: The Cause of Communalism in India #WorldNEWSAll Communalism is not inherent in our subcontinent. It was artificially created by the British rulers in pursuance of their wicked divide and rule policy.

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The Cause of Communalism in India #WorldNEWSAll
Communalism is not inherent in our subcontinent. It was artificially created by the British rulers in pursuance of their wicked divide and rule policy.
Some people think that communalism (religious hatred) in India is because of Muslim invasion into India over a thousand years ago, and will never disappear as inherently Hindus and Muslims are enemies of each other. This article has been written to question this belief.
What will be sought to be proved here is that communalism did not exist before 1857, and it was artificially created by our British rulers after suppressing the Mutiny of 1857.

To explain this we have to delve into history. As explained in my article, “What is India”, in my blog Satyam Bruyat, India (in which I include Pakistan and Bangladesh) is broadly a country of immigrants like North America.
The ancestors of 92 to 93 percent people living today in our subcontinent were not the original inhabitants here, but came from outside, mainly from the northwest (the original inhabitants being the pre-Dravidian tribals). People migrate from uncomfortable areas to comfortable areas, and India was a paradise for agriculture, with level land, fertile soil, plenty of water for irrigation, etc.
Why should anyone living in India migrate to say, Afghanistan, which is cold, mountaineous covered with snow for several months in a year , and very uncomfortable? Hence for thousands of years people have been pouring into India, mainly from the North West. It is for this reason that India has such tremendous diversity so many religions, castes, languages, ethnic groups, cultures, etc because each group of immigrants brought their own language, religion, culture, and customs.
Also Read: India – Who were the original inhabitants?
Hence, the only policy that can work in our subcontinent is secularism and giving equal respect to all communities and sects. This was the policy of the great Emperor Akbar, whom I regard (along with Ashoka) as the greatest ruler the world has ever seen.
The great Emperor Akbar
At a time when the Europeans were massacring each other in the name of religion (Catholics massacring Protestants and vice versa, and both massacring the Jews), Akbar, who was far ahead of his times, declared his policy of Suleh-e-Kul, i. e. universal toleration of all religions, and it is because of this wise policy that the Mughal Empire lasted so long.
It was Emperor Akbar who laid the foundation on which the Indian nation is still standing, and I regard him as the Father of the Indian nation (see my judgment in Hinsa Virodhak Sangh vs Mirzapur Moti Kuresh Jamaat online).
Subsequent Mughal rulers also continued this secular policy (though there is a controversy about Aurangzeb), and it was also continued by the Nawab of Avadh (who used to organise Ramlila and dussehra, and participate in Holi and Diwali ), Nawab of Murshidabad, Tipu Sultan, and other Muslim rulers in India.

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