Answer:
If we go through the history of the sub-continent, we'll find that the British came to India for trade. The East India Company (The British) took advantage of the differences between the Hindus and the Muslims and using their treachery and the policy of Divide and Rule, weakened the Indian sates and took hold of the Muslim States one by one with the help of traitors. After the War of Independence, they took tough measures (It is a very very simple word, they, rather butchered thousands of Muslims mercilessly, without any justification), because they knew that they had usurped the power from the Muslims. They feared that the Muslims would rise in revolt against their colonial, imperial rule as and when they found the chance. 1857 War of Independence will go as a slur on the name of justice the British claim to be following. There are hundreds of books which describe what happened to thousands of Muslims after the War. It is a pathetic, painful and heart-rending chapter of human history.
hey feared that the Muslims would rise in revolt against their colonial, imperial rule as and when they found the chance.
(Answer not mine,Forward from rohanmanjunath6)
