Factors and Impacts of the 1947 Hindu-Pakistani Partition

The Partition of 1947 between India and Pakistan that would kill and displace millions of people was a product of several factors. The Primary factors generating the feeling among people that they had to move were the strong fundamental differences in faith, the rabid hatred and violence that threatened respective sides, and finally the lack of knowledge among the people about the magnitude and scope of the partition to come. These motivations felt among the people to move were a product of competing political forces, vowing for each side. These feelings that arose from the people within India was a product of competing politicians who left respective groups bewildered and misguided by leadership that failed to have their interests at heart. The British simply wanted to sustain their own personal control over India, while Jinnah and the Muslims and the Indian national congress were simply seeking political capitol and sustained power on their own. Each of these sides collectively pulling and tugging the people in different directions generated a fierce disgust among Hindus and Muslims for eachother that they don’t really know why they feel, which is evident in their remorse about what happened.