1. With INA fighting the British followed by immediate post-War disturbances in the Navy and Air Force, the British had understood their days were over. They, therefore, patronized political stooges who would be reliable later. But the major wickedness was dividing SA in lines and terms which would cause acrimony for ever - allowing them to continue to be of influence.
2. The drawing of boundaries favoring Hindustan (that was understood to be the new name of the Hindu half) is well documented. However, the more strategic advantages that the cunning British sought to achieve are as under:
a. After they crushed the 1857 Uprising and lost their American Colony, the British Empire targeted the Muslim diaspora to become globally supreme.
(1) India was home of a revived and powerful Muslim population. 1857, Shaheed Syed Ahmed Brelavi, the continuous insurgency astride the Hindukush, the rise of the Bengalee Muslim peasantry under religious leaders against Hindu zaminadrs and British rulers, and the Khilafat Movement sent a powerful message to WCC (Western Christian Civilization) led by the British. They now proceeded to patronize the Hindus and came out in support of the Hindu project of Ethnic Cleansing of Muslims from SA.
(2) Mehdi's rise in Sudan, Mohamet Ali's rise in Egypt, Amanullah Shah's ideas in Afghanistan, the writings of Jamaludin Afghani, Allama Iqbal and Kazi Nazrul Islam, and the refusal of newly raised Benglaee Muslim Paltan to fight the soldiers of the Caliph in Mesopotamia, and similar signs of the rise of Muslims had worried the British. The so called Wahabi Movement was another project of the Arab Muslim society to cleans itself. And we all know how this one and Amanullah Shah's visionary objectives were sabotaged by British Intelligence.
b. The other WCC objective was to scrap the last Caliphate of Islam. Not only did the Ottoman Sultan had a larger empire, the spiritual allegiance to him throughout the Muslim diaspora made him far more powerful than the English monarch. The Ottoman's were taken care of externally and internally employing Intelligence Ops and Zionist support.
3. Therefore, WCC drew up plans in the 19th and 20the centuries to scrap the Ottoman Caliphate and join the Hindu program of ethnic cleansing of Muslims. By dividing India they weakened the Muslims and strengthened the Hindus. The resultant Hindu-Muslim or Indo-Pak conflicts on the one hand provides lovely opportunity to gain commercially and politically, and on the other hand makes way for Christianization in SA.
4. In dividing India, the British also divided the Bengalees and the Punjabis.
a. Bengal pre-47 was the most affluent province. Bengalees are extremely political conscious who are driven to agitation easily.Ethnically located in one geographical zone the Bengalees are the largest community in the world after the Chinese. They had to be divided and punished for the so called Black Hole of Calcutta.
b. Punjab was the fastest growing province. Punjabis were also the most industrious and disciplined. The assassination of the Butcher of Amritsar, Brig Dyer by Shaheed Udham Singh had to be avenged.
5. The fact is that in India today whether in the private sector or the public, the Sikhs/Punjabis are the main force. In the same manner the hardcore in Pakistan are the Punjabis.