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**DoctoNilsonDen** · 07-04-2006, 07:40 AM

India is even more diverse but they got the job done, although not completly (they couldn't unify the entire subcontinent but were close and have most lands today unified).

I'm afraid you can't draw a parallel with the Indian subcontinent here. They started off with a general unity in the first place, under the Bristish, without idependant states within living memory. At Independance, apart from a few princley states, India was already one country, so it is more a matter of not breaking apart than building anything like the EU. Also remember that Pakistan did break apart, the reverse of what you are using them as an example of. Of course I won't deny that India has done well at keeping internal stability when compared to the ethnic confilitcts in some (most) of the African former colonies.

Also to say 'most lands today unified' is a bit of a stretch don't you think? Pakistan and Bangladesh can't just be overlooked like that, although you can have Ceylon and Nepal.

07-04-2006, 07:40 AM	#12
DoctoNilsonDen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 418 Senior Member	India is even more diverse but they got the job done, although not completly (they couldn't unify the entire subcontinent but were close and have most lands today unified). I'm afraid you can't draw a parallel with the Indian subcontinent here. They started off with a general unity in the first place, under the Bristish, without idependant states within living memory. At Independance, apart from a few princley states, India was already one country, so it is more a matter of not breaking apart than building anything like the EU. Also remember that Pakistan did break apart, the reverse of what you are using them as an example of. Of course I won't deny that India has done well at keeping internal stability when compared to the ethnic confilitcts in some (most) of the African former colonies. Also to say 'most lands today unified' is a bit of a stretch don't you think? Pakistan and Bangladesh can't just be overlooked like that, although you can have Ceylon and Nepal.
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