• The Neglected Hindu Period of Pakistani History

    Author(s):
    Dileep Karanth (see profile)
    Date:
    2015
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/hh7m-hx66
    Abstract:
    The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country by population (next to Indonesia), but for the larger part of its history it has been inhabited by Hindus and Buddhists. When India was partitioned in 1947, into a residual India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority), the fate of the minorities in the two countries took very different turns. India turned into a secular democracy, with a Muslim population that has increased in percentage. The population of Hindus in Pakistan, however, declined precipitously, and has now reached demographically insignificant proportions. With the physical disappearance of the Hindus in Pakistan, the memory of their residence as autochthons throughout the length and breadth of Pakistan has also begun to fade. This process has been consciously accentuated by the educational policies of the establishment, and even the work of otherwise responsible historians. Unlike the situation in neighbouring India, the voices of the minorities are not heard clearly, even in the rare cases when they are not actively suppressed. This paper is a study of the difficulties that bedevil the historiography of the Hindu period of Pakistani history.
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    Publisher:
    Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation Project (ISPaD)
    Pub. Date:
    2015
    Journal:
    ISPaD Partition Center Journal
    ISSN:
    ISSN 2377-7567
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    Published
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