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Religious tensions increased with the independence of British India, as it was [[Partition of India|partitioned]] into a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan (which later became Pakistan and Bangladesh), and many died during the | Religious tensions increased with the independence of British India, as it was [[Partition of India|partitioned]] into a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan (which later became Pakistan and Bangladesh), and many died during the partition .<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dalrymple |first=William |title=The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition |language=en-US |work=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/the-great-divide-books-dalrymple |access-date=2023-09-07 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> Tensions further increased with [[Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism#India|Pakistani terrorist attacks]] on and Pakistani [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|military conflicts]] with India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muqtedar Khan on Why Religious Nationalism Is Poisoning South Asia |url=https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/muqtedar-khan-on-why-religious-nationalism-is-poisoning-south-asia/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
[[Religious nationalism]] has grown in the post-colonial era. Pakistan converted from a | [[Religious nationalism]] has grown in the post-colonial era. Pakistan converted from a non-declared Islamic country to an Islamic state,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ziring |first=Lawrence |title=From Islamic Republic to Islamic State in Pakistan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644077 |journal=Asian Survey |volume=24 |issue=9 |pages=931–946 |doi=10.2307/2644077 |issn=0004-4687}}</ref> while Bangladesh made Islam the state religion (though while maintaining so-called equal respect for all religions in the Constitution).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergman |first=David |title=Bangladesh court upholds Islam as religion of the state |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/3/28/bangladesh-court-upholds-islam-as-religion-of-the-state |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Hindutva|Hinduness]] has grown since the 2014 election of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and Its Regional and Global Ramifications |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/the-rise-of-hindu-nationalism-and-its-regional-and-global-ramifications/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Association for Asian Studies |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
== Indian subcontinent by religion == | == Indian subcontinent by religion == | ||