10-14-2010, 06:48 AM
Quote:> Punjab 1941 districts
VA: The following Muslim majority areas were awarded to India -
> District
> Total
> Muslim
> Muslim %
> Non-Muslim
> Non-muslim%
>
Gurdaspur
> 1153511
> 589923
> 51.14
> 563588
> 48.86
VA: Three of the four tehsils of Gurdaspur were given to India, and
the fourth, trans-Ravi tehsil given to Pakistan. In Lahore district,
the Lahore tehsil as such, on th east of Ravi, was Hindu majority,
but was given to Pakistan along with the entire district. However, a
small portion of the district (or from Montgomery?) south of the
combined stream of Beas and Sautlej, was given to India despite a
Muslim majority.
> Bengal 1941 districts
VA: The following Muslim majority areas were given to India.
Murshidabad has a larger Muslim majroity today than in 1941, while
Maldah has a slight Hindu majority. Nadia has a Hindu majority today,
it is also an important centre of Bengali Vaishnavism, being
associated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. -
> District
> Total
> Muslim
> Muslim %
> Non-Muslim
> Non-muslim%
> Nadia
> 1759846
> 1078007
> 61.26
> 681839
> 38.74
>
> Murshidabad
> 1640530
> 927747
> 56.55
> 712783
> 43.45
Malda
> 1232618
> 699945
> 56.79
> 532673
> 43.21
>
VA: The following district was partitioned into two, eastern half was
given to Bangladesh and western to India.
> Dinajpur
> 1926833
> 967246
> 50.20
> 959587
> 49.80
>
VA: The following non-Muslim or Hindu majority areas were given to
Bangladesh. Repeated pesecution has reduced Hindus to a minority of
less than 20% in this district now. -
>
> Khulna
> 1943218
> 959172
> 49.36
> 984046
> 50.64
>
> Chittagong Hill
> 247053
> 7270
> 2.94
> 239783
> 97.06
It was criminal to give Chittagong Hill tracts to Pakistan. The
region was 90% Buddhist, and they have now been expelled to India and
have been swamped by Muslim settlers. The region has a heavy Muslim
majority now.
VA: Of this district below, the Hailakandi tehsil (which had a Hindu
majority) was separated from the district and given to India. This
allowed us to have access to Tripura, a Hindu area that would have
otherwise gotten surrounded by Bangladesh from all sides.
> Sylhet
> 3116602
> 1892117
> 60.71
> 1224485
> 39.29
VA:In the western wing, the rulers of Shikarpur (in Sindh) and Kalat
(much of Baluchistan) sent in accession papers to Nehru who foolishly
returned them, and asked them to merge with Pakistan instead. Not
surprisingly, their merger with Pakistan lead to an expulsion of
large Hindu minorities.
Assam earlier had 35% Muslims, but that included the population of
Muslim dominated Sylhet. In 1951, it had around 21% Muslims, but in
1991, the Muslim percentage was 28.5 and now I won't be surprised of
the number has crossed 30%. A large part of lower Assam is clearly
Muslim majority.
Vishal
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianCivi...sage/31326
Quote:"The textbook says, "Jinnah won and got Pakistan consisting of North-
West Frontier Province, Sind, East Bengal and West Punjab." Was
Baluchistan a later acquisition?"
VA: This is NOT AN ERROR. Much of what is now called Baluchistan was
under the rule of the Nawab of Kalat (aka Khan of Kalat) and he
wanted to accede to India. His accession papers were returned by
Nehru. Incorporation of Kalat into Pakistan required a small army
intervention by the Paki government.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianCivi...sage/32988