#Partition

Dr Laura McAtackney

LMcAtackney

Yikes, the slick attempts at branding of the centenary of the creation of the state / partition (delete as preferred) does not bode well. Contentious commemorations can’t just pretend to

Sunny Hundal

sunny_hundal

I was born in London, but until the age of 13 I grew up mostly in India. Going to school in India teaches you a lot about patriotism. Most elder

Dr. Gill 2.0

ikpsgill1

[Thread]Khal!stan is not a viable idea because:Khal!stanis talk of only Khalsa Raj, but what about non Khalsa Sikhs and people who are not Sikhs? What about their equal rights and

Seth Frantzman

sfrantzman

Turkey's goal in pushing Azerbaijan to war with Armenia was to empower Russia and bring its troops in...to partition Caucasus and prevent Armenia's drift toward the West; it wants to

Sarayu Pani

sarayupani

Ok, there is a lot of fridge magnet Gandhi that gets tossed around every time a protest puts a toe out of line so I just want to take a

Razib 🥥 Khan

razibkhan

the abuse of language and its total debasement is a problem. all complex stratified societies have 'higher religion' but also espouse materialist/secular strands. e.g., india => carvaka, rome => skeptics/atomists/epicureans,

asif

aj_raja

THE LAST PRINCESS OF LAHORE - BAMBA DULEEP SINGH (1869 - 1957)ThreadPost partition, every morning a weak old woman would board the Model Town bus service headed to the city.

Meraj Hasan

_merajhasan

Indian arguments when peddling “British were the driving force behind Pakistan” are worth examining. “When WW2 started, British realized Congress wouldn’t cooperate in the war. So they forced all Muslim

Cormac Moore

cormacmoore

1/ There has been much talk on what date marks the creation of Northern Ireland with 5 possible dates cited. Two other moments greatly ignored in making partition a reality

Samrajya Yodha

AtheistReformer

I had to give a presentation in my online history class on the partition of India- caused. This is what I said--->PS- my history teacher is a leftist, communist Catholic

Gavan Reilly

gavreilly

There's a separate (and very interesting) legal angle to this which I've been chasing up this afternoon … more details on @VirginMediaNews at 8pm …https://twitter.com/aoifegracemoore/status/1296508121452613636 THREAD:Further to

Fidato

tequieremos

‘Jinnah's offer to the Sikhs’Before partition, #QuaideAzam met the Maharaja of Patiala in order to negotiate a power sharing formula as per which the Muslims and Sikhs could live together.

Harmanoid

harmanoid_

THREAD: Has India ever considered the contributions of Punjab? As Sikhi developed in 1500 CE, our Guruji’s led a movement for religious freedom, fought against Mughal invaders, & prevented the

Stories of Bengali Hindus

storiesofBHs

The Independence of India, a day that came at a great cost - partition of the country. There was happiness in one end that we were free from of British

Irishmonk

castlvillageman

tis worth concentrating minds @DavidGHFrostThe EU did not invade Ireland. The EU did not partition Ireland. The EU did not blow up 200 roads crossing Ireland. The EU did not

Azor

AzorInfo

The latest attempt to smear #Churchill again, esp. with responsibility for the #Bengal Famine, is ironically Euro-centric. This smear strips Indians, Bengalis, and Japanese of agency, and perpetuates ignorance of

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