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bogle | 1 year ago

Not relevant as the partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 which created the constitutions. The Act was agreed upon by the legislature representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League, and the Sikh community with Lord Mountbatten.

The point stands that decolonisation was a mess and the colonisers played a large part in it.

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odux|1 year ago

I think the point is in spite of decolonization being orders of magnitude more messy countries like India have established fully functioning peaceful societies.