Louis Mountbatten
Comments Off Hate him or love him, but he was on top
And he has people fighting until their heart stops
So go and envy Loui, the Viceory
Cause he drew a line, and suddenly, there’s Indians and Pakis
So who is Louis Mountbatten? He was the last British Viceory (Governor General of India) and oversaw the partition of India. I think the actual plan is known as the “Mountbatten Plan” (also known as the 3rd June plan i guess).
India celebrates its independence on August 15th while Pakistan celebrates theirs on August 14th. Although growing up I thought this was because both countries just hate each other that much, it was actually because of old Louis. He had to be there for each ceremony so Pakistan held their’s a day earlier. Technically both countries got their independence on August 15th, 1947. Personally when I found that out I laughed my ass off.
That wasn’t the only reason I found Louis so interesting. I read a couple articles about how he put together the partition plan horribly quick, and due to this haste caused many lives to be lost. Basically the British found a way to screw over the brown folk one last time before they left. Since the countries were technically independent prior to the actual partition, it was up to the two governments to make sure everything went down cool. They should be able to handle the largest recorded population movement in history…they have been a independent for what…days. Basically this is what the British said..
“Muslim people can have those sides, and Hindus can have the middle…alright get a move on brown bitches”
So what happened? Violent attacks from both sides killed MIllions of people as they moved from one country to the next. From what I read 7 million people went from India to Pakistan and 6 million the other way. Thats a whole lot of people.
What happens next? There is a line between them, so they decide to fight. Basically there was Kashmir and both India and Pakistan wanted it. However the leaders of Kashmir wanted to stay independent, and for the most part got their way until the British left. Then people started throwing rocks and stuff. They fought many a times later, but I don’t really feel like getting into that. But at some point Pakistan lost it’s East Side (Bangladesh). What is really cool about it is that, George H.W. Bush was the ambassador the the United Nations at that time. He didn’t like India’s “aggression” and took up the matter with the United Nations Security Council. See, thats why Bush Jr. likes Pakistan…cause his dad did. He attacked Iraq cause his dad had beef with Saadam right? Maybe Im wrong, who knows.
Anyway…Louis drew a line, Indians and Paksitanis have disliked each other since. I kind of laugh when I think about it. To the rest of the world, Indians and Pakistanis look like penguins. They couldn’t tell us apart. In fact if you look at the culture it is so damn similar. We wear the same clothing, practically speak the same languages, eat a lot of the same food, and have horrible body ordor (you know you got family that stinks so don’t pretend). We even try to rip off the same crap from America, ie. “Bollywood” and “Lollywood”. Honestly, it surprises me that two countries that are so alike would hate each other so much. But I guess religion is that big of a factor. You are already condemming them to hell, or recarnation into a snail or something….isn’t that enough?
No ofcourse it is not. That is why both Pakistan and India need to buy more F-16s right? That is exactly what a third world country should be doing, buying 25 million dollar Jets. Pakistan and India both plan to get 20 something planes each for 25 million dollars per plane. Funny thing is they had an equal amount of planes before. So I guess the new Viceroy of India is Bowing (the company that got the contracts to make the planes..i think its Bowing atleast…its some white man American company).
Soucres:
* Wikipedia
* BBC
If you really care to know where I read all this shit, then ask me…and I’ll find some links and throw them up.
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