dividing ethnicities among 1+ states Flashcards
new independent countries are often created to seperate
2 ethnicities, but they an rarely be seperated comletely
when ethnicity is split btwn two countries
conflicts arise
example of ethnicity split btwn 2 countries
south asia
india and pakistan
when british ended their rule over india, they divided it into india and pakistan. pakistan was noncontiguous and had a west and east. east pakistan became bangladesh.
why did they seperate indian and pakistan
ethnicity
PAKISTAN=MUSLIM
india=hindu
antagonism btwn the 2 was oso great britain decided to split them into 2 seperate nations.
after british took over india, it started a 3way struggle for territory. british, hindus, muslims
india split with pakistan affecton migration
massive migration since boundarie did not correspond precisely
6mill muslims moved to pakistan
1mil hindus moved to india
kashmir control
pakistan-northwestern
india-southeastern portion
muslims have fought guerrilla war to secure kashmir as pakistan or as independent country
what does pakistan say about kashmir
kashmiris should choose their own future, confident that the muslims would choose to break away from india
what does india say about kashmir
blames pakistan for unrest and vows to retain their porttion
puinjab
has sikhs that ae upset that they didnt get an independent country when india was partitioned
sinhalese and tamil in srilanka
i hate studying
srilanka ethnicities
82%sinhalese and
14%tamil
warred from 1983-2009
SINHALESE history
migrate from north india in fifth century , taking the southern portion of island
300yrs later, they were converted to buddhism and srilanka becomes a buddhist world center
sinhalese language classification
indoiranian branch
indoeuropean family
tamils history
migrated accross palk strait from india in 3rd century and took north part of island
tamil are hindu