Well after reading some of the threads here and stuff on other websites about Pakistan's history (well the land comprising Pakistan) I have come to the conclusion that Pakistan and the Indian punjab has almost always been separate from India politically and socially.
I shouldn't have had to read up on this as I have come across all sorts of Indians at university from Punjabis to southern indians. The Punjabis (mostly sikh) are more like Pakistani punjabis then any other indians. My sikh friend also reinforced this and told me that after the Punjab the rest of India is very different, he despises the Indian government and says there's alot of discrimination against sikhs by hindu extremists. In my circle of friend's I get on better with a Sikh Punjabi then a south Indian Muslim.
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History of Pakistan
I found alot of good stuff at this site. Even though I don't agree with everything he says in his articles, alot of the information is accurate.
I shouldn't have had to read up on this as I have come across all sorts of Indians at university from Punjabis to southern indians. The Punjabis (mostly sikh) are more like Pakistani punjabis then any other indians. My sikh friend also reinforced this and told me that after the Punjab the rest of India is very different, he despises the Indian government and says there's alot of discrimination against sikhs by hindu extremists. In my circle of friend's I get on better with a Sikh Punjabi then a south Indian Muslim.
During 5000 years of Pakistan's known history, this country was part of India for a total period of 711 yrs of which 512 yrs were covered by the MUSLIM period and about 100 years each by the Mauryan (mostly BUDDHIST) and British (CHRISTIAN) periods. Can anybody agree with the Indian 'claim' that Pakistan was part of India and that partition was unnatural? It hardly needs much intelligence to understand that Pakistan always had her back towards India and face towards the countries on her west. This is true both commercially and culturally.
From:
History of Pakistan
I found alot of good stuff at this site. Even though I don't agree with everything he says in his articles, alot of the information is accurate.