Indian Partition

Definition

The Indian Partition refers to the division of British India in 1947 into the independent nations of India and Pakistan. It resulted in the creation of two separate countries based on religious lines, with India being predominantly Hindu and Pakistan having a Muslim majority.

Related terms

Pakistan: A country created after the Indian Partition, with an aim to provide Muslims in South Asia a separate homeland.

Bangladesh: A country formed as East Pakistan initially after the Indian Partition but later became independent from West Pakistan in 1971.

Partition: The act of dividing or separating something into parts. In this context, it refers to splitting British India into India and Pakistan.