surajmal Posted August 23, 2012 Posted August 23, 2012 Conventional wisdom and traditional scholarship dictates, Pakistan came about as a result of Muslim grievances and fear of a Hindu-majority rule in post British India. Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the All India Muslim League are given credit for tapping into this sense of victimhood that still drives much of Islamist anger around the world. However, there is more to it than meets the eye. On May 5, 1945, the very day Germany surrendered, Prime Minister Churchill ordered an appraisal of ÅÕhe long-term policy required to safeguard the strategic interests of the British Empire in India and the Indian Ocean. Two weeks later Churchill received the top-secret report that, among other proposals, mentioned the necessity of British presence in Northwest India (todayÃÔ Pakistan) ÅÇrom which British air power could threaten Soviet military installations. When this was brought to the attention of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, IndiaÃÔ Prime Minister and the Congress, they made it clear they would not accept British bases on Indian soil. On the other hand, Muslim League leader Jinnah was amenable to such an idea. My next book, űakistan: The Demon America Created dwells in detail the tragic division of India and the monster of Islamism that morphed out of the Cold War and now haunts and hunts its own maker. http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/21/pakistan-the-demon-the-west-created Seems like an ad for his next book but looks like one of the conspiracy theories about partition may not be a conspiracy theory after all.
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