Quote Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
That would be the partition the British tried to avoid but which the Muslims in particular insisted on because they wanted to be ruled by Muslims?

Some other things to consider: Official policy was that money made in a province stayed in a province. Official policy was also generally not to muck around with local religion. There were some notable exceptions to the second in India, such as stamping out Thugee and stopping women from being thrown on their husbands' funeral pires.
My point again... This is almost too good to be true.

This is exactly why so many Indians and Pakistanis remember their rule under the British as the glory days right?

Oh, and though the sectarian groups may have wanted to be separate from each othe, I do know that the British were also quite keen in causing division between the two groups for awhile. I also know that Britain (rightfully so) gets some blame for rushing through the partition and causing that land dispute that has had a couple of wars fought over it...

I'm also sure that the British were nice enough to not exploit their colonies for the wealth and resources they had. After all the purpose of colonies is to spread the English language and help the natives setup nice judicial systems...

Still omitting China...