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why was Sindh not "partitioned"??

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Kutch region was part of sindh, so partition happened. :)
 
Too much work! I was thinking more along the lines of clocking 10+ hours of sleep! Its been ages since I've gotten up after having slept a full night rather than being woken by an alarm or a phone call. There is no such thing as office hours in our line of work!
what is your job ??
 
Just curious!!
Sindh had a population of 1,400,000 Hindus at the time of partition and some of the bordering districts like Tharparkar District, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Badin had a hindu majority. Infact Umerkot still has a hindu majority.
These parts could 've been given to India.
Another thing that baffles me is this
" It was declared by the Government of Sindh, that any land owned by Muslims before 1907 would be given back to them, regardless of Hindu ownership". [r]
why was such a law passed? and why 1907?

Why UP, Bihar were not "partitioned" ??
 
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I could pose the same question and ask why Jammu and Kashmir wasn't partitioned despite it being a Muslim majority.

To answer your question, Pakistan was created for all faiths. That includes minorities such as Hindus, Christians etc. Your theory doesn't hold.
There was already a proposal to exchange Kashmir with Hyderabad(Deccan) and Junagadh,however the same was rejected by Pakistan. During 1947, Hyderabad(Deccan) was one of the richest provinces & the Nizam was one of the richest person. Loosing Hyderabad was like loosing the golden goose. I think it was Liaquat Ali Khan who said," I am not a fool to exchange a few hills with the plain landscape which is more then size of Punjab"
 
Just curious!!
Sindh had a population of 1,400,000 Hindus at the time of partition and some of the bordering districts like Tharparkar District, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Badin had a hindu majority. Infact Umerkot still has a hindu majority.
These parts could 've been given to India.
Another thing that baffles me is this
" It was declared by the Government of Sindh, that any land owned by Muslims before 1907 would be given back to them, regardless of Hindu ownership". [r]
why was such a law passed? and why 1907?
Karachi was Hindu majority till 1946. As soon as the Partition was in the news the Hindus fled.
 
Why not Indian Hyderabad, Deli-Agra & Junaghar ???
Like u I can also add a few more places like Bahwalpur,Lahore
but it was agreed that ONLY Muslim Majority places WOULD go to Pakistan. Sindh had a Hindu majority population,I still feel a part of Sindh should have gone to India
 
We have had problems with religious extremism in the past decade but it has been dealt with by people of all faiths.
Sunni Shia voilence has been going on for more then a decade, last week a Shia Mosque in Shikarur was targetted, before that Rawalpindi
 
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