07-29-2005, 05:52 AM
Varsha Bhosle, while I admire her for many things is not a demographics expert like me
She is right, the Ahom dominated congress was glad to be rid of Sylhet
However Sylhet was muslim majority
During Partition, the muslims first demanded all of Assam ( all of north east )
They had a referendum which muslims lost 33% to 67%
Then they demanded a mini-referendum in Sylhet because they were a local majority in Sylhet and they won this
53% to 47%
http://www.ambedkar.org/pakistan/
Then Click on Appendix 6 which has census data for Assam, based on 1931 census
Sylhet - Muslims 60%
In the actual referendum, the vote for pakistan was 53% - 47%
Out of the 60% muslims, 7% voted for India since they wanted to islamise all of
India
The main unfair deal of partition was Chittagong hill tracts, 97% non-muslim which was given to pakistan
G.S
She is right, the Ahom dominated congress was glad to be rid of Sylhet
However Sylhet was muslim majority
During Partition, the muslims first demanded all of Assam ( all of north east )
They had a referendum which muslims lost 33% to 67%
Then they demanded a mini-referendum in Sylhet because they were a local majority in Sylhet and they won this
53% to 47%
http://www.ambedkar.org/pakistan/
Then Click on Appendix 6 which has census data for Assam, based on 1931 census
Sylhet - Muslims 60%
In the actual referendum, the vote for pakistan was 53% - 47%
Out of the 60% muslims, 7% voted for India since they wanted to islamise all of
India
The main unfair deal of partition was Chittagong hill tracts, 97% non-muslim which was given to pakistan
G.S