India & Pakistan - A continuing Story

My sincere apologies for keeping you waiting for a month with this video. It was supposed to only be 12 minutes long, but I got lost in the research and the scope and size of this topic, so I ended up making an almost one-hour long video. And still... I think this video doesn't contain enough information.
The Topic is India and Pakistan, their conflicts for independence and the historical background of such. As well as the conflicts that resulted out of independence. An overview of the Indian republic and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. As well as a brief intermission on Bangladesh and the geopolitics surrounding Sri Lanka. I hope you enjoyed the video. Don't forget to support the channel. And as said in the video, here is a bibliography:
Hermann Kulke - A History of India, 1998
Frédéric Landy - Dictionnaire de l'Inde contemporaine, 2010 (many thanks to the French subscriber who provided translations and information)
Laurent Gayer - Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City, 2014
Laurent Gayer - Armed Militias of South Asia: Fundamentalists, Maoists and Separatists, 2008
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[Eemil Wallin]

At 23:42 the position on the board is illegal, no set of legal moves can reach a Queen-Rook double check like that, 4.99/5 would heavily recommend to learn Indian Defence.

[b man]

It's big brain time

[Jake Harvey]

The real hero is always in the comments.

[Dalin]

The fancy music is for you

[Petrol and Coffee]

Damn he's right huh how bout that

[MadTing]

Brain too big for us plebs.

[Haris Tahir]

As a Pakistani myself ,we were so hellbent on liberating Kashmir that we ended up in a worse situation than Kashmir itself.

[Death]

Chill, things were far more bad and brutal during Anti-Zia Riots when Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was ousted in 1977

[Haris Tahir]

​@Death Atleast the military was keeping order back then, now it's total Anarchy. 10 bodies were found in Islamabad alone this month not to mention whats going on in Karachi and other parts of Sindh.And the school shooting which happened this Month.The politicians are busy fighting among them self mean while the nation is ripping itself apart. Trade agreement with Iran and China was some good news but as far as I know that's the only good news we have . Edit Spelling.

[someindianguy99]

So much for muh Muslim homeland, amirite?

[Ankur Antil]

Kashmir is with its Mother, India...... unlike you guys......and Kashmir does not need liberation from its Mother..... What it needed was a break from radicalisation... which pakistan would not stop

[Sahil]

"20 years after the anti-sikh riots, a sikh would become Prime Minister" You missed to mention that India had a Sikh President at the time of the riots. President Zail Singh, on this part, desperately phoned the Prime Minister's Office to help out the fellow Sikh people from getting slaughtered. But the PMO was curiously "unreachable".

[Arcturus]

Lucky you, here in Indonesia our religious coexistence has-been consistently shaky, large neoconservative Islamist movements born in part as a response to mass religious suppression during Soeharto's reign, no recognition of any religion outside of 6 recognized; Islam, Protestant and Roman Catholic Christianity (they're considered separate, probably a leftover from colonial times), Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism (which has troubled recognition, supported during Soekarno's; outlawed during Suharto's; and recognized again during Gus Dur's presidency); and to add, stagnancy and franky terrible political literacy also as a result of Soeharto's reign only allowing limited parties and suppression of leftist movements post-G30S

[Harishankar]

Same Congress now herald themselves as the pioneers of a "once communally harmonious India".

[Kaustubh Rai]

Pm assassination was reason of those riot 🤣

[Aamen Talukdar]

As someone whose family fled Bangladesh in the 60s to settle in India, I did not even know about the purging of intellectuals that happened. That makes a lot of sense now that I think about it.

[Prakh]

There was some movement going on in America regarding this and many Hindus in America are trying to shed more light on this especially the purging / ethnic cleansing of bengalis. Sad to see that people have zero knowledge about this. Moreover, Pakistan doesn't even teach about this in their school.

[Nasima Akhter]

@Prakhumm.. who told you that .

[Prakh]

@Nasima Akhter my bad, I edited it now. Does it makes sense now?

[Nasima Akhter]

@Prakh yeah now it's ok. At first I thought you said people of Bangladesh weren't taught about the purge but as a Bangladeshi I can confirm that we are. But the Pakistanis do try downplay it.

[S Shyam]

@Nasima Akhter some even say that their army willingly surrendered so that their Muslim brothers in bengal can have a separate country..

[xskrish]

The tombstones at 25:51 read "in memory of a scholar". As an Indian Bengali, it is heartwrenching. Despite our religious differences I'm glad Bangladesh is prospering.

[Mahfuz VX]

I couldn't really make out what it said because of how blurry the image was and was really curious as to what it said. Could you send me what it said in bangla as I'm trying learn bangla.

[xskrish]

@Mahfuz VX budhhijeebi smriti/বুদ্ধিজীবী স্মৃতি Good luck learning Bangla

[Ritayan Chaudhuri]

@xskrish yes but unfortunately they have been too consumed in their fundamentalism and radicalism. they have begun creating a freakish hybrid bengali-islamist culture. as someone from roots in east begal, but was kicked out by them, its better if we move on from them.

[RealPolitik]

@Ritayan Chaudhuri no they have not the current Bangladeshi PM is very very secular she even banned the Islamist party in Bangladesh

[RealPolitik]

@Ritayan Chaudhuri no they have not the current Bangladeshi PM is very very secular she even banned the Islamist party in Bangladesh

[Salman]

As a Pakistani, I really like his use of the phrase "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" That's exactly what happened with us (Pakistan).

[life is beautiful]

🙂🙂✅....

[Shikar Shik]

can u explain how ? flatdietsoda how brother ?

[SP]

happening*

[Salman]

@SP no we stopped doing that long ago.

[Salman]

@Shikar Shik Pakistan helped some terror groups in Afghanistan which later came to Pakistan. It's pretty much uprooted.

[A]

As a minority in India I want to say much love to you all ❤ I love my country 🇮🇳 Blessed to be born here ✝️ Would encourage anyone thinking about it to visit the chaos of love that is my homeland 🇮🇳 ❤

[2013 Infiniti G37]

I’ve always wanted to visit your nation, you’ve got such a history rich country, and most of the Indians I’ve met have been very generous and personable. Love from America.

[donaldtrumplover225]

Why are u guys always calling to try and scam me ☹️

[A]

@2013 Infiniti G37 I do hope you enjoy India as much as I did the US. Everyone I met in the US was extremely kind and treated me with love. Much love to y'all 🇺🇲❤️🇮🇳

[Sigil_57]

Honestly had no idea India was so strategic in its foreign relations. Amazing

[Dragonstorm Dipro]

India's diplomat training is the most rigorous in the entire world.

[Abhishek Verma]

@Dragonstorm Dipro lol, its not bad but lets not exaggerate.

[Deepstaria Enigmatica]

@Dragonstorm Dipro and our education system sucks ***

[user01]

@Deepstaria Enigmatica true

[Roo Jackaroo]

Say whatever about Modi's internal policy, he has made leaps and strides regarding India's foreign relations. Our relations to other countries were shambles of what they are now, 10 years ago.

[AhtheH]

As a Bangladeshi citizen I can confirm, Every part considering Bangladesh is extremely true and well researched

[byron 2456]

But u guys still love pakistan after all this

[ungaaatioo]

@byron 2456 only fanatics

[AhtheH]

@byron 2456 theses no reason to actually love or hate them At this point, we don't care about other countries (except trade and deplomacy) and are mostly trying to get rid of corruption and improve our standards of living.

[byron 2456]

@AhtheH i am afraid ur a minority in your nation

[AhtheH]

@byron 2456 I won't try to explain to you watch the majority of minority thinks in Bangladesh But the people here are more focused on banning pubg than relation with other countries

[Guru Kiran]

I'm from India and I've watched more than 100hrs of content of other people on Indian Geopolitics in this region. And By far this is the best video I've ever come across.

[Ahir Bhattacharjee]

Same I really love the unbiased look he gave , most Indians blame pakistan and most pakistanis blame india for no peace , however I think both the countries are to blame in some form or another

[Shamuel]

Seriously, then u watch trash

[Greatfull Black]

Yeah because this so one-sided anti-Pakistan nonsense I have ever seen. No wonder an Indian likes it

[Iggi]

“… they fought for the freedom of others, but not their own.” That line hits like a punch to the gut.

[Celestial Studios]

What time stamp is this said?

[WORK WORK]

@Celestial Studios The full sentence starts at 9:41 but the line is said at 9:44

[Celestial Studios]

@WORK WORK Thank you!

[Shivan B R]

As a Sri Lankan, the part about my country is completely correct. After the years of civil war we are relieved to finally have a say on the world stage. However, due to some corruption and massive foreign investment schemes from china we are still weary of exploiting our geopolitical value on the world stage. Hopefully this will change and there will be peace and prosperity not only in Sri Lanka but across the subcontinent.

[Man from Down under]

hope things get better there......i happen to know a fellow who had a visit to Sri Lanka few weeks back.... Hope you guys recover fast!

[Shreyansh Bhatt]

This aged like milk

[Shakir Shums]

well am a sri lankan too and this sitaution has just worsened innit🥹🥲

[SmokingOz]

WTF are you talking about compared to 2 years ago the Lanka rupee has now stabilised. Tourism has fully recovered, most of local industries are now being privatised. Come back to this comment in 10 years. Reply if this comment aged like milk.@Shakir Shums

[Rohan Patel]

after almost 2.5 years of release, geopolitics has changed a bit. Saudi is more closure to India now, Sri Lanka was bullied by Chinese at Hambantota, Pakistan's support to Taliban backfired at Duran line, India's not so good relations with Bnagladesh, etc. & one important relation which was missed was "Russia was and still is India's friendly state."

[Dragnar]

Yup, Russia was and still is India's greatest ally. They helped a big time against USA and UK during 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Russia sent their Task Force 74 to protect INS vikrant from USA's 7th fleet and UK's eagle. Without Russia and India's help, maybe Bangladesh would never come in existence.

[Prateek P]

Modern Russia is not India's friend. They are not like earlier USSR. Today Russia also supplies to Pakistan and is courting Pakistan well

[Mugroof Ameen]

India is less of a 'friendly' state to Russia, but more to India taking advantage of Russia's isolation by buying as much oil as humanly possible.

[Toymation Studios]

That's so terrifying to me, the thought of being killed just because you have the smallest incline of education

[Jacob]

Its scary though how often that can happen in many authoritarian nations. Like Orwell described in 1984, authoritarian regimes are not that concerned with the wider uneducated masses (proles) but it is the ”middle class” that are most under surveillance(outer party members). The thing that happened in bangladesh happened in the soviet union during stalins reign, it happened in nazi germany, still happening to some extent in china and it happened in the most extreme in Cambodia during Pol Pots reign. Education and the capability to express diversity of opinions scares the authoritarian rulers.

[Trla]

@Jacob for what i get, universitie students are more likely to protest, like one mexican president metion students dont have a job that take theire time and energy

[Masrur Zawad]

It was scary! They killed most of our top intellectuals in the country. University teachers, students, lawyers, Engineers, journalists, politicians etc. Only those who escaped in time and took refuge in India were alive after our independence. Even to this day, the education system is messed up, superstitions are rampant and teachers cant teach you much. We rely on online sources, books and self learning. At the very least, Bangladesh became independent instead of being stuck in generations of guerrilla warfare like many other places in the world :)

[nazeer khot]

@Masrur Zawad I am quite sorry for Bangladesh and our incompetence for not being able to provide aid in time. Wish your country good luck and love from india.

[Abhiraj Arora]

@nazeer khot We couldn't do anything before the winters.

[The.#1 T]

I'm not Indian but this made me cry. I hope India can one day rise to being the dominant culture and economy once again.

[Vish]

Thankyou and hope the same for ur country as well

[вадим куриленко 🇺🇦]

Best of luck to your country as well 😊

[Satyaki Sil]

Don't cry. Speak up about it to the international community. That'd be helpful.

[The PJ Experience]

Not gonna happen , the genetics is simply not there like before.

[Sandeep Jani]

When you have the comment section fill with Indians saying it’s biased against India, and Pakistanis saying it’s biased against Pakistan, then you know you made a great informative video.

[Shailesh Bahuguna]

Filled with??

[GiThreePi]

@Shailesh Bahuguna bias against India and bias against Pakistan?

[Anime Universe]

@M G yep correct.

[P M]

Or it can be a poorly researched video.. I'm not saying this one is poor but it can be an option.

[Rohan Daniel Isaac]

Sorry mate, you're the only once saying that. The comment section is surprisingly mature.

[Angle]

moral of the story: never let the UK have a pen and paper to make big decisions

[Amparito]

At least don't let them draw maps lol

[8is]

A lot of people like to say that, but I have yet to see anyone say how the border should've been drawn instead.

[Legion of one]

I know it’s been true for a while, but it’s still just so bizarre that I can watch such a good video on history here for free while the History Channel does nothing but play Ancient Aliens and American Pickers reruns.

[rejvaik]

Yeah... something happened to the history channel in the 2010s not sure exactly what but yeah they started showing more pseudo-history, in ancient aliens and reality like history tv shows such as pawn stars, and American pickers

[niki]

NOT THE ANCIENT ALIENS PLS- that bring back dark childhood memories they legit were like "your legs move? must be aliens"

[Kay]

@niki Cackling because that's really how it feels

[Scientific Adda]

Never thought, someone Non-Indian can make highly accurate summarization of Indian History. Thanks for sharing this. The part of Naxals movement are not known to many.

[Prateek P]

Anybody can do anything. Tomorrow you can become CEO of Tesla. Don't underestimate anybody, even yourself. P.S you probably won't become CEO of Tesla but I hope you got my point

[TheChaoscard]

Favorite quote: “If you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.”

[4T3hM4kr0n!]

that phrase brought a smile to my face. Holy cow was the timing perfect.

[爸爸]

Indians have a strong ability to hypnotize themselves. Almost all the Bhutanese, Nepalese, Bangladeshis, Kashmiris, Sikkim and Southern Tibetans I met online regard India as their biggest threat. Only Indians believe that they are their savior and protector, saving their neighbors from China's claws. For example, in Indian textbooks, Sikkim volunteered to join India. But this is not true. India sent 5000 soldiers to overthrow Sikkim kingdom. Meanwhile, Indians have a strong dream of superpower. Most of the reports about China's power come from abroad, while India is the opposite. And this is reflected in many of India's foreign strategies. In short, India is like a shrinking America. Indians believe that too. Although it does not have the strength of the United States. I do hope China and India keep peace. But if India still has ambitions for Tibet, it will be clearly impossible.

[Kyle Middleton]

I winced at the imagery, but it's not wrong.

[爸爸]

In addition, correct another author's prejudice against China. Not China invaded Kashmir, but India invaded Tibet first. Here is the timeline: In 1953, the Indian army expanded northward, acquiring about 90,000 square kilometers of territory south of the McMahon Line, and even crossing the "Mai Line" in some places. In the middle and west sections, India also occupies part of the disputed territories of India and China. In August 1958, a clash between China and the Indian patrol resulted in the killing of an Indian soldier, and China controlled the original Indian military position. On September 8, Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council explained the operation, stating that the purpose of the operation was to prevent remaining Tibetan insurgents from entering and leaving the border. In 1961, the Indian Army established 43 strongholds across the actual line of control between the two sides. From June 1962, Indian Prime Minister Nehru issued a policy of advancement. The Indian army crossed the "McMahon Line" and entered the Dongdong region of Shannan, Tibet, claiming that China should not occupy Tibet. China claims that the Indian army fired on the Chinese border guards, killing and injuring dozens of Chinese soldiers. By the end of August, the Indian Army had established more than 100 military posts in China. Some posts are opposite the Chinese posts, some wedged between the Chinese posts, and some are inserted behind the Chinese border posts. On September 22, 1962, China's "People's Daily" published an editorial entitled "Tolerable, Unbearable", warning the Indian government of Nehru to withdraw troops immediately from the border, or China would use force.

[humblecrab 88]

24:02 The genocide of Bangladeshi intellectuals is known as 'Operation Searchlight' my mothers family of solicitors and businessmen were blacklisted and had to hide in undisclosed jungle for almost a year and returned with their homes gone and any neighbours thrown in mass graves in the village lakes. As for my dads side, my grandfather refused to flee to look after his dying mother who was too sick to hide. He buried her in the monsoon season in the middle of the night alone, and couldn't speak Bengali or he'd get caught, tortured and killed, or all of the above. He later became a prisoner in one of the death camps for 3 months before he took the biggest gamble of his life and managed to escape. My paternal grandmother took her kids and little siblings to a refugee camp in India. tldr: genocides are scary, and to all desi-immigrant families who are used to berating or making fun of your relatives especially in western countries, they are braver, smarter and wiser than you think, they survived the greatest crimes in human history 👀

[Tanish Raj]

So where do you live now?

[Ranting ranveer]

I'm from Indian Naxal affected District (mild) and i confirm that the soilders who dies in border conflicts are less than the soilders dying from those naxalites

[Homo sapien]

@Kunal Mandhare But they are our INDIAN brothers and sisters who were radicalised because our "system" failed them . That is why every govt tries to approach naxal problem with economic development and mild security actions . As far till now no state has taken full fledged security(Army)based approach as it may worsen the situation.

[Kunal Mandhare]

@Homo sapien I fail to understand in what way has the system failed them? Like they want no mining in Eastern India? I understand that irresponsible mining is disaster but banning mining outright is fullish, it outright means you want India to fail more on purpose specifically if you support MAO, the same MAO which ordered one of the most irresponsible mining projects (Even worse than USSR).

[Yayayayya]

@Homo sapien except in kashmir. The army doesn't care there.

[Nirranj M]

The story of Tamil's struggle in Sri Lanka is much more deeper and has the same connotations as that of the Bengalis in east Pakistan. Tamils were subjected to the bullying of an Ethno-linguistic majoritarian Sinhalese Buddhist government in Sri Lanka. Denied of education, job opportunities, the Tamils were forced to protest for sovereignty. The peaceful protests were put down with military force and Tamils had to take up arms. India supported the armed movements and back stabbed the movements by intervening militarily in the pretext of peace mission and then siding with the Sinhalese government. This led to the unfortunate event of Ex Indian PM being assassinated in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. The civil war ended with the brutal destruction of Tamil areas and the genocide that resulted in hundreds of thousands of Tamil people killed in the last few days of the war in 2009. Even today, SL maintains huge military presence in the North and East of the country and Tamils are kept under martial law. North and east of Srilanka along with Tamil Nadu are the historic home lands of Tamil People.

[fedrick pal]

agree

[Arko Ganguli]

The LTTE destroyed all options of a peaceful resolution of the dispute when it exterminated all the other voices of the Tamil resistance which were against an armed resistance and a peaceful reconciliation and settlement. Its not like Tamil Nadu has a rosy relationship with the north india centric indian identity, but he Anna Durai understood the end game will be catastrophic in case an armed struggle, and the central government compromised on the official language decision and providing autonomy of the tamils in their state. Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.

[Nirranj M]

@Arko Ganguli you made a deplorable comment by equating genocide to stupid prize. Other than that, LTTE did make mistakes and there is no denial on those.

[Anurag Nayan]

India had utilized only about 30% of water out of what it is assigned by the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. So, the dams are just for exploitation of its full capacity.

[Cats Are life]

you can thank nehru for that

[GigaNigga 69]

@Cats Are life yes a very favourite game of raitas , nehr

[cataclysm 29]

Yea bro..many things in the vid arnt accurate..but given he is seeing things from a outsiders lens, he can't know or understand everything..deserves a lil leaway.

[Aditya K]

@cataclysm 29 True. Especially the 'Indus originates in India' thing, along with his river map, which is so very wrong. It originates in Tibet. Then again, the sources he referred to are more to blame.

[RealPolitik]

LiL

[Jason Duhela]

I love your channel and this video. I’m a Punjabi American (minority within a minority). As a person who grew up around hate, it’s important to remember that a majority of these dominos were laid by these countries’ governments. Not the people. The repercussions of the actions stated are felt internally and abroad. By actors with little agency; especially in Pakistan.

[Warren Lehmkuhle II]

USA: Man, I really messed up by supporting terrorist. Pakistan: Hold my non alcoholic beverage.

[J MADMaxx]

Zack Smith Pak doesn’t what?

[么 ASPECT 么]

and the operation to kill Terrorist has been done in past few years

[autonomaš]

At least pakistan had an actual reason. The indians are opressing the people from kashimir

[Vikram singh]

*Roohafza

[whwh]

Indian Stars yep.

[Ansh Agarwal]

This is the most unbiased video about this topic that takes a look at all the aspects. Thank you!

[GentleShark]

I fear, as someone without any knowledge, there existed a anti-paksitani bias since he went very indepth on pakistani mistakes. He did however still touch on indian mistakes which is good. He mostly kept bias out of it in the end. But its undeniable. WTF was pakistan thinking half the time.

[Feister]

GentleShark just hate

[War Thunder A10]

this is literally the most biased video I have seen. Not bad though, there are just a lot of inaccuracies.

[GentleShark]

@War Thunder A10 i´ve seen faaaar worse on other channels. But the bias is still there.

[Feister]

Playstation Gaming biased towards what? He’s a foreigner why does he has have to be biased? And I don’t think his sayings of Pakistan are false.

[Sahib Daya]

I'm an Indian and I've watched tons of content on geopolitics in the Indian subcontinent in Hindi, english and german. But this video is by far the best. All information is well researched and thoughtful. You don't try to sugar-coat any fact and you give a nice overview of the geopolitics, history and culture of the subcontinent. Fantastic work! I've started watching your other videos as well :)

[॥शिवोऽहम्॥]

India would be the only country where majority religion ask for fair secularism.

[RayZard]

So sad for Bangladesh, lost many educated assets and left starving BUT TODAY STILL ITS GDP GROWTH IS HIGHER THAN PAKISTAN.

[Maths Ka Funda]

Not just growth rate. It's total gdp and gdp per capita is both way higher than pakistan.

[VICESEPTEIC]

bangladesh rollin in cash

[Maths Ka Funda]

@VICESEPTEIC I wouldn't say rollin in cash, but yeah, it is better than pakistan.

[Kaiser Wilhelm II did nothing wrong]

@Star Saber Unfortunately, his not so subtle support for the Taliban is gonna undermine Pakistan’s relations with America.

[Earthling]

This is THE best essay summary video on history and recap of countries in Indian subcontinent by a wide margin. Love this one.

[User says]

the way the British Viceroy justified selling precious crops instead of feeding the starving masses mirrors the way the English rulers' justification for events that later resulted in the Irish famine

[Timm Teller]

Politicians misusing economic reasoning for their own good is a common thing. Calling an artifical famine an example of free market forces is an insult to market liberal economists.

[DANISHKFD]

Same in India

[Fankas2000]

That quote was just straight up evil

[Joe]

Did you know the Irish were exporting food during the famine? History isn't just evil Britain.

[DANISHKFD]

@Joe not only Ireland but India too

[Araymond12]

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the doodles. They capture the speech perfectly. Artistic work.

[Xenoblade Srg]

countryballs

[Miles Davidson]

After watching this video, I think the political situation in the Indian subcontinent is one of the most confusing things I have ever seen.

[Ved]

this video is way more simplified than how it actually is. some of the information is not entirely true but it is accurate for the most part.

[Captain WeebMaster]

You clearly never heard of the Middle east have you

[American Tacos]

@Captain WeebMaster I'd bet he hasn't heard of the balkans either.

[V M]

3000+ political parties we have.....it's beyond confusion

[Rice]

Welcome to the sweet world of Indian chaos my friend 😂 We’ve been chaotic ever since our civilisation was broken. Now we just coping.

[Al not big gay tho]

A small correction on ''sentencing to rape'', this is not an actual legal process in Pakistan nor in Iran. This is an old tribal law, the Pakistani police arrested the people who tried to enact this as it's forbidden under the official law.

[Ben Burrowes]

Very informative. Two things I liked. 1. An even distribution of praise and criticism of all nations . 2. The frequent use of the saying ‘play stupid games, win stupid prizes’. 😀👍

[Alex Battaglia]

As an Australian I didn't know about that organisation between us and India, our country has a large amount of Indian-born Australians, so it's great to see closer ties between our countries

[Unknown]

Yes, now go and hug there souls out..

[EelamTruth]

Are you a historical and or Indigenous Australian? Your surname is Italian, thus you ain't Australian.

[Ryan Kurian from Kerala,India]

@EelamTruth No one in Australia is Australians except the tribes . The Whites are just British prisoners , Indians and other are immigrants .

[Shashwat Sinha]

A minor correction: the Indian Prime Minister was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers because he intervened on the side of the Sri Lankan Government and killed the tamil tigers.

[Hideout]

I wouldn't call that a minor correction!

[Shashwat Sinha]

@Hideout Yeah. I was trying to be sarcastic. Guess I need to up my sarcasm.

[Destroyer CS]

Triggered Bot ohh the colonial view lenses are on your nose maybe

[Great Expectations]

Didn't a Sri Lankan soldier try to hit the yet un-assassinated Indian prime minister on the head with the butt of his rifle when the latter was on a tour to Sri Lanka ?

[Shashwat Sinha]

@Great Expectations Sorry, don't know about that.

[Mads Hagen]

Even as a history buff since I was a child (in the 80es) and been a close follower of international politics since, I´ve gained new insights into the history of conflicts by viewing a couple of your videos tonight, on your channel which I´ve just discovered. Immense praise from here!

[CJ Broonie]

Kraut is like our collective global conscience, telling us what really happened among humanity as opposed to what we wish had happened.

[Pushpe]

Huge respect for all the hard work and research that went into this video. This is the most accurate description I have seen on the internet.

[I_Am_ IRONMAN]

This is painful to listen to. It's really humbling to realise that all these lives were lost for truly petty reasons. Shows that humans arent the gods we call ourselves

[Yayayayya]

Yes 😔

[SIL05 111O4P shuvam banerjee]

HIMANSHU KHICHAR Exactly brother

[Mahesh Rathod]

@Mister Fox i have the exact same POV

[nemo mukerji]

this was more painful for me becuse my grandmother ran through pakistan as child to make it to india with her siblings her grand dad was tourtured and cut up right in from of her family eyes she barely escaped

[Anders Korsbäck]

When it comes to internal integration, there is also the legacy of colonialism at work. Britain (like most colonial powers) had no interest in internal integration of their colonies, since its whole industrial economy was built around importing cheap raw materials from the colonies and exporting manufactured goods to them. Thus, what infrastructure development did take place in the colonies was mostly about connecting the inland to the coast for trade with the colonial overlord, rather than connecting different regions of the same colony to each other.

[Noor Ul Ain]

I'm a Pakistani who is helplessly in love with all the different cultures, languages, traditions and people of the entire Indian subcontinent. I wouldn't live to see the day where there would be peace in this region but I really hope that happens one day. This was a brilliant video and made me infinitely sad about what my people have done to themselves. By my people I don't mean Pakistanis. I belong to the Indian subcontinent in my heart :(

[J MADMaxx]

Hououin Kyoma “inherent retardation” explain?

[Shaheen Akhter]

توبہ شرم کرو! اس میں کس حد تک صداقت ہے کیا تم جانتے ہو؟ پاکستان کے بننے تک کا مقصد نہیں پتا تو کیا خاک جانو گے۔

[Sailesh Mohanty]

This is by far THE MOST SENSIBLE Info you can get from any Foreign channel... Trust me,am an Indian and i highly appreciate the level of research n dedication given to build this video project! Almost everything is accurate!

[M G]

India btw hasn't violated the Indus water treaty that ensures Pakistan will get it's share of water supply downstream. India had utilized only about 30% of water out of what it is assigned by the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. So, the dams are just for exploitation of its full capacity. Also, the Indus originates in Tibetan plateau, not in India. So does the Brahmaputra. All now in control of China.

[MODI JI]

Indus originates in Tibetan plateau but most of its water pours from the Himalayas that are in Indian Kashmir And speaking of Brahmaputra,most of its water also comes from ARUNACHAL PRADESH HIMALAYAS. That why China know that building dams does not harm India.

[Jan Kramoliš]

I love this video. Now I know at least a bit about this precarious situation in south asia, which is very important to understand not just south asian, but even global geopolitics, economy and diplomacy. Please keep making videos like this:)

[Osama Rasheed]

Kudos to the creator for maintaining neutrality and explaining every point with context🙌💖

[Ruben Espinoza]

Nah, it's mostly biased against Pakistan, but keep saying that is neutral.

[Rahul Merugu]

This is a very good quality objective video on the subcontinent in general, and India and Pakistan in particular. However, small correction, India already does possess general control over the Indian Ocean, only struggling to control the waters close to the shores of other nations, but as India has a multi-regional navy(look up the levels of blue water navies), it can project power far from its shore, in areas such as the Indian Ocean and even parts of the Pacific Ocean( The indo-pacific to be exact)

[8 Ball]

I’m sadden everyday that the emoji movie got funding but this man isn’t a billionaire. People who care to explain history to others, especially foreign history that is effecting us daily deserve a heaven.

[Zaid Shaikh]

Can't agree more

[Isidore Aerys]

I wish we lived in a society where the value to society determined the compensation.

[E Veen]

Blown smoke up his? Already knew all. Yet I think the Paxman figures are funny :)

[@.A]

Well the funny thing is that this history is just one sided

[Shaheen Shad]

Well this guy was a former nazi who undergo redemption then went on to went on to call out ex nazis and deemed them irredeemable.

[Aditya Banerjee_1]

This is the best video (documentary?) on this subject. Hands down. Excellent details, from the breakdown in history, to the geopolitical stands this was extremely accurate. Love it.

[King Ace]

There are fewer things as complicated to dissect as the geo-political fabrics of the Indian Subcontinent, the Indian Ocean, & its periphery (Afghanistan + the Central Asian corridor on one side; Myanmar + the larger Indo-China geopolitical sphere on the other). And I have to say Kraut did a serious, mindful analysis on the subject. Props & respect.

[Lucie Ciepka]

I rarely have the time to watch your videos in one go, but I appreciate them a lot even in pieces. I hope you have the time and the patience to make the videos longer. More details is what makes your content so special. Thank you for diving in to subject like that.

[Aalok Joshi]

Absolutely amazing video. As someone who’s studied this topic extensively even I was surprised by some of the details you have dug up. The utter desecration of Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan almost immediately after its creation is a damn shame. The position they are in now is a result of their extremism and radicalization.

[The Real Locke]

Videos like these are super helpful. Its very easy as westerners to see history and politics through that lense. As an American its especially easy for me. I see people across the political spectrum seeing events beginning and ending with America's involvement. Inhave a degree in polisci with an IR concentration. My focus was always China. Its easy to kinda just get fixcated on US China relationships but thats only a fraction of the story I always wanted to know what Beijing was thinking which requires understanding China's relationships with its neighbors and africa and Europe

[Soumya Sekhar Biswas]

Heard of struggles from my grandparents. They had lots of fertile lands in present Bangladesh, but had to migrate to India after riots and slaughters of innocents during partition and had to settle in refugee camps in West Bengal, India. After the 10th century, Bharat suffered so much, and many lost their homelands like ours.

[ShivJ16]

Same, my grandparents were forced to come over from the Pakistani part of Punjab. My grandpa's entire family was killed after a mob burnt their house down, he barely escaped with his life.

[nemo mukerji]

my grandad came from a zamindar family in bangadesh his family had to leave the money so they lost a lot lot of money

[Aditya Rathi]

@ShivJ16 damn! The survivor's guilt that he must have! I feel so sorry for him.

[ShivJ16]

@Aditya Rathi Yah unfortunately I never met him as he died before I was born but he had a crazy life. He joined the Indian army too, fought Pak and China in the Himalaya.

[Aditya Rathi]

@ShivJ16 wow! Proud of people like him!

[judah]

sometimes I wonder how different things would be if country leaders mutually determined borders instead of colonial forces

[Ankit Maurya]

Geopolitics is very vast and never ending topic, No one know what next because it purely based on countries interest. And in this video you explained very well. In this video you are not supporting any countries just showing their benefits on stupidity. This was best..👍 From India 🇮🇳

[Christian Gallegos]

I like to think of Pakistan in a similar fashion to early Imperial Japan, with the ISI being akin to the Kwatung Army. In both senses they had a “rogue” government agency that did whatever it wanted regardless of the affects it would have on the country (let alone on the world stage), were either ignored or supported by the state, used proxies or outright terrorism to achieve their goals, and are often used as an excuse by the state that seeks to act like it’s not at fault. For imperial Japan the Kwatung army outright seized Manchuria, then started the Marco Polo Bridge incident, thus starting the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (WWII, eastern theater). For Pakistan the ISI provides equipment, material, money, training, and even troops for their operations. They take foreign aid and hand it to any terrorist groups near their borders that fit their goals. They aid said organizations in planning, organization, and training for attacks like the Mumbai attacks, the Taliban as a whole, the insurgencies in India, and political strife in Iran/Central Asia/Bangladesh.

[Saleh Mushfiq Arosh]

I really appreciate the fact that this video tries to briefly cover the liberation war of Bangladesh. Bangladesh's history of facing constant exploitation and subjugation by foreign powers, is in my opinion, one of the most tragically overlooked histories in the world. The genocide that the Bengali faced surely is comparable, to the Holocaust and Nanking Massacre. Also, even though Bangladesh is still a poor nation and doesn't have power comparable to that of her neighbors, this video paints the wrong picture that Bangladesh is of no geopolitical importance, is SIGNIFICANTLY poorer than her neighbors. Bangladesh as of 2020, has surpassed India in terms of GDP per capita and her nominal GDP is bigger than that of Pakistan's. Things are changing and they are changing fast.

[Jayakrishnan M]

Ur geopolitical importance can only be on the basis of economy given that it grows on,ur not like sri lanka that has geographic importance and this thakes thevupper hand always

[Saleh Mushfiq Arosh]

@Jayakrishnan M I do agree that in terms of geopolitical value, Sri Lanka holds more importance. But important geostrategic points like Siliguri Corridor, growing chinese influence like Chinese submarine base in Bangladesh and Bangladesh's growing economy has made both New Delhi and Beijing to be keen on building good diplomatic ties with Dhaka in recent years.

[Maths Ka Funda]

@Saleh Mushfiq Arosh BTW, India has crossed BD again in terms of GDP per capita, however BD is growing fast. I lived in BD for over 3 years and loved it, from India!

[Jagaadhep]

Cheers man! Bangladesh is good!!

[Shinchan India]

India will again cross bangladesh in gdp per capita in 2025

[Kajetan Dulian]

Great video! Would you mind giving your current thoughts about perspectives and challenges of the region, after a pandemic, Americans having left Afghanistan and all that?

[Nitishq Tak]

As an Indian, am blown away by the amount of research. This channel is criminally underated Subscribed

[musab fahad]

u mean lack of research? i agree

[Nitishq Tak]

@musab fahad ?

[R.Y.]

He completely neglected climate change's projected effects on South Asia, which are horrific.

[Haberdasherry KR]

@R.Y. nope he clearly hinted to them when he called India falling short on renewable promise Watch the video in its entirety or shut up

[L'Etranger]

This is a good overview for me since some members of my family are having a nationalist and anti-Pakistani streak. They went from “don’t judge groups by a minority extremists” to “all Pakistanis are a threat to all Indians”. We’re from West Bengal and the politics is there has been very confusing to research.

[Nikhil Angad Bakshi]

The fracturing of this sub continent is one of the most heartbreaking things in history. Frictionless borders for economic benefit in geo proximal regions that have distinct cultures and languages can lead to massive economic power even with varying levels of integration, case in point: United States of America and the EU. So much has happened since the partition, things look so bleak now between India and Pakistan, especially with China in the fore. At least, I hope, Bangladesh (who shares a lot in common with West Bengal, including having their national anthem written by and Indian Bengali) can align more strongly. From what I've learned from recent news, Bangladesh's economy is growing leaps and bounds, leading to upliftment of the poor. Hopefully this leads to lesser illegal immigration to India and an easier path for lawmakers in India to have a resistance-free alignment with Bangladesh in the coming decade. Bangladesh also has a strong emphasis on education, art, literature, science, technology because they draw more on their culture than on Islam for policy and philosophy. Honestly though, more power to Imran Khan, I think he's at least trying to make Pakistan a better place with a strong govt that puts the economy and environment over religious conservatism. I hope things improve there and there can be greater partnership with India in the future, we have a lot more in common than we do differences.

[Ved]

we have so much in common with the pakistani people too, we've always had more in common than differences and if it wasn't for the past government pakistan could've had a lot more development and a more favourable position in the world rn. i had a lot of expectations from imran khan but i haven't paid much attention to pakistan for a while now so i honestly don't know how they are doing under him rn. hopefully our relationship as a country gets better but with taliban on the rise things sure are looking uncertain

[Puneeth Naag]

This video should be played in every British school to educate the British or UK public that still are very delusional or in denial about their Colonial past

[Peter Bland]

Actually, Edward Deming (an American) developed JIT as part of his Total Quality Management concept, and taught it to the Japanese. The Japanese car companies were more open to this than the then highly profitable American car companies.

[Fluffy Bunny]

As a Benagli of india , i thank you for showing our history infront of the world ❤

[KRATOS]

Every country has its own army, But in Pakistan army has its own country

[giga naiga]

SOURAV RAWAT damn

[Regular Stuff]

SOURAV RAWAT Why do you feel so smart after quoting everything PMLN says Hinduvta troll? 🤡

[Dany Dash]

@Regular Stuff that line is most probably reference to a vice documentary on dangerous borders where a Pakistani Nuclear physicist said this quote for Pakistan.

[Sayan Modak]

@Regular Stuff this quote is used by everyone in India not just hindutva supporters, its also used by the liberals who are hard core opposers of hindutva.

[Ash Soni]

Let me guess....... shekhar gupta???

[Benny0033]

I remember in my school we had this big banner with flags of countries from around the world, and the flag of the Tamil Tigers were on it. The flag was removed when someone told the principal about it

[Syed Ucchash]

Unbiased, unfiltered history. Thank you from core of heart.

[sunny copper]

Na pretty biased!

[Syed Ucchash]

@sunny copper yeah, good to know that you feel that way.

[David Peat]

You'd have to be mental to think this video is unbiased.

[Syed Ucchash]

@David Peat no problem, you be a mentally sound person and believe what you want to believe. No one forces you to believe anything. It's your choice and i respect the opinion you have given.

[Umesh]

@Syed Ucchash you are a real Chad.

[buddermonger2000]

41:23 The Israelis have the Galil: an improved version of the Kalashnikov platform that also has versions in NATO standard hardware. So honestly in terms of weapon compatability, it is the simple best choice. In terms of training it's one of the best in the world and fighting the same enemy as India. I wanted to mention the small arms as it further shows the true scope of the compatability of the agreement for India.

[Kamini Baghel]

This is the most amazing video I ever seen depicting India Pakistan relationship in such a broad horizon. Brilliant illustrations.

[O P]

this was such a amazing and detailed explanation, i wish we had this in our history class

[Akarsh Sharma]

I'm an Indian and the unbiased nature was fun. I learnt a lot

[Akarsh Sharma]

Sameer Alright, I sense you don't see it that way. Please as shortly as possible give me your arguments point by point

[TheIronDuke1769]

Sameer it can't be more unbiased than this mate.

[mOuNdAiN]

Sameer yes it is.

[GigaNigga 69]

@mOuNdAiN ok i belive you

[Indian_ Dude]

𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝚅𝙸𝙳𝙴𝙾 𝙸𝚂 𝙱𝙸𝙰𝚂𝙴𝙳 𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙰𝙸𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙺𝙰𝚂𝙷𝙼𝙸𝚁𝙸𝚂 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙿𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙰

[Bunny Bro]

Bravo, dude. This has to be one of the best brief summaries of the situation I've ever seen

[Aayush Roy]

10:22 The flag was co-designed by Bhikaji Cama and Veer Savarkar. The design of the "Flag of Indian Independence" was raised by Bhikhaiji Cama on 22 August 1907, at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany. Based on the Calcutta Flag, the green, yellow and red fields represent Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism respectively. The crescent moon and the sun again represent Islam and Hinduism, respectively. The eight lotuses in the upper register represent the eight provinces of British India. The words in the middle are in Devanagri script and read Vande Mataram "[We] Bow to thee Mother [India]", the slogan of the Indian National Congress. The design was adopted in 1914 as the emblem of the Berlin Committee (later known as the Indian Independence Committee). The original "Flag of Indian Independence" raised by Cama in Stuttgart is now on display at the Maratha and Kesari Library in Pune.

[Pi A]

one of the most comprehensive videos on the geopolitics of Indian Subcontinent . Should be a required watch in throughout all high-schools in the Indian subcontinent

[Koshish Sunuwar]

This is the best in-depth video on Indian sub-continent geo-political dilemma. explaining every aspect of the Indian sub-continent. from its past, geography, religion, ideology, politics, and geo-strategic importance.

[Ojas Jha]

5:37 Maratha empire was also a unifier of India, it was larger than the Delhi sultanate

[St Ch]

When i clicked on a video for Indian/Pakistani history, the last thing i expected was an introduction about the car industry in Japan, that segues into the French revolution and then to tectonic movements before the dinosaurs. Well done, you have my attention.

[Zaid Shaikh]

Then you'll be even more surprised from his video on China called trump's biggest failure

[nad1ax]

more importantly they were all to lay out incredibly important precepts and not as a pretense

[mrgreatauk]

Yeah I had to check the title a couple of minutes in because I thought no way is this about India and Pakistan 😂

[Nehco Oahnait]

His videos are usually long and unfocused

[saket mundhada]

Trading less with neighbors can be explained with Chankya’s teachings. He said, for a state to survive, one had to make friends with non neighboring states as neighbors are the biggest threat.

[Mrigankamauli Chakraborty]

The sheer informative flavour of the video, I love how it doesn't mind digressing a bit in order to make the concepts clear, Subscribed!

[AKS]

Internal integration of the subcontinent is happening slowly. India just built a rail line into Nepal. India is bluing a highway into Myanmar. There could also be a rail line and there is a rumour that this could, in the future extend all they way to Vietnam. India is also revving 2 or 3 old rail lines connecting Bangladesh to India. These were closed during partition. India is building ports in Myanmar, Iran and Indonesia.

[Anonymously Opinionated]

14:05 It Must be noted, when talking about the Duran line, that the Pakhtunistan regions presently in Pakistan, while having Pashto majorities, are not traditional Afghan lands.. this side of the mountain passes was traditionally considered India, and the demographics represent migrations fueled by wars of conquest out of Afghanistan. Further, even prior to the British, territories in present-day Afghanistan, have also been ruled out of Punjab / Delhi at different times.

[Rigor Mortis]

And those territories have also been governed by the Asrafid Empire and the Durrani Empire at "different times" though ( in that time period). Real sticky shit heh.

[Kshitij S]

This is a very good video explaining a lot of things in a pretty neutral way. So, I would like to add more to it, and also correct some things. *1. "Indus river water being a threat to Pakistan"* India realized this might be a issue that is making Pakistan nervous, and did one of the most one-sided deals ever with Pakistan to solve this issue in 1960 called Indus Waters Treaty. This treaty gave 80% of the water of Indus system garunteed to Pakistan, meaning India can maximum use only 20% of water. And to ensure it is monitored properly, World Bank stood as the neutral third party garunteeing it works. This was a very very unpopular deal among Indian Public. As, it felt almost as if Indian government is sold out, and is unnecessarily making a very bad deal. Anyways, this deal has stood the test of time. Even during the wars with Pakistan, there were regular meetings of the water treaty officials from both sides to ensure and check it. Even after this, Pakistan was opposing any construction of infrastructure on Indian side of the river for its 20% use, thus to not annoy Pakistan, India did not build many dams and hydro electric projects. India's usage of water was way below at around 3%. Now, the change is that, India finally decided to make use of its share of the water and thus building dams and hydro projects to utilize the excess water. *2. "Bangladesh India relation"* It was India who helped Bangladesh gain independence and get back on its feet. Indian armed forces were the ones who fought against pakistan army, and also it was India which went on a campaignn around the world to popularize Bangladeshi Genocide by Pakistan. After the war was over, the biggest problem Bangladesh faced was that nearly all of its capable educated people were killed by Pakistan Army as they left. This was their last operation. They knew they had lost the war, so they wanted to cripple the new nation. So, a final effort was made to kill as many intellectuals as possible, to eliminate the future leaders of the new nation of Bangladesh. So, after independence, It was Indian administrative service that went to Bangladesh and re-established the entire country's administrative systems. Now, the reason India has build the largest border in the world is NOT due to distrust, but to reduce problems. The only problem that really existed between both countries is the 30million+ illegal immigrants that came to India due to poor conditions in Bangladesh. This caused lot of conflict between local Indians who found it annoying to have so many foreigners of different culture migrating to their place, taking over their jobs at one fourth the price, and causing criminal problems like looting. This caused huge hatred for Bangladesh to form in Indian public. But, the relationships between both goverments were actually friendly and cordial! The border helped drastically reduce the illegal migration. Another thing to consider is that, India-Bangladesh border was the WORST border in the world till 2015. Just search on youtube itself about this border and you will know why. That problem was solved in 2015 in a historic agreement that actually gave thousands of acres of Indian land to Bangladesh! If India wanted, it could have easily force solved this issue in 1971 itself and bangladesh would not even have cared, but it didn't. *3. Bangladesh is poor* And, stop calling bangladesh as a poor country anymore. They are now the fastest growing country in the world, outpacing India itself! They overtook Pakistan few decades ago, despite having to start from scratch and not having any natural resouces. They even have to import rocks for construction as they don't have it in their country!! So, my thinking is that you read outdated books. The reason for the bangladesh's success is One - Highly hardworking people. Everyone I mett from there wass super hard working, even the illigal migrants who did 3x more work at same time as others. Two - Not having to spend on a military. Due to friendly relation with India, they could focus on building the country, rather than military toys. Three - Great support from India to develop Bangladesh industries, particularly textile industry. Bangladesh is today the textile capital of the world. This is an industry that requires a large amount of human workers, and thus can employ millions. However, Bangladesh do not have the resources to make the raw materials required for making textiles, including cotton and colouring material. Importing it from foreign countries would be so expensive that it would render the entire industry unviable. India saw this as an opportunity to help Bangladesh grow economically and also solve the migrant crisis. India provided these raw materials at subsidized costs and helped Bangladesh in establishing and growing its textile industry even at the cost of undermining India's own textile industry as this would mean Bangladeshi textile will be cheaper than Indian ones due to low labour charges there. This even caused many Indian textile companies to shift their production to bangladesh. And funnily, over 40% of Pakistan's textile industry got shifted to Bangladesh as admitted by their minister himself. Last year Bangladesh crossed India's GDP per capita! And is about 2 times that of Pakistan's.

[rising redstone]

Underrated comment, was about to write this.

[Aman Kumar Padhy]

Go bangladesh! And please man, someone gimme more of that fish curry (had some in dhaka, dimaag phat gya bhai, kya mast that)

[Dwight Schrute]

Bangladesh’s gdp per capita is only 2000$ which is still quite poor. For it to be out of that category it would had to have at least 5000$ gdp per capita.

[rising redstone]

@Dwight Schrute Bangladesh gdp ppp per capita is 5139 dollars. YOu can't just compare nominal gdp per capita between countries as a dollar has different value in different countries.

[Dwight Schrute]

@rising redstone It’s actually a bit complicated if you start to use ppp to create standard definition of poverty that is why nominal is generally a better system. Still Bangladesh is a lower middle income country

[Erick Higuera]

Britain: *draws random borders that create ethnic conflict* Britain 25 years after their Imperial era: *Imagine there's no countries ♪♪ uwu*

[Anmol Dixit]

I'm laughing and crying at the same time..

[Devansh Tripathi]

Lmao

[Qumayopotatosalad4452]

Chad High-Five Flexington Irony

[Orbital Teapot]

@Bu Jammy If you wanna talk about how individuals are being treated unfairly because of something that they did not do, then those immigrants will have the moral upper hand😁

[APEX]

80% accurate. Better than 99% of videos out there talking about the region.

[Anime Guy]

You didn't tell that Pakistan radicalised Kashmir to such an extent that in 1990 the Kashmiri Muslims kicked Kashmiri Hindus with the same surnames as them chanting Islam is the only religion in Kashmir valley and now from 23% Hindu and 2.7% Sikh in 1947 ,Kashmir valley but today Kashmir has only 3% Hindus and Sikhs this plays a vital role in Pakistan's Idea of making Kashmir valley a part of Pakistan

[Hrishikesh Joshi]

Probably one of the most heinous atrocities of our time which is simply glossed over by everyone involved, including (unfortunately and frustratingly) by the Indian State itself.

[Yuvraj Sanap]

True

[nope noway]

True. The creator of the video missed this

[Rakib Hasan]

You really do have a lot of energy to research for this topic.Thank you, for a great analysis.

[Coder Toaster]

This was a very well put together video, didn't expect it to be this detailed. Though I didn't agree with some info presented, it was still mostly accurate.

[AmeNin]

The video would've been perfect if they had mentioned the partition of Bengal by the British Raj. Then the Pakistan and Bangladesh situation would be easier to understand for people who didn't know about it.

[LB]

31:23 "Islamism doesn't care about national sovereignty or borders" Boy, expect this all over headlines now

[LB]

@Amar Saleem I just quoted Kraut

[Amar Saleem]

@LB I know what you mean, I was just giving my response on his quote.

[McShcrooge]

As an Indian I approve of this video... Very informative

[Wobbly Fleas]

A great video, that portrays both sides very fairly and in an unbiased manner.

[Markrios N7]

What really concerns me is, 50 years from now, the tensions between India and Pakistans and Bangladesh are going to be tested to levels unlike any before. Bangladesh as a country is very low and will be hit very hard by sea level rise. Millions of refugees fleeing into India over decades of rising tides makes me deeply concerned.

[Gabsare Sarg]

Very interesting video. Shows how complex human relationships and nations are.

[logna rhmn]

No matter how many times enemies try to crush us, we will rise. Long live Bangladesh. জয় বাংলা🇧🇩

[Vigilant of Stendarr]

crush*

[greycommotion]

You’ve successfully explained a sub-continent’s geo-political scenario and ramifications in 50 minutes, better than a lifetime of conventional news coverage. Whether that’s a fault in myself for not independently seeking out the knowledge earlier or an utterly Western-centric system of news coverage I don’t know. Probably both.

[rodger]

+1

[Abhilash]

Nah he left out many things as expected. This is why you should always research for yourself.

[Abhinav Kumar]

Read up on B.R. Ambedkar to understand Indian subcontinent and it's history from a total different angle. R.C Majumder book on Indian history are also a starting point. And India after Independence.

[Marcus the Younger]

No he didnt

[redryan20000]

He's western aint he?

[Cussan 2 the gamer]

Fun fact: Indian constitution never had the word secular. Secular was added in the 1977

[Hello !]

yes nehru add nahi kare, he was like hum indian secular in nature hain so add karni ki jarurat nahi

[Dracula MFz]

Mahatma Gandhi is quoted saying the Indian state should undoubtedly be secular. The fact that it wasn't explicitly in the constitution is mostly an Indian alt-right talking point

[Dracula MFz]

And you know you can just look up interviews, memoirs etc of Indian founders and you'll see that it was in their vision all along. Even non Gandhian freedom fighters like Bose and Bhagat Singh believed that India should be a secular nation and a welfare state

[Anonymous]

Indian constitution has always been secular. Read article 25 - 28.

[bread]

No, man only socialist was added during the emergency while Indira Gandhi the then prime minister who was also a KGB agent with the code name VANO according to the archives of Mitrokin

[Arya Aswale]

I just randomly watched your trumps biggest failure video and never stopped! keep up the great work. your videos though long are never boring even for a bit, I guess content is a key player here, but its the countryballs that really make it work for me. thanks!

[rejvaik]

When Kraut moved on from mainstream political commentary to these style of historical videos he only improved himself and his videos But sadly his previous failures have been documented and archived, I'm not telling you this to bring you or him down I'm just telling you so you are aware