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Crazy__Donkey t1_iyczrla wrote

Reply to comment by today_i_burned in [OC] Bangladesh vs Suriname by two_plus_two_is_zero

>Bangladesh was part of Pakistan.

is there a brit in the crowd who can explain this?

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TrinityF t1_iyd0shr wrote

My Unles James and Kenneth were part of the partition committee.

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>oh dear heavens James, looks like we gave India too much land and Pakistan not enough.
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>Oh well, let’s just take this land at the other end of India and make that Pakistan as well.
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>Good Lord, Kenneth. that's can never work, how do you expect a nation to exist with another nation in between them?
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>Exactly James, Exactly... mwahahahahaha
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>Kenneth, you're a brilliant evil bastard, they will surely go to war over this.

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This may or may not be a transcript of one of those meetings.

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ManasZankhana t1_iydebex wrote

Only one person was in charge of the partition. He ended up refusing taking payment for the job because 2 million people ended up dying

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Kobosil t1_iyd2u8t wrote

religion

Pakistan and Bangladesh are both majority Muslims

India is majority Hindu

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