Answer- SEVEN times in 61 years by the British rule.
- 1876 Afghanistan was separated from
India,
- 1904 Nepal was separated,
- 1906 Bhutan was separated,
- 1907 Tibet was separated,
- 1935 Sri Lanka was separated,
- 1937 Myanmar (Burma) was separated, and...
- 1947 Pakistan was separated.
India's Partition of Akhanda Bharat
Unbroken India extended from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean and from Iran to Indonesia. India’s area in 1857 was 83 lakh square kilometers, which is currently 33 lakh square kilometers.
Sri Lanka
The
British separated Sri Lanka from India in 1935. The old name of Sri Lanka was
Sinhaldeep. The name Sinhaldeep was later renamed Ceylon. Sri Lanka’s name was
Tamraparni during the reign of Emperor Ashoka. Mahendra, son of Emperor Ashoka
and daughter Sanghamitra went to Sri Lanka to propagate Buddhism. Sri Lanka is
a part of united India.
Afghanistan
The
ancient name of Afghanistan was Upganasthan and Kandahar’s was Gandhara.
Afghanistan was a Shaivite country. The Gandhara described in the Mahabharata
is in Afghanistan from where the Kauravas’ mother was Gandhari and maternal
uncle Shakuni. The description of Kandahar i.e. Gandhara is found till the
reign of Shah Jahan. It was a part of India. In 1876 Gandamak treaty was signed
between Russia and Britain. After the treaty, Afghanistan was accepted as a
separate country.
Myanmar (Burma)
The
ancient name of Myanmar (Burma) was Brahmadesh. In 1937, the recognition of a
separate country to Myanmar i.e. Burma was given by the British. In ancient
times, the Hindu king Anandavrata ruled here.
Nepal
Nepal
was known as Deodhar in ancient times. Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini and
mother Sita was born in Janakpur which3 is in Nepal today. Nepal was made a
separate country in 1904 by the British. Nepal was called the Hindu nation of
Nepal. Nepal was called as Hindu Rashtra
Nepal. Until a few years ago, the king of Nepal was called Nepal Naresh. Nepal
has 81.3 percent Hindus and 9% Buddhists. Nepal was an integral part of India
during the reigns of Emperor Ashoka and Samudragupta. In 1951, Maharaja
Tribhuvan Singh of Nepal appealed to the then Prime Minister of India, Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru to merge Nepal with India, but Jawaharlal Nehru rejected the
proposal.
Thailand
Thailand
was known as Syam until 1939. The major cities were Ayodhya, Shri Vijay etc.
The construction of Buddhist temples in Syam began in the third century. Even
today many Shiva temples are there in this country. The capital of Thailand
Bangkok also has hundreds of Hindu temples.
Cambodia
Cambodia
is derived from the Sanskrit name Kamboj, was part of unbroken India. The
Kaundinya dynasty of Indian origin ruled here from the first century itself.
People here used to worship Shiva, Vishnu and Buddha. The national language was
Sanskrit. Even today in Cambodia, the names of Indian months such as Chet,
Visakh, Asadha are used. The world famous Ankorwat temple is dedicated to Lord
Vishnu, which was built by the Hindu king Suryadev Varman. The walls of the
temple have paintings related to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The ancient
name of Ankorwat is Yashodharpur.
Vietnam
The
ancient name of Vietnam is Champadesh and its principal cities were Indrapur,
Amravati and Vijay. Many Shiva, Lakshmi, Parvati and Saraswati temples will
still be found here. Shivling was also worshiped here. The people were called
Cham who were originally Shaivites.
Malaysia
The
ancient name of Malaysia was Malay Desh which is a Sanskrit word which means
the land of mountains. Malaysia is also described in Ramayana and Raghuvansham.
Shaivism was practiced in Malay. Goddess Durga and Lord Ganesha were worshiped.
The main script here was Brahmi and Sanskrit was the main language.
Indonesia
The
ancient name of Indonesia is Dipantar Bharat which is also mentioned in the
Puranas. Deepantar Bharat means the ocean across India. It was the kingdom of
Hindu kings. The largest Shiva temple was in the island of Java. The temples
were mainly carved with Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. The Bhuvanakosh is the
oldest book containing 525 verses of Sanskrit.
The names or motos of the leading institutions of Indonesia are still in Sanskrit :
- Indonesian Police Academy – Dharma Bijaksana Kshatriya
- Indonesia National Armed Forces – Tri Dharma Ek Karma
- Indonesia Airlines – Garuda Airlines
- Indonesia Ministry of Home Affairs – Charak Bhuvan
- Indonesia Ministry of Finance – Nagar Dhan Raksha
- Indonesia Supreme Court – Dharma Yukti
Tibet
The
ancient name of Tibet was Trivishtam which was divided into two parts. One part
was given to China and the other to Lama after an agreement between the Chinese
and the British in 1907. In 1954, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
accepted Tibet as part of China to show his solidarity to Chinese people.
Bhutan
Bhutan
was separated from India by the British in 1906 and recognized as a separate
country. Bhutan is derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu Utthan which means high
ground.
Pakistan
There
was partition of India on August 14, 1947 by the British and Pakistan came into
existence as East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Mohammad Ali Jinnah had been
demanding a separate country on the basis of religion since 1940 which later
became Pakistan. In 1971 with the cooperation of India Pakistan was divided
again and Bangladesh came into existence. Pakistan and Bangladesh are parts of
India.
How
many of you are aware of this history?
But truth be told India never was India.
Even though the Britishers ruled here they had signed agreements with many
Rajas where they ruling on behalf of the Britishers and paying taxes to the
Brits and allowing them to be puppets of the Brits. Even at the peak of either
the Mughals or the Marathas the entire country was never called India True it
is was different principalities princely states under Hindu kings. Then the
Greek invasion of certain parts followed by the Slave dynasty, Mughals and
lastly by the English. They only came together through much education and
awareness which came from the British.
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