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History

The term Greater India refers to the historical spread of the Culture of India beyond the Indian subcontinent proper. This concerns the spread of Hinduism in Southeast Asia in particular, introduced by the Indianized kingdoms of the 5th to 15th centuries, but may also extend to the earlier spread of Buddhism from India to Central Asia and China by way of the Silk Road during the early centuries CE. To the west, Greater India overlaps with Greater Persia in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains. Historically, the term is also tied to the geographic uncertainties surrounding the "Indies" during the Age of Exploration.

1947

On 14 August, 1947, the birth of the new Islamic Republic of Pakistan took place. At midnight the next day India won its freedom from colonial rule, ending nearly 350 years of British presence in India. ^[1] There are a lot of separatist movements in India and Nepal which demand 'freedom' for their peoples, like the Tamil Tigers and the Naxalites. ^[2] Pakistan also claims Kashmir, Junagadh and Manavadar which is in Indian control. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

The status quo, with today’s States and Union Territories

There are 28 states and 6 Union territories and 1 National Capital Territory in the country. Union Territories are administered by the President through an Administrator appointed by him. From the largest to the smallest, each State/UT of India has a unique demography, history and culture, dress, festivals, language etc. [1]

Basic idea

This new map of subcontinent shows that if these separatist movements somehow got success then there may emerge 10 new countries namely Khalistan, Assam ^[6], Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Dravidistan, East Bengal and Orissa (the Naxalite state) ^[7] which is communist in nature).

Radcliff Award, unjust and unfair to Pakistan

Background

On June 3, 1947, Mountbatten, the viceroy announced plans for partition of the British Indian Empire into the nations of India and Pakistan, which itself was divided into east and west wings on either side of India. The June 3, 1947 Partition Plan was prepared by Mountbatten in consultation with the British Government. It was based on a fundamental principle that transfer of power should take place according to the wishes of the people. The principle of partition was specified in the plan : The all Muslim majority areas were to constitute part of Pakistan and similarly the Hindu majority areas were to go to India. ^[8] Besides, the 565 princely States at that time including the State of Jammu and Kashmir were given the option either to join Pakistan or India. Such joining to either State was to be determined by the geographical contiguity and communal composition of the population. The State of Jammu and Kashmir with a 77 % Muslims majority (according to 1941 Census) would have acceded to Pakistan. ^[9]

Radcliff Award Handed over Some of the Muslim Majority Areas that were Contiguous to the Boundary of Pakistan to India: These areas included. ^[10]
1. Sub-district of Ajnala in Amritsar district
2. Sub-district of Nakadar and Jullundur in Jullundur district
3. Sub-district of Ferozepur and Zira in Ferozepur district
4. Sub-district of Batala and Gurdaspur in Gurdaspur district

Radcliff award, allotted sixty-two percent of the area of undivided Punjab to India, with fifty-five percent of the population. ^[10]

Jammu & Kashmir

The most important state of British India was Kashmir naturally connected with Pakistan. Its ruler was Hindu while population was Muslim. The population inclined towards Pakistan but the Hindu ruler declared to join India. The Kashmiri people revolt against the ruler in Poonch area and soon it became widespread. The ruler sought Indian support. India demanded accession. ^[9] On October 27, 1947 Indian army entered in Kashmir through Gurdaspur the only Exit for India to Kashmir. It was a Muslim majority district situated at the border of India it but unjustly assigned to India by the Radcliff Award. It proved the fact that accession of Kashmir to India a pre planed conspiracy between Congress and British government. ^[10]

Junagadh and Manavadar

Junagadh was a small Hindu majority state of British India covering 3337 sq miles of the area. It situated 300 miles down to the coast of Karachi Indian coast of Kathiawar. The Muslim rulers ruled the state. ^[10] After independence the request for the accession with Pakistan by its rulers was accepted by the Quaid-e-Azam. Indian government reacted sharply and an economic blockade of the state of Junagardh was imposed that resulted in food shortage. By the end of October 1947 the rulers of the state of Junagadh were forced to leave the state. On 9 November 1947 the Indian army occupied the state. Pakistan took that matter in UNO where it is still pending. ^[10] Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the last Pakistani head of state to mention Junagarh and Manavadar ^[11]

India affected by Naxalites

Naxals hold sway in about 180 districts across ten states of India ^[12] accounting for about 40 percent of India's geographical area, ^[13] They are are especially concentrated in an area known as the " Red corridor", where they control 92,000 square kilometers. ^[13] According to India's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, 20,000 Naxalites were in April 2006 in operation, ^[14] and their growing influence prompted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare them as the most serious threat to India's national security. ^[15]

The BBC maintains that upwards of 6,000 people have died in the Naxal uprising in 2009 only. ^[15]

In media

• Channel 4's Unreported World telecasted a programme titled "India's Hidden War" in October 2006, based on the uprising ^[16]

Greater Assam and Nagaland

Since the mid-20th century, people from present Bangladesh have been migrating to Assam. In 1961, the Government of Assam passed a legislation making use of Assamese language compulsory; It had to be withdrawn later under pressure from Bengali speaking people in Cachar. In the 1980s the Brahmaputra valley saw a six-year Assam Agitation ^[17] triggered by the discovery of a sudden rise in registered voters on electoral rolls.

The post 1970s experienced the growth of armed separatist groups like United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ^[17] and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). Regional autonomy has been ensured for Bodos in Bodoland Territorial Council Areas (BTCA) and for the Karbis in Karbi Anglong after agitation of the communities due to sluggish rate of development and aspirations for self-government. As the situation in Assam has turned very serious as communal clashes continue in two central districts of the state, namely Udalguri and Darrang.

The Narga tribes also feal the same way towards Assam as Assam dose to India.

Khalistan

Khalistan Khālistān (Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ) is on actually proposed Sikh homeland. The Khalistan movement is a movement in Indian Punjab to create "The Land of the Pure" as an independent Sikh state in all Punjabi-speaking areas, which include Indian Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and some other Punjabi speaking parts of states like Gujarat and Rajasthan.. ^[19]

Geography of Khalistan
According to the Khalistan web-site:

The geographical boundaries of Khalistan will include current India Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pardesh and River Ravi on the west and river Jamuna on the east will be some of the boundary lines between Khalistan & Pakistan, Khalistan & India respectively. In the north, part of Himalayan range and in south, part of Thar Desert will make the geographical boundaries of Khalistan. ^[20]

Pashtunistan

During the period of British intervention in Afghanistan, the ethnicly Pashtun territories were divided by the Durand Line. This would lead to strained relations between Afghanistan and British India – and later the new state of Pakistan – over what came to be known as the Pashtunistan debate.

The Durand Line is named after Sir Mortimer Durand, the foreign secretary of the British Indian government, who, in 1893 Mortimer Durand negotiated with King / Amir Abdur Rahman Khan the Amir of Afghanistan, who ruled from 1880-1901, the Boundry , between modern-day, Afghanistan , the FATA, NWFP and Baluchistan Provinces of Pakistan the successor state of British India, and the successor Iranian state of Khorasan.

The Durand Line is officially recognized by most nations as the international boundary between modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, but this border also is an ongoing point of contention between the two countries.

Dravidistan

Dravidistan, Dravidasthan, or Dravida Nadu (Tamil: திராவிட நாடு) was the name of a proposed sovereign state for all non- Brahmin speakers of Dravidian languages in South Asia. Initially, the demand of Dravida Nadu proponents was limited to Tamil-speaking region, but later, it was expanded to include other states with Dravidian speakers in majority ( Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Karnataka. ^[21]) Some of the proponents also included parts of Ceylon ( Sri Lanka) ^[22], Orissa and Maharashtra. ^[23] Other names for the proposed sovereign state included "South India", "Deccan Federation" and "Dakshinapath". ^{[24] [25]}

Secessionist Movements in India

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Below is given the list of Separatist/Secessionist Movements in India

See also: Insurgent groups in Northeast India

• Andhra Pradesh^{[ citation needed]}
  • Political party: Jai Andhra [2]
• Arunachal Pradesh
  • Rebel organization: Arunachal Dragon Force
  • Proposed autonomous region: Teola country [3]
• Assam

See also under Bodoland, Dimasaland, Kamtapur, Karbi below.

• • Rebel organization: United Liberation Front of Assam, Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam [4]
• Bodoland
  • Political parties: National Democratic Front of Bodoland
• Dimasaland
  • Political party: Dima Halim Daogah
• Garo
  • Rebel organizations: People's Liberation Front of Meghalaya/ Achik National Volunteer Council [5]
  • Proposed autonomous region: Achikland
• Gondwana
  • Political party: Gondwana Ganatantra Party, seeking to create a Gondi state from parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra [6]
• Kamtapur
  • Political party: Kamtapur Peoples Party (political wing of KLO)
  • Rebel organizations: Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation
• Karbi^{[ citation needed]}
  • Rebel organization: Karbi National Volunteers, United People’s Democratic Solidarity [7]
  • Proposed autonomous region: Karbi-Anglong^{[ citation needed]}
• Karnataka
  • Proposed State: Tulu Nad,seeking to create a Tulu state from parts of Karnataka
• Kashmir
  • Rebel organizations: Lashkar-e-Toiba, Harkat-ul-mujahideen
  • Proposed state: Unification with Pakistan
  • Political organizations: All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
  • Proposed state: Independent State of Kashmir
• Nagaland
  • Rebel organization: National Socialist Council of Nagaland
  • Government-in-exile: Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland
  • Proposed state: Nagalim, or Peoples Republic of Nagaland
• Manipur^{[ citation needed]}
  • Rebel organizations: Hmar People's Convention–Democrat, Manipur People’s Liberation Front, United National Liberation Front, Revolutionary People's Front of Manipur, People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak [8]
• Mizoram^{[ citation needed]}
  • Rebel organizations: Zomi Revolutionary Organization^{[ citation needed]}, Mizoram Farmers Liberation Force^{[ citation needed]}
  • Proposed state: Zozam^{[ citation needed]}
• Punjab
  • Proposed state: Khalistan
  • Rebel organizations: Khalistan Commando Force, Babbar Khalsa International, Khalistan Zindabad Force, International Sikh Youth Federation, Khalistan Liberation Force
• Rayalaseema^{[ citation needed]}
• Tamil Nadu^{[ citation needed]}
  • Rebel organizations: Tamil National Retrieval Troops, Tamil Nadu Liberation Army
• Telangana
  • Political parties: Telangana Rashtra Samithi, seeking to separate Telangana from Andhra Pradesh state. Various other minor groups such as Jai Telangana Party, Telangana Communist Party, Telangana Janata Party, Telangana Praja Samithi, Telangana Rashtra Party, Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front, Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Telangana Sadhana Samithi.
• Tripura
  • Rebel organizations: National Liberation Front of Tripura (two factions operating), All Tripura Tiger Force
• Vidarbha^{[ citation needed]}
  • Political parties: Vidarbha Rajya Party, Vidarbha Vikas Party, seeking to separate Vidarbha from Maharashtra.
• Zomi^{[ citation needed]}
  • Political parties: Zomi National Congress^{[ citation needed]}

See also

• Separatist movements of India
• Insurgency in North-East India
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• Khalistan movement
• Gorkha National Liberation Front
• Naxalite
• Rebellion
• War on Terror
• Naxalite-Maoist insurgency
• Red corridor
• Separatist movements of Pakistan
• Tamil Tigers
• Gorkha National Liberation Front
• Revolution
• Taliban
• Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
• Salwa Judum
• Compact Revolutionary Zone

Further reading

• Inventing Boundaries: gender, politics and the Partition of India edited by Mushirul Hasan (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000)
• The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the demand for Pakistan by Ayesha Jalal (Cambridge University Press, 1985)
• Naxalite Politics in India, by J. C. Johari, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, New Delhi, . Published by Research Publications, 1972.
• The Naxalite Movement, by Biplab Dasgupta. Published by , 1974
• The Naxalite Movement in India, by Prakash Singh. Published by Rupa, 1995. ISBN 8171672949.

External links

• The Kashmir Dispute
• The Sikh separatist movement and the Indian state: A retrospect
• Human Rights Violations and Right of Self-Determination of Kashmiri People in the Light of Historical Facts - Nayyar Niaz Khan
• 'History of Naxalism', Hindustan Times
• Punjab: The Knights of Falsehood by K P S Gill
• The Ghost of Khalistan - Sikh Times
• Jaskaran Kaur, Barbara Crossette. Twenty Years of Impunity: The November 1984 Pogroms of Sikhs in India. London: Nectar, 2004. [9]
• Parvinder Singh. 1984 Sikhs' Kristallnacht. 28-page report, 2009. [10]
• The Kashmir Dispute
• The Sikh separatist movement and the Indian state: A retrospect
• Human Rights Violations and Right of Self-Determination of Kashmiri People in the Light of Historical Facts - Nayyar Niaz Khan

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