Except for few brief periods of history when powerful rulers occupied the whole of indian subcontinent, it was never one country. Rather had several small states throughout the history. People living in India too are not a homegenous group. They have different languages, different cultures, different religions, differen races.
Re: Was India Ever One Country?
^ India was one country immediately before partition under the control of the East India Company/British Empire.
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Pha Ji ...........you just insulted Ranjeet Singh the ruler of Punjab..
you should know better than that.........if you are infact a Punjabi..:)
Ranjit Singh nu British banna ditta tuseeh.. koi sharm karo !
Except for few brief periods of history when powerful rulers occupied the whole of indian subcontinent, it was never one country. Rather had several small states throughout the history. People living in India too are not a homegenous group. They have different languages, different cultures, different religions, differen races.
You might have heard about Shakuntala and Dushyant love stories, their son name is Bharat and he ruled whole sub continent, that the reason indians call india as bharath desh
Re: Was India Ever One Country?
^The statement stands, other than few brief moments of history where it was brought under one ruler by force, India was never a country.
^The statement stands, other than few brief moments of history where it was brought under one ruler by force, India was never a country.
Right, and all countries that are in existence right now have existed with the same borders since the time of adam and eve.
^The statement stands, other than few brief moments of history where it was brought under one ruler by force, India was never a country.
Depends on how far back you want to go. India has pretty much been one country (give or take a province or two) for almost as many years as USA has been in existence.
Right, and all countries that are in existence right now have existed with the same borders since the time of adam and eve.
Was there a country called Pakistan?
I do acknowledge that current boundaries are not sent down by God. The point i was trying to make is that no body divided India, it has always been many states in it.
I do acknowledge that current boundaries are not sent down by God. The point i was trying to make is that no body divided India, it has always been many states in it.
Every country has diversity. There are regions which are different from the other regions of the country. At some point of time these regions may or may not have had rulers different from other regions of the country. You cannot expect every place to be the same just because they belong to a single country. These regions may or may not fall under different states in the present set up of the country. This has to do with the way the country is divided for administrative purposes.
Re: Was India Ever One Country?
Icon... How was Pakistan formed?It got seperated from India or it got seperated from Kashmir,Paunjab,Rajasthan and Gujarat states?
Icon... How was Pakistan formed?It got seperated from India or it got seperated from Kashmir,Paunjab,Rajasthan and Gujarat states?
Man you people really suffer under the misconception that Pakistan separated from India. There was no India before there was any Pakistan. Today's India is just as artificial as Pakistan, created by the Brits in 1947.
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Re: Was India Ever One Country?
There was an unified India just before 1947, and that makes the formation of Pakistan the partition of India.
There was an unified India just before 1947, and that makes the formation of Pakistan the partition of India.
It wasn't unified. The Nizam of Hyderabad ran a nation the size of Italy independently of the colonial administration in Delhi. He simply surrendered his foreign affairs to Delhi, but retained full control over domestic affairs including taxation.
The "myth" of Indian unity pre-1947 is a fabrication designed to eliminate the memory of obliteration of the Hyderabadi nation.
But we remember it.
Icon... How was Pakistan formed?It got seperated from India or it got seperated from Kashmir,Paunjab,Rajasthan and Gujarat states?
No my dear its was the Pakistani areas that decided to form a confederation.
Re: Was India Ever One Country?
^ There was no Pakistan before 1947. They were Muslim dominated Indian areas that joined together to form Pakistan.
P.S. The British had a East "India" Company that colonized almost all of what is now India & Pak plus some other areas.
Re: Was India Ever One Country?
most countries on the world map today werent countries if you go more than 300 years into history. what matter is, india is a one country today, with a national consciousness and culture, a working political setup, and democratic institutions that can keep it going as a country with the promise of prosperity.
^ There was no Pakistan before 1947. They were Muslim dominated Indian areas that joined together to form Pakistan.
P.S. The British had a East "India" Company that colonized almost all of what is now India & Pak plus some other areas.
And when do we contend that there was. The point is Indians beleive that we carved out a state out of theirs, which is not true.
Re: Was India Ever One Country?
well indo-gangetic plains have almost always been the same bunch of people. so there is no question that most of the arable parts of pakistan were carved out of what is geographically the north indian continuum. there is no natural border between india and pakistan. besides, if i remember right, pakistan was made for muslims of india.
if you want to talk separate nations, the baloch and the pashtuns are iranic people, punjabis and sindhis are indic people. there is a natural geographic isolation between these populations. looks, culture, language - vastly different.