Role of British Rule in Rise of Communalism in India

The Indian ball club has never been homogeneous in nature. It has always been a diversified, multicultural, and multireligious society. But through out its history the Indian masses what ever their religion, cast and race was lived without any hostility and enmity. Communalism emerged solitary(prenominal) during the British rule, so whiz can very easily assume Communalism as modern phenomenon non an ancient or a medieval one. Communalism emerged during the British rule due to the three main reasons. The break up and rule policies of the British.The emerging competitiveness in the political and social structure of the society and also the conservativeness of the society of that time which slowed economic growth. The war of independence of 1857 in which the Islamics and the Hindus fought spot by side against the foreign intruders compelled the British to devise a plan to widen the communal difference between the the Indian masses. The British intimated the Hindus because they abide by them less hostile than the Muslims which were the former rulers of the subcontinent.This widened the gap between the communities and the Muslims felt cornered. This was the basic reason why the Muslim elite considered to found a separate country for their fellow Muslims. (Sociology of Communalism) Was Partition Inevitable? The Indian Muslims and Hindus consecrate been living side by side for centuries. Despite their cultural and religious differences both the communities have prevailed side by side without any notable hostility between them.The rise of Communalism in the late nineteenth Century further accelerated by the British rulers and lack of generosity shown by the Indian nationalists do the Muslim population feel vulnerable. This feeling of vulnerability further led to the demand of separate state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah the strongest fathom in the favor of the partition was himself a leader of Indian National Congress. But the Congress leadership failed to guarante e the Muslims their representation in the post-independence political and social system. This compelled the Muslim leadership to seek for alternatives i.e. partition. Thus one can conclude that partition was not inevitable if the Muslims have given sound guarantees regarding their social, political and scotch future. (How a Continent divided? ) Works Cited Asghar Ali Engineer, Sociology of Communalism Retreived from World Wide Web on March twenty-third 2007, http//www. countercurrents. org/comm-engineer190503. htm Eqbal Ahmad, How a Continent Divided? Retrieved from World Wide Web on March 23rd 2007, http//www. geocities. com/CollegePark/ subroutine library/9803/eqbal_ahmad/continent. html