Religion was the major cause - with some major political motivations associated with it - for India´s partition. In 1947, British colonial India is divided into two parts at the moment of independence: India and Pakistan. India had a large Hindu majority. Pakistan was the new country for Muslims. This division sowed the seeds of conflict, deep religious and ethnic hatred in the modern era (which are also inspired by polemic acts of the past); the two countries have fought several wars over territory. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawarhalal Nehru made pleas to the Muslim League not to divide the country, but the Muslim leaders preferred the creation of their own state.
