Naresh Ji,
What you quoted from Churchill is accurate. But question is, was Churchill himself accurate in stating that the Muslims made up of 75% of undevided Indian troops?
I guess he was either mistaken (unlikely) as he displayed on other occasions, or he was tricking someone for something; or just misstated the fact incorrectly (possible).
(Maybe he meant the 75% of troops recruited for WW-II from India were Moslem -- that would be more accurate.)
During WWII, British recruited mostly from areas which later became Pakistan, and therefore certainly in the last decade of British Raj, the Moslems in army may have grown rather rapidly.... but 75% seems like an exaggeration. If that were the case Pakistan Army would not have been only 1/3 to 1/4 of total army immediately after partition...
Immediately after partition, the size of Indian Army and that of Pakistani Army, is a matter of records. We also have enough information on Muslims who decided to continue in Indian Army after partition, especially officers.
Even the article by Pakistani writer (link posted by Pandyan) says: "Muslims as a whole constituted a quarter of the Indian Army as of 1947"
About Police -- even in UP & Bihar, Musalman content of british police was always grossly larger and out of proportion of the general moslem population of those provinces, and for good purpose!
What you quoted from Churchill is accurate. But question is, was Churchill himself accurate in stating that the Muslims made up of 75% of undevided Indian troops?
I guess he was either mistaken (unlikely) as he displayed on other occasions, or he was tricking someone for something; or just misstated the fact incorrectly (possible).
(Maybe he meant the 75% of troops recruited for WW-II from India were Moslem -- that would be more accurate.)
During WWII, British recruited mostly from areas which later became Pakistan, and therefore certainly in the last decade of British Raj, the Moslems in army may have grown rather rapidly.... but 75% seems like an exaggeration. If that were the case Pakistan Army would not have been only 1/3 to 1/4 of total army immediately after partition...
Immediately after partition, the size of Indian Army and that of Pakistani Army, is a matter of records. We also have enough information on Muslims who decided to continue in Indian Army after partition, especially officers.
Even the article by Pakistani writer (link posted by Pandyan) says: "Muslims as a whole constituted a quarter of the Indian Army as of 1947"
About Police -- even in UP & Bihar, Musalman content of british police was always grossly larger and out of proportion of the general moslem population of those provinces, and for good purpose!