In the events leading to partition, it is pertinent to note that the Sikhs paid the most price due to their ‘opposition’ of the Congress and the communal propaganda of the Muslim League.
The greatest losers of partition were the SIKHS
Major tensions have persisted among both Muslim and Sikh communities, which suffered most from the violence and land loss resulting from partition. These tensions erupted most seriously in the 1980s in a violent campaign for the creation of a separate Sikh state.
Renewed victimisation of Muslims has also occurred, notably with the destruction of the Muslim shrine at Ayodhya in 1992 and anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2004.
For both India and Pakistan, the most singular conflict unresolved since partition has concerned the former Princely State of Kashmir, whose fate was left undetermined at the time the British left. Lying as it did on the border, Kashmir was claimed by both countries, which have been to war over this region on numerous occasions.
What issues were left unresolved at the time of India's partition in 1947, have continued to plague both India and Pakistan since independence.
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