India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh used to be one nation known as the British Raj. After winning World War II, however, the UK was exhausted and could no longer manage such a large colony, so it was decided to allow them to become independent. However, the UK didn’t know how to split the area, and the Hindus and Muslims each had different ideas. Eventually, the UK decided that the area with a majority of Hindus should be partitioned into one country (India), and the Muslims into one country (Pakistan). But not everyone in the same area was of the same religion, so Muslims that resided in the area that became India, or the Hindus who wouldn’t leave Pakistan were either evacuated or became refugees. The Partitioning of India eventually gave rise to riots between the two religions and massacres, leading to three Indo-Pakistani Wars in Kashmir and 500,000 deaths. Finally, it resulted in east Pakistan claiming independence as Bangladesh.