Yes, I am aware of that. However the migrants who set up the State of Israel came from Germany, Russia, Poland, America, Britain and other countries in Europe. A European stock had been transplanted in Middle East which in 1947 was barely struggling out of the middle ages.
Therefore a highly motivated European demographic [it had suffered from Nazi Germans] and well connected to donor groups in the West [like Zionists organizations] many of which had significant backers in high places faced a disorganized, tribal ridden, barely political conscious Arabs mostly still seeped in traditions unchanged since middle ages.It indeed was perfect disparity of capabilities.
I am not saying that such inequalties exist in only your case - they always do. History and circumstance can bestow advantages. Pakistan similarly was bestowed with one advantage like Israel was in 1947 - not that many Pakistani's are prepared to accept that.
In 1947 Pakistan was even more at disadvantage with regards to India. The previous colony, the British Raj [which was a British fabricated product covering todays Myanmar/Burma, Bangladesh, Bharat/Indian Rep and Pakistan. Most of the administrative architecture of the British Raj built by them over preceding 200 years ended up in Indian Republic. Industry, most of the bureaucratic machine including the capital, banking assets and the dominant share of the population were placed at the disposal of the new Indian Republic in 1947.
British Raj Empire - 1909. Notice it stretches from Burma in the west to Afghanistan on the east.
The same British Empire today which is number of sovereign states.
In 1947 Indian Republic had all the advantages. It had the population superiority. It had inheritated most of the trapping's of the empire built up by British over two centuries of rule. Pakistan on the other hand inheritated small population, a large tract of desert or semi arid land. Most of Pakistan in climatic terms is not vastly differant from Middle East. Indeed it is the easterly extension of the ME dry zone.
Worse within the year India and Pakistan were at war. There was every reason to believe that a country Pakistan [Belguim] facing India [Germany] with all the advantages would have been crushed within week of hostilities. However this 'Belguim' faced of this 'Germany' in South Asia and is still facing the odds. Just so as to clear Pak/India disparity is about the same as Belguim/Germany disparity.
So how is this explained? Was it the mullah chant that saved Pakistan against the Indian Goliath? Did Allah intervene? No. Nothing of the kind. The explaination is very simple. History had given India most of the advantages of the British Raj however the British for variety of reasons had been selective in recruiting soldiers to their British Indian Army. 3/4 of the ethnic groups that made up Pakistan in 1947 were on that selective list. See below.
Punjabi Muslims were the single largest ethnic group in the British Raj Armies. The Pashtuns [Pathans] despite making tiny population also had significant presence. In 1947 a major chunk of century of military tradition - in the form of Punjabi Muslim and Pashtuns went on to make Pakistan. This meant a big chunk of the British Raj Army regiments recruited from what became Pakistan went on to make Pakistan Army.
Therefore in 1947 despite having disadvantage in almost everything Pakistan was bestowed with one critical asset. A major portion of the British Empires regiments which had seen extensive combat experiance in both WWs. It was the military traditions of the British Raj that gave Pakistan a chance to fend off a larger country. Examples of the human assets that Pakistan inheritated from the British Empire Armies were
Lt. Col. Mahmud Khan Durrani - George Cross Winner WW2
Link >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood_Khan_Durrani
Jemadar Ali Haider - Victoria Cross Winner WW2
Link >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Haidar_(VC)
It was this legacy that helped Pakistan to face off India. On the other hand this very military tradition built up under the British Raj because of their selective preferance in recruiting from the ethnic groups that make Pakistan has been the cause of a very militarized society where the army holds enormous influence.
In the same way the European migrants from Europe brought with them advantages that placed them above the Arabs in Middle East.
FACT 1:
Not many people know this - the
first division from what was then British India that was sent to Western Front in World War One in 1914 to reinforce the British and French Armies was named '
Lahore Division' and was made up of the following regiments.
1*129th Baluchis
2* 57th Wildes Rifles
3* Bhopal Rifles
4*
Connaughts Rangers
Lahore Division was first non European division to engage the Germans in October 1914 and was critical in stopping the German attack on Ypres. By reinforcing the British/French lines the men of Lahore Division helped in blunting the German onslaught. The men of Lahore Division along with others suffered terribly and most regiments had causalties ranging upto 60% within month of arriving on the Western Front. All over small French and Belgian towns are buried men with names like Mohammed Sharif, Ahmed Khan etc What is forgotten is that most of the division was made up of ethnic groups from what is now Pakistan. Punjabi Muslims/Pashtuns made the backbone of the division. Connaught Rangers were mostly Irish Catholics from what is now Republic of Ireland. The first Non European to win the highest award of the
British Armed forces - the Victoria Cross was Khudadad Khan VC from what is now Pakistan.
Link >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khudadad_Khan
FACT 2
Where is the Lahore Division today that fought so valiantly in WW1? Well the regiments of the British Raj that made Lahore Division are still around. In 1947 all with exception of the Irish Connaught Rangers were allocated to Pakistan Army.
*129th Baluchis > Pakistan Army > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/129th_Duke_of_Connaught's_Own_Baluchis
*57th Wildes Rifles > http://www.researchingww1.co.uk/57th-wildes-rifles-frontier-force-2
* Bhopal Rifles > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Bhopal_Infantry
The case of the Irish Connaught Rangers is tragic. In 1922 the regiment mutinued against their British officers effected by the trouble back in Ireland. Some men were shot and Connaught Rangers was disbanded.
*Connaught Rangers >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Rangers
This was the nucleus of what would become later the Pakistan Army. Much as people in Pakistan complain about British rule but they must remember most of the regiments of modern Pak Army date from the British era.
@Vergennes