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For questions regarding the Indian sub-continent, today corresponding to the nations of Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.

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Information about the Kingdom of Raja Dahir of Sindh?

As the Wikipedia article itself says, King Dahir was the ruler of the Sindh, and some areas of Punjab, the territories that now lie in Pakistan.His capital was at Alor, which is now in Sind province o …
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Military intervention in government in India and Pakistan

In my opinion, although both India and Pakistan's military were involved in military conflict soon after their birth, India's military directly inherited the structure laid down by the British. …
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What options India had other than getting its independence from Britain?

All these ensured that there would not remain any political ties between India and Britain. …
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Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas and the Science

For example, the artisans and craftsmen of ancient India would not write about their knowledge anywhere. Instead, knowledge was transmitted from generation-to-generation using the spoken word. …
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What was the exact time of announcement of Indian independence?

According to the history archives of the UK Parliament, India became a "dominion" within the British commonwealth at midnight on 15th August 1947. …
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What was Gandhi's post-factum view of the Partition?

He had also pleaded before the Government of India to try and maintain friendly relations with the Government of Pakistan. … From another letter by Gandhi on June 2, 1947 Probably no one is more distressed than I am over the impending division of India. …
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Why M.K. Gandhi preferred Nehru for Prime Minister candidate and not Sardar Patel?

Patel himself withdrew from the race on Gandhi's request. As for why this request was made by Gandhi, this is a matter of speculation since Gandhi would rarely give reasons for his decisions. People s …
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To what extent did Gandhi affect the factors that led to the partition of India?

Before the announcement of the partition plan (known as Mountbatten plan), he had said India could only be divided over his "dead body". … However, it is true that Gandhi tried to stop the communal riots that engulfed India. …
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What was Hitler's attitude towards the Aryans of India?

He wanted India to remain subjugated under the British (he said this openly in his book) permanently. He pointedly refused Bose's request to withdraw this statement in his only meeting with Bose. … Even then he refused to issue an open declaration in support of India[1]. And Bose, it must be said, returned this subtle hostility. …
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Why didn't Alexander invade India?

The bulk of India then was not controlled by Porus, but by the Nanda dynasty, centered at Pataliputra. … Porus controlled only a small section of India, close to Punjab (now divided between Pakistan as well as India). …
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Did Hitler really support Subhash Chandra Bose's cause and did he do anything to help Bose?

It also has to be remembered that Hitler had written in Mein Kampf that he preferred to see India under the British than under any other country. …
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Why weren't Indians converted en masse to Islam or Christianity?

Almost 90% of India was occupied by the Islamic rulers at some point or another, many of them intolerant of other religions, and it is difficult to say why much of India remained unconverted. …
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