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You are probably thinking there was a concept of India before the British. Well, yes there was a common cultural and social unity within the dejure borders of India and Pakistan. However the India that we now know and worship did not exist when the British first came here in the 16th century.
Even during the formation of India in 1947 some of the Princely states did not wish to join the Indian confederation. To them their own petty states had greater importance and identity than India. This only shows how the concept of India was back then.
Also some of the parts of British India too wanted their own separate state.(Dravidaland etc)
I would also like to add one more thing. We all know that Sardar Patel played the decisive role in creating a cohesive India. However the last British viceroy Mountbatten too played his part. It was he who convinced many of the non Hindu princes to join our Indian Union. In fact he was even offered the post of Governor General of India by Nehru so that the erring princely states would not back out of the Indian Union. So this Britisher did play a good role in helping Nehru`s idea of an united India take shape.
You are probably thinking there was a concept of India before the British. Well, yes there was a common cultural and social unity within the dejure borders of India and Pakistan. However the India that we now know and worship did not exist when the British first came here in the 16th century.
Even during the formation of India in 1947 some of the Princely states did not wish to join the Indian confederation. To them their own petty states had greater importance and identity than India. This only shows how the concept of India was back then.
Also some of the parts of British India too wanted their own separate state.(Dravidaland etc)
I would also like to add one more thing. We all know that Sardar Patel played the decisive role in creating a cohesive India. However the last British viceroy Mountbatten too played his part. It was he who convinced many of the non Hindu princes to join our Indian Union. In fact he was even offered the post of Governor General of India by Nehru so that the erring princely states would not back out of the Indian Union. So this Britisher did play a good role in helping Nehru`s idea of an united India take shape.
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