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India's economy has outpaced Pakistan's handily since Partition in 1947 – politics explains why

  • Written by Surupa Gupta, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, University of Mary Washington
India's economy has outpaced Pakistan's handily since Partition in 1947 – politics explains whyLord Louis Mountbatten, viceroy of India, discusses Britain's partition plan with Hindu and Muslim leaders in the summer of 1947. AP Photo/Max Desfor

India and Pakistan inherited the same economic legacy of underinvestment and neglect from Britain when they became independent states following the Partition on Aug. 15, 1947. Their colonial economies...

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