05-06-2006, 07:03 PM
united being the key word here. that united bengal would become a muslim majority proivince wasnt his fault - its a legacy of bengal's history. ever since bengal fell in muslim hands it was muslim marority. but at least it was very prosperous, and had east and west bengal been one single muslim majority state (under the union of india ofcourse, not pakistan),
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United bengal was hindu majority in 1757
United bengal became muslim majority only in 1881, thanks to bengali hindus being too educated to breed adequately and the bad bengali habit of getting young hindu girls married off to old men, thereby creating a large pool of non-breeding young widows
A muslim majority state even under India would be no different from JK
with the hindus slowly being driven out
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United bengal was hindu majority in 1757
United bengal became muslim majority only in 1881, thanks to bengali hindus being too educated to breed adequately and the bad bengali habit of getting young hindu girls married off to old men, thereby creating a large pool of non-breeding young widows
A muslim majority state even under India would be no different from JK
with the hindus slowly being driven out