . Im from the Caribbean where the majority of people is either of African ,Indian or Chinese descent or a mix because the English brought slaves from those countries to work on the sugar cane plantations and these people ended up staying creating a mix of cultures.
If they're offended by the truth then they deserve to be.
who are actually the natives of the carribien
So did everyone else before the British tho? Why specify this to the British? In fact this only ever stopped because of the British but you didn’t mention that.
@L I am Hindu but I'm not from India im from the Caribbean
@@isha7079 Guyana?
My paternal grandmother is from Rangpur in modern day bangladesh and my paternal Grandfather from Sylhet in Bangladesh. Both my Maternal Gradpa and Grandma are from Noakhali Bangladesh. They came to the other side of the border to remain in their homeland India and ended up in Kolkata. My maternal grandpa came to Kolkata before partition as to complete his college education. Partition occurred when he was in College. All of my relatives from maternal side were a total of 20 families who lived in a 1 bedroom flat in Bhavanipore for the first 5-6 years since partition. Then, they used their savings to build their own respective houses.
This is an excellent brief description of what Partition was, what happened and why. Thank you!
didn't u know about it ?
my grandparents came from Bangladesh (then east Pakistan) to India in 1947, so this hits harder. they told me stories of how they safely escaped in the middle of the night, he could hear voices of dying people as his boat was slowly moving across the river.
Same here. My maternal grandfather had two sisters who had to burn themselves to save their honour.
@@she_wizzdom4410 may their soul rest in peace 🙏
I am so sorry to hear that and actually i am doing a report on the partition of india as my class 12th main project. my aim is to document new accounts of experiences and keep this massive event for all the physical and emotional damage it caused to so many people. so i have been wanting to interview people who have lived and experienced the parition. so is there any way I can contact you, specifically your grandparents and ask some questions? it can be telephonic or via email.
@@she_wizzdom4410 Sad for maternal grandfather sister .
Social Media & Mental Health. A nice video kzhead.info/sun/l51wnbiGr5ikYKM/bejne.html
I honestly do not believe any 5 or 6 minute video could do justice to the sheer volume of material that exists regarding the partition. That being said, this one was fairly comprehensive, especially given the fact that it was as short as it was. For the people of India and Pakistan, the partition was a tragedy unlike any other and remains etched in the hearts of the people of both countries as a dark chapter in their history. Many thanks to TedEd for educating people about this event. Here's to hoping for a more peaceful tomorrow, much love from India🥂
Yup
The people were divided by the colonial masters which is still going strong. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
@@hnaqvi6656 people were divided even before British people came in the Indian subcontinent. I don't understand why Ted Ed didn't show that. People were divided on the basis of Ethnicities, castes, religion, sector (shia, sunni and ahmediya)........
And much love from Malaysia 🇲🇾
True, true. Very true.
My family is originally from North India, my mum’s side is from Lucknow and my Dad’s side is from Dehli, during the partition my we forced to leave our land behind and move to Karachi, Pakistan. My grandparents still remember their homes and the deaths my family suffered. But ultimately decided that Pakistan was the right decision, especially now seeing the state of my muslim brothers and sisters in India I can’t help but agree.
Except punjab, no muslim was forced to leave India. Your parents would have left on their own, because Lucknow City still has 30% muslims and Delhi has 13% muslims
I’m here because of a Marvel show. That’s how you know you did something right. Ms Marvel is one of the best marvel shows yet.
Hindus Muslims Sikhs Jains Buddhists Jews Long ago the religions lived peacefully But everything changed when the Tea Nation attacked (EDIT: Damn…)
"TEA NATION" bro Brits even stole tea from India
@@lazymonsta2007 they stole tea from china, not india. it was brought to india where farmers were forced to grow tea instead of crops to feed their families.
@@aden5297 oh, my bad...
fr...and the worst part is that our current govt is so much like British..trying to gain power by filling hatred in the minds of innocent ppl , repeating the history
@Biswadeep Pal 卐 you can say that but British created the actual divide...if peace was less before the British came, then they totally took it away.
One of the most dark chapter of human history. All Thanks to the "great" Britain.
Just say Britain
@@akshay-jr1qz no, Great Britain
@@akshay-jr1qz No, they really like being called "great" Britain, so call them "great" Britain.
well it is late now so whats the point of holding a grudge so far chill and forgive them
@@akshay-jr1qz Great British conquered the world, Land of hope and glory!
my great grandparents were from lucknow, they had to escape with my grandmother to Pakistan when she was just a child. some of my relatives are still in India, knowing I will probably never meet them makes my heart heavy. almost every family in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have a partition story and none of them are pretty. Some people here still identify themselves as "delhi walai" and my dad still says that his caste is lucknow. they really never forget. very bittersweet :(
It's sad that for millennia people in undivided India lived together in peace only to be separated by the British.
There's an old saying that holds a lot of truth about this situation, and many, many others. "If two fish are fighting in a pond, chances are an Englishman just walked by".
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I think it’s Native American
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*American spotted
What a fact bro 😂😂😂
Me: Lives in india, read history, know about partition. Also me: Still watch TedEd.
Same and I live in Pakistan 🇵🇰
Yeah same
Me Too
Want to add, I didn't know brits allowed only same religion vote... They made such a system by law. And this is continued even today however not officially.
we"re just makin sure if it's correct or not 🧐
Saw this video the first day it went out, but I watched it again because the Great Partition heavily inspired Ms. Marvel. TV shows should feature more historical events!
India was never a thing prior to partition. You can say it was a big piece of land with certain ethic groups being the dominant in said region. That has been true for all of History in South Asia. So it's like me asking today if you cut India in perfect half, which half will be India?
I can see the overall dark theme used which certainly fits how tragic the event was.
Agreed
INDEED
Added the bg audio
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Exactly.... Honoured that ted ed used it on this particular video....
In the partition, both my parents families lost valuable property and land because they were hindus living in bangladesh, so they had to leave everything and flee to india. (Bangladesh was callled east pakistan back then)
Same. Every affluent family on the other side of the border who had to flee lost their land holdings, sacks of gold jewellery and were reduced to bare minimum on arrival.
@@himalayanirjhar very painful to hear that
Same, my great-grandfather and their families were from Bangladesh as well. But due to the wars and division, they moved into west bengal and lost all the valuable properties. Their condition became like beggars. It's so surreal to listen to the stories from my grandfather.
My tuition teacher (who is 86 now ig) used to tell us this. His family was from now Bangladesh and he had to run to India during the partition. He used to stay with his uncle aunt (his parents died ig) and he used to study on the floor (legit floor, like take chalk, write things, wipe the floor and then do again). From there he went on to get a job in Railways and then found stability in his life.
Same
The biggest clap back and revenge would be to reunite all the split lands, create a secular state honoring all religions and cultures, focus on what makes this land so powerful and great, stop warring, and literally focus on becoming a dominant superpower which it has the ability to be--- it is written in India's DNA, its land, its craftsmanship, its history, its art. Maybe One Day we can fix what we did not break.
It is impossible as of now, we can only do it by banning the practice of all religions
All religions pre India's independence lived in peaceful co-existence together there was never any violence between groups. The British Empire used divide and rule tactics to wreck ancient civilisations. It pains me to see what happened but it is now on the leaders and people of both countries to work together like the Europeans have after WW2. Bhagat Singh zindabad! Long live India, Pakistan and Bangladesh!
Imagine if this history was taught in British schools.
What is the difference ??? huh !..
@@wonderworld7721 they wont go around feeling proud and boasting about British empire that's the difference ,
@@ABHINAVKUMAR-pl4iw I just learned about it and I'm still proud.
@@liberalbias4462 Then the problem is probably much more deeper than your school's eductaion syllabus, maybe try closing some stolen goods museums and open few psychology therapy centres....might help
@@shreshroop not our fault you guys can't handle diversity and hate each other
It's very disturbing to realize just how easily the British got away with all those years of tormenting us, and never eventually acknowledged the amount of pain and violence they gave us, Indians. Great video, with unbiased representation.
It was the elites that did most of that life in the UK was not any better in those times if you were not rich kzhead.info/sun/pa6un76tmH53pp8/bejne.html wife swap clip from horrible histories from the victorian era.
@@vatsal7640 another british troll.
@@vatsal7640 What are u even defending
@@vatsal7640 no they arent, they colonized and stole from us and isn't misleading, brits accept this too
@@kennethkilian1971 He probably voted for the Fridge Lover
Came from Ms Marvel episode 5 and now I'm a fan ♥️ this video is awesome!
Great video. Dense, legible, and interesting. Not much more you can ask for
I grew up in India hearing that Pakistan is Enemy. My young mind extrapolated that to mean 'Pakistanis are bad people'. I hear, Pakistan's textbooks explicitly teach about Indians being Hindus and Hindus being bad people who hurt muslims intentionally and for no reason. Then I got to meet a bunch of Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Poles, Ukrainians, Americans, French, Germans, Lebanese, etc. etc. etc. in my stay of several years in Europe. I realized, people are inherently just people - some are great, most are mundane, few are awful. Nothing to do with their nationality , ethnicity or religion. In fact, the more I think about it, the very idea of having nation states for purposes other than administrative conviniences (and may be positive competitive goals like sports) makes less and less sense to me.
Exactlly, that is the point. We should not blame a community because of any deed of an individual one.
You my broski, are a king
No they don't teach that, just we study about history of Pakistan , As a Pakistani we want peace and brotherhood between two countries🇵🇰❤️🇮🇳
I mean, not to fight with u, but that was the original proposition in the Jinnah's 14 points...
Yeah...these are the hate that have been sown in our mind from our generations that have lived their lives before us...note everything you see and note everything you hear is true ..beside we are humans what other then humanity...we are one..we are humans and humans are the same...all are equal...justice to everyone.🦋lots of love from Pakistan✨
I feel like a lot of today's problems began with British colonisation, just an opinion
that's a fact, same they did to Palestine:(
yup its a hard fact !
Haha the Holy Land go brrr
@Francesca B This only makes sense from a British perspective. It’s not up to the British to colonise countries who have existing systems and cultures and then expect them to not stand up for their freedom.
@easter worshipper before thieves colonization, they didn't have any problems except caste
My grandma experienced this mascara in real life . She told me all the horrifying things that happened , about how at the time of indra Gandhi she was a refugee in a camp and ate dry rice and stuff . I think she also lost 1 of her child and relatives . She told that the pregnant women's were killed slowly slowly and how she had to go from 1 bus to another bus to another bus and had to travel for 2 - 4 days straight . I have so much respect she actually suffered a lot .
I just don't expect something so wrong from @TED-Ed. Gandhi was never the leader of only Hindus, he was the combined leader of India, same with Nehru. You can't just say that because of his religion. It shows that the creators also have the same colonial religious mindset that you mentioned in the video.
I'm from India and I'm really feeling very bad after watching this. I want to ask both Indians and Pakistanis- "Do you really want to fight and kill innocent people again just because a third person, who doesn't belong to both of us, divided us 74 years ago??" My answer is NO.
No - fellow indian here
Yes I want to
Absolutely not ! From Pakistan 🇵🇰
No brother no one wants that you are right and I'm happy that there are still people like you who think that way . I think us pakistan and India should think that what we are doing is wrong . Pakistan
@@fasihazaib3695 Thanks for sharing ur opinion. All this is happening only because of very few people who create bad image about Muslims in India and about Hindus in Pakistan. Or else why will brothers fight? That one day will surely come when both countries will be best brothers again ❤️
Here I am, a Pakistani living abroad, and pretty much all of my friends are Indians. The majority of both populations want peace and are sick of division. There's so much love that goes unseen in the media and politics. Both countries have done good and bad things to the other, yet still there is mutual respect. I am confident that one day these problems will be solved and things will go back to peace. Also, please don't start an Indo-Pak war in the replies. Unfortunately, I have too much experience with that kinda stuff.
Do you want to live in a full India?
@@mallucommenter4071 no
F**k the media. Never EVER believe the bs that they spout. Do yout own research, and then understand the truth. Medias almost always are biased, so believing them is tantamount to smoothening your brain. Well said, OP.
That love is as useless as your (and my) life for those in power.
Same same same
Hi Haimanti We have done a great job by telling our bloodshed incident to the world. Specifically who belongs to those border side understands and feels your word. Thank you
Thank you so much for creating this video.
My grandparents were originally from Kolkata in West Bengal. They migrated to Rajshahi in Bangladesh (what was then East Pakistan). The stories they tell make my cry. Muslims and Hindus back then lived more harmoniously in peace. One day I hope to visit Kolkata. ❤️
They never did, actually. Communal violence has always been a thing.
One person are responsible for everything after Britishers, that are "jinna"
But West Bengal has a near Muslim majority now
@@snaik9141 only if you're smart enough to think 27% is "near majority"
@@snaik9141 lmao Muslims are a minority in West Bengal, far from a majority...
My grandfather when around 19 when all of this happened, he left his family behind and his house behind only taking his close friends. He had no food no clothes or anything and he didn’t even know English. He got on a boat and thought he was going to America but ended up in England and then he got married to a sikh girl who was in the same situation as my grandfather. My grandfather passed away almost a year ago December 21 and I miss him. He never told me this story and it’s so sad because he had so many stories to tell me. My uncle told me his story at his funeral. My grandfather had nothing and he started from nothing. When I was born he was so rich and I’m so proud of him. Also my grandmother passed away when I was a baby before my sister was born so I was the only one who saw all of my grandparents and I’m thankful for that. I pray to them every single night and I miss them so much. Thank you for having the time to read this.
damn
You are so lucky. Your grandad took a big risk. Big respect.
A great deal of the misery that the "third" world suffers now is the direct result of the previous crimes and colonizations by the prestigious "first" world today, despite this the world does not have a good memory, we are ruled by an agonizing amnesia, a wrenchful reality for so many
I don't blame British. In 1945 and 1946 elections, 95% so called muslim Minority (which Ruled India & Spain for 800 years), Voted for Separate country because they didn't want to live under Democracy lead by (very Stu p!d) Secular Majority. 1945 & 1946 elections - Congress represented - Secularists. Muslim league - 95% muslims voted for. Hindu Mahasabha - hardly 5% votes. The fearful Minority 30 Million (now 220 Million) didn't left for Pakistan and now pelt stone on Hindu festivals. Hindu temples are under attack, Idols are being vandalised. There are many cases. Also, Pakistan in 1970, kiIIed 3 Million Bangladeshi people 😃 10 million refugee went to India (with whom they didn't want to live) 🤦🏻♂️, lsIamic Brotherhood KiIIed Bangladeshi 🙈🙅🏻🤷🏻♂️🙆🏻♂️ And even today, Baloch, Pashtuns, Sindhi people in Pakistan are "Disappearing". Take a guess by whom. Pakistan's main export is IT. (International Terr o rism) They were minority, yet they ruled Spain and India for 800 years. British were less than 1,00,000. Yet they ruled 300 million people. Minority is dangerous term. Don't play with it. For 51%, 49% is minority. 1921, Moplah Riots. 10,000 H Indus got kiIIed , 3000 forced converted. Direct action day - 5000 Indoos KiIIed. Noakhali riots - 5000 Indus KiIIed. Minority pelt stones on our festival. Minority is dangerous term. It automatically makes them victim which is not case in India. Hindus are Victim of them.
Great video , and good summary. The 1971 bit was covered shortly in the video, I would also like to see a video on the Bengali genocide when Pakistan tried to ethnically cleanse Bangladesh for no good reason
If you mix Religion with Politics, it becomes a rotten pond. Where everyone is covered with mud and you can't differentiate if it's a catfish or a goldfish.
tbf, the world war era was a rotten one..no one knew which side was good and which was bad..for one you feel bad for japan cause of the bombings and then you that they did the same horrible things to korea...it was truly a clusterfuck
@Ł TATAKAE
That's exactly what Congress did!
Exactly. But some use Religion as a tool for votes and it happens negatively and positively for a few
What? Politics always rotten
Fun fact: The border was drawn by a lawyer, not even a geologist Edit: Ye, I know, a geologist doesn't study maps. But it would have been better than a lawyer making a boundary.
That just shows the level of importance ( read f**k) given to us by our then colonial masters. Too bad there wasn't any Spartacus. PS: Well there actually was one but we don't talk about him because reasons...
Ikr, even a politician could've understood it better. A geologist is fine, but having a British lawyer just scribbling makes no sense.
@Ayaan Mohammed But it would've made more sense if a geologist drew the map Lmao
You draw an ethnic political map using various kinds of demographic data, not with rock age and type. A geologist making ethnic political map doesn't make sense either. A geographer is the better answer imo since they deal with social stuff too.
Geologist? 😂. Would he divide borders based on volcanoes.
Ted ed i am not an expert on history but do like to read and understand history I am Indian and do not blame british for the partition completely
It were muslims to be precise, India could have been United and secular but Muslims divided it
A little correction : M.K Gandhi and J.L Nehru were totally secular towards the masses. The Congress party had a number of prominent muslim leaders like Syed ahmad khan, abdul ghaffar khan etc. who were the reason of a lot of muslims choose to stay back in India. It was due to the divisive policies of British , that allowed Jinnah and his followers to proceed with a separate identity.
"And if History taught us anything, it was humans couldn't get along with anyone. Not even themselves." -Artemis Fowl II
Maybe they faired better without the European British.
India is today 75 years of age. Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Christians and Zoroastrians and many other minor groups co exist peacefully here. Politicians try to light the fire of hatred between different groups for personal gains but despite of all that India has managed to stay strong and is looking good for at least another century to come. Thus, proving that the two nation theory was a failure.
Artemis fowl fan yesssss
No.this statement is true. But can be changed when all humans have inner wellbeing then. No one will fight each other.
@@pretendtheresaname9213 no a person will only get along with ones who have same likes and common things with him/her. Ofcourse there are some people who will get along with everyone.
At the time my grandmother was a young girl (10-13) and she lost her entire family in the partition. She moved to Pakistan and started another family, but imagine losing your parents, siblings, friends, for the rest of your life and Not even knowing whether their dead or alive.
poor girl; its very sad; can you explain more how it happened; why she could not stay with them?
@@samanfisherman2276 Well the things were chaotic you know so people often got lost while moving to the other side.
My grandfather's (now Pakistan, always Muslim) half family is also still in India. Thankfully they are alive and seem happy and are Indian patriots.
I am Indian. My grandparents were originally from Noakhali, Bangladesh and they witnessed the horrific Noakhali genocide of 1946. They migrated to Kolkata but many were not lucky to escape. It is sad to see even in 2021, people hate each other based on religion...I wish we were all united and don't repeat mistakes of past
happens everyday in pakistan. 12 year old hindu, christian girls kidnapped and slaved for life
They easily stated that in 1971 East Pakistan became Bangladesh.... But during the whole video they talked how much injustice were made by the British and stuff... But didn't even think of talking about the liberation war of Bangladesh.... Bangladesh had to go through all of those things just to get their rights, own independent land and Language .... Women were tortured, young Men were killed, tortured brutally..... The most Sadenning thing is the Then west Pakistani military killed our most revolutionary leaders, they cleared all wise people... Remarkable writers, journalists, poets they did not spare anyone.... At least they could mention that Bangladesh was born after a liberation war.....
Don't worry, people know. Bangladesh fought a just war
Its new media policy to not talk anything bad about muslims countries like pakistan...
See it's not about talking bad about any country... No enmity towards any country... What I've meant is they should have added one more thing which is the liberation war of Bangladesh .....
Wow 🙃 amazing explanation I wish I saw this video before my test it cleared my concepts😲
The more I hear about colonialism, the more I realize how despicable it was. I don't think enough emphasis was given to how immoral and unethical it was in US education.
What's worse is that colonialism still isn't over. Some African countries are still getting independence and there still are tiny island nations in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans which are under French and Portuguese colonial rules. Heck, even USA has the American Samoa and Guam where the people are treated as second class citizens. They're essentially colonies, just like what India was to "Great" Britain.
@@infotalktamil551 what does that mean?
@@hittingyouoverthehead they are nothing but hypocrites
In your country the GOP does not want to teach their children colonial history as it hurts their ego
The US does not want to educate its people
I only have one minor problem with this episode, and it's that British Empire is consistently shown with EIC logo, when in reality EIC was dissolved when Britain took direct control of the continent.
The Queen Proclamation 1858 abolished the EIC and Queen Victoria became the Empress of India
EIC was revived and an Indian just bought the East India Company.
yeah it makes no sense, the EIC was dissolved of their holdings and it was given to the Crown in 1858, Officially becoming the Indian Empire, or the British Raj.
It was taken just after the 1857 rebellion was crushed . I guess
I pointed out the same thing
Thank Goodness for the partition. India would have never survived carrying pakistani islamic Babbage for long. It also limited islamist extremists to a single government body that's easier to deal with for us Indians. Imagine islamists spread out throughout India with different leadership bodies, fighting with everyone they laid their eyes upon. That would have been a nightmare. So a bloody partition but a necessary one for survival of the region.
Bruh so true, partition was the best thing happened to Hindus, got huge country with majority, muslims got divided in 3
This 5 minute video is more accurate than whole British TV media combined.
"These practices exaggerated the differences, sowing distrust among communities that had previously coexisted"....Very well said👏
they never coexisted its a false narrative imposed on us. we cant even coeixst together these days
@@MT-wp9su Maybe that's the case with you or your family members i have friends of both muslim and Christian background and they are the best of ones .
Nope the two never co-existed, they always hated each other if you've ever read any history. Mughal Empire's radical policies were in full effect and you think then Hindus were chill about it? We currently are living in the most peaceful time between the two communities
@@Aman-wt9iv He was talking about the past.
@@bloomeiblopa3446 He said about present time too see his last words and with such confidence that it's like he can speak on the behalf of the entire 1.3 billion people .
This is indeed one of the most objective videos I've seen on this topic. My grandfather was born in Agra, India and came to Karachi after partition when he was a child. I am the third generation born in Pakistan but even today the wounds of partition have not fully healed. I wish things had been different and it would not have been this difficult to visit my ancestral home :((... Love and respect to all my Indians brothers and sisters out there 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Edit: Thank you all for the wonderful wishes. Never thought would get this amount of positivity :))
I'm from agra. Is there any chance u remeber about the area where they lived?
@@sarthakjain5929 I don't know but I'll ask the elders of my family they might know. Thank you for your reply, mate :)
@@zainulabideen6218 so your fore' father was a supporter of a seperate muslim state
My great grandparents remained in India. But yeah partition sowed deep hatred against Muslims.
@@zainulabideen6218 Yoooo we've a lot of muslims remaining on our side, and from the looks of it, they don't think India is a secular and a democratic country so can you please take them in your side? They think Pakistan is pretty secular and democratic and while we're at it please return our Kashmir and we'll give you people from your faith in return. Pretty please 🙏🙏
What a valiant Talk … up to the point where it slides into the Colonial Propaganda Narrative, claiming a flawed “Gandhi & Nehru vs. Jinnah” cause to the vile Brutish hegemonic ploy. In the interest of DECOLONIZATION, this flaw can only be rectified by reading two vitally revealing books by Desi authors: 1. “The Loss of Hindustan, The Invention of India”. By Historiographer Manan Ahmed Asif 2. “The Untold Story of India’s Partition”. By Narendra Singh Sarila These two gems offer Our Desi History AZADI from the disinforming Colonial Narrative.
It was Churchill’s plan all along to divide the ports of India. I was just a foresight to prevent united India to become a super power in future which it has the potential to be
But I don't think that we can unite now, can we?
@@Arkham-kq9uf We can. It will happen eventually.
The entire vibe of this video accurately reflects the severity and predicament of the partition, and can we talk about the tragic background tune? As an Indian, this video was so touching, although there remain many many many layers to the history of partition uncovered. Thank you TED-ed 💛🤧
Absolutely.... Watched it twice just for the bg..
The sole purpose of partition was muslims wanted an seperate Islamic nation therefore it's not totally correct to blame Britishers as they only poured oil in fire ..the harsh reality which no one talks about is muslims wanted to create an Islamic state and they couldn't live with Hindus peacefully that's why partition occured
@@Aditya-pm2jw No the real play was politics Jinna wanted to be the prime minister of India but Nehru got chosen so they agreed to make pakistan.
@@Aditya-pm2jw LoL Hindus didn't want a separate because Hindus were in a majority
We don't discuss anymore but the shenanigans of the British have left omnipresent indentations in the lives of the citizens of the Indian subcontinent. Pakistan and India spend large moolah every year planning wars and reinforcements against each other. Bangladesh has been marred with population issues ever since and an unnecessary refugee issue seems to haunt the border states. Once abundant with resources and its own set of diplomatic equations, the entirety of the Indian essence was forcefully colonised. Everything has been negatively impacted, our religion, our texts, our sovereignty, our music and our Seer-Culture. We don't admit anymore, but the British implications on our soil have caused catastrophic consequences that generations of citizens are bearing the brunt of.
Absolutely correct. It's sad how little to no blame Britain gets for the horrors that continue till today in that region... So sad...
@@ItisMoody You are one hundred percent correct. India wouldn't have been in such a horrible state as it is today if the British had never separated us.
British Empire and their damned royals should pay reparations for this lives lost and property destroyed due to the chaos they created. Today's British speaks about human rights, they themselves been the ones violated evey human right during the colonial rule.
@@celestia4439 whatever would have happened is up for debate but surely the wage disparities and widespread poverty wouldn't exist, people would have jobs and industries deliberately killed by the company would flourish, so most people would be literate, hopefully education would bring civic sense resulting in peace and weaponisation of the past would be difficult. Even if the states did get separated (its likely that they would remain together under the marathas though) atleast hundreds of millions wouldn't be malnourished. I'd rather prefer that. Not to mention how much better the caste relations would've been, the whole system could've been abolished, its just terrible.
@Ujjwal R Sanagapati Imagine the frustration
The question should be why didnt it split into a number of smaller countries? India is so diverse it cant be ruled by one law without neglecting millions of minorities
Very educational since this was part of the story on Ms. Marvel with Kamala Khan.
The weirdest thing to me is that a lot of white Europeans today interpret these conflicts to mean: 'Without western ruling, they will only fight each other. Do you see now that they needed us to govern them'
Ikr Honestly you did improve some conditions which will not be denied but that didn't mean you had to colonise someone to do that and many kingdoms of Asia where more rich before they were colonised. It could have been just trading between people and then some got greedy and wanted it all😐 If you read history you can get a basic idea that it was more of the European countries showing of who had more colonies 😑
Well, they need to make themselves look like the good guy don't they
@@user-L13 not our fault you guys can't handle some diversity and hate each other.
@@liberalbias4462 Yeah,it's only like there were hundreds of cultures in each religion and hiring a guy who didn't even visit India to draw the border is a bad idea
@@liberalbias4462 ahhh, stupidity at its peak
I stil remember grandma telling me that the Brits increased the price of gold before leaving so people sold majority of their gold to help them in migration for a currency that became useless after they left.
How did it become useless?
@@gaurangverma5470 the currency given by the brits which was used before independence became obsolete and new currency notes were used
@@talhajamil9395 thanks
wtf
Damn.
All of Kashmir, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Cocos Islands, Maldives, Aksai Chin, Trans-Karakoram Tract, and South Tibet all rightfully belong to India and they will inevitably rejoin Bharat, it is INEVITABLE and MORALLY CORRECT. Long live to India and regards to all Indian patriots from Mexico! India flag 🇮🇳🇲🇽❤🫡
What’s sad is a British person we did it everywhere including inside the uk. I am from the outer Hebrides and our culture and language was oppressed children would get beaten for speaking Gaelic by the English. Brutal colonisation has hurt so many people around the world, yet we cannot change the past. We just need to do better in the future.
We can’t change the past but we don’t forget it either
@@Fahia6382 yes exactly
As an Indian it is heartbreaking whenever I hear about my country's struggle for freedom. I am very proud that we gained freedom but also wish that we Indians free our minds from narrow minded thinking which is an obstacle for us from becoming a DEVELOPED NATION
I can totally relate to the feeling. Just watched this video and I feel so proud... yet so hurt about the past and the obstacles we as Indians will face. I just wish there was a way to fix all this and make people understand.
@@shubhroy7960 i relate.
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@@radishdocx could u pls help me..Could u pls explain the consequences, demerits of India pak partition.. On the basis of communalism
Idk what to say, I’m absolutely in awe at how horrifyingly yet beautifully TED ED managed to explain the 200 years of colonial rule in less than 6 minutes. It was unbiased, clear, holding accountable the ones who had sown the seeds of discord through their famous divide and conquer. Shockwaves of colonialism still echo between these three sibling countries, loved every second of it.
Weird India has been invaded 200 times what do you think for how much years It was ruled 5 years 🤦🤦🤦 you know what I'm going to be keeping quiet 🤐🤐🤐
@@GM13555 are you a clown or something because your comment makes no sense 🤡
My grandfather, just 10 years old in Kolkata, watched a muslim man beaten to death in the street from his balcony - not quite comprehending the river of blood and chaos that was engulfing him.
My parental family is from Calcutta and moved to Dhaka. We used to have zamidari in a village near Calcutta, called Loskorpur. Local Hindus drove us away from India.
@@tri2222b the same thing happened to many Hindus who were drove away for their homes in East Bengal my ancestors being one of them
I am from Bangladesh. Most of our books doesn't even give accurate information on the dividing. We are still suffering. Before it was International power now its Domestic power that still are ruling us. No room for true Democracy. But TED-Ed did. Thank you.