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Partition of India

The Case of Sindh Migration, Violence and Peaceful Sindh

Author : Salim, A.

Publisher: Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Place of Publish: Islamabad

Year: 2004

Page Numbers: 23

Acc. No: 974-S

Category: Soft Documents

Languages: English

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The relative harmony among the Hindus and Muslims of Sindh, established over centuries became directly at risk due to many traditional and non-traditional factors. Traditional factors including the economic exploitation of Sindhi Muslim at the hands of Hindu moneylender arose after the British conquest and the resultant British Civil Code, which offered protection and prospects to the Hindu bania (money-lender). These factors jeopardized the possibilities of continuity of non-violent social infrastructure of Sindhi people. Related to these are non-traditional threats that directly devastated peoples