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We call this chapter as near death of the organization of India, because in 1947, India was on the verge of collapse. Lord Mountbatten, the last British viceroy of India, described India in 1947 as a ship burning in the mid-ocean. It was due to the creation of Pakistan to satisfy the demand of the Muslims to create a separate country. The result was the murder of millions, destitution of millions more, and a total disruption of normal life in most part of northern India. In this chapter we have analyzed the reason for the creation of Pakistan so as to create a future military base for the Anglo-American army to deter the increasingly powerful Soviet Union after 1945. That could be the reason that Britain tolerated a dominion army of Pakistan to invade both Kashmir and Balochistan. This chapter narrates that sad history and the background of that destructive process.
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Basu, D., Miroshnik, V. (2017). Near Death of the Organization of India. In: India as an Organization: Volume One. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53372-8_7
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