Road to 2046

It was about 100 years ago that the Khilafat movement was launched in India. 1921. Muslims in undivided India were unhappy that Turkey was made a "secular" country by Ataturk Kemal Pasha and the Caliphate was abolished. He did that with the help of the British who were overseeing the Middle East wit France (regions divided amongst them in what were called Protectorates).

The Muslims in India led by the Ali brothers started an "agitation". The Indian freedom movement had become leaderless in 1919 and Bapu had just entered the scene. Jawaharlal was still not in the scene and Jinnah was practicing law and advocating freedom struggle jointly. Bapu seized the opportunity to get the Muslims to join in the struggle so lent support to the Khilafat movement.

Lot of "protests" happened in the country and ended with the gruesome Mopalah rebellion and massacre of Hindus in Kerala. The below the surface mobilization of Muslims as a separate community suddenly came to forefront. To be fair, they were already being given separate electorates and cribbing on them being separate and special (like it is happening now) was in place.

Within 25 years, Jinnah had emerged as sole leader of the Muslims. In the Muslim seats (they had separate electorates remember), Muslim League which stood for a separate country for Muslims won 90% majority and won all seats. This was an endorsement for a separate country from most of the community in India.

This coupled with Direct Action Day in Calcutta and other places that caused riots and killings unnerved Bapu and Chacha and they agreed to partition.

Compare what is going on in 2020 with what happened in 1921. Look at the rhetoric and attitudes carefully. Then we can track the route to 2046 together as an academic exercise. There seems to be a clear route there.