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Hindu Phenomenon |
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THE
CIVILIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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The
British, of course, had no desire to help the re- emergence of
Hindus. Indeed, as educated Hindus began to assert claims to
equality, demand share in government and resent racist slurs, the
British took steps to contain them. But all that is besides the
point. The relevant fact is that the Raj made possible the rise of a
self- confident Hindu elite on an all-India basis, the like of which
had not existed since the beginning of Muslim rule. Partition was a
logical corollary to the rise of Hindus. The British assistance to
the Muslim League during the Second World War, however important,
only accelerated the pace of events; the alternative to partition,
in the shape of continued separate electorates, weightage and
special reservations would have been disastrous and though partition
did not settle the civilizational contest that began with Muslim
rule, it facilitated the task for Hindus since they had now a
well-organized and powerful pan-Indian modern state of their own.
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