section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  The Partition of India came in 1947 with the sudden grant of independence. It was the intention of those who wished for a Muslim state to have a clean partition between independent and equal "Pakistan" and "Hindustan" once independence came.
  
  Nearly one third of the Muslim population of India remained in the new India.
  
  Inter-communal violence between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims resulted in between 200,000 and 2 million casualties leaving 14 million people displaced.
  
  Princely states in India were provided with an Instrument of Accession to accede to either India or Pakistan.
  
  The Partition of India came in 1947 with the sudden grant of independence. It was the intention of those who wished for a Muslim state to have a clean partition between independent and equal "Pakistan" and "Hindustan" once independence came.
  
  Nearly one third of the Muslim population of India remained in the new India.
  
  Inter-communal violence between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims resulted in between 200,000 and 2 million casualties leaving 14 million people displaced.
  
  Princely states in India were provided with an Instrument of Accession to accede to either India or Pakistan.