The Partition of India

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Across
  1. 4. an island separated from the European mainland by the English Channel and North Sea. It comprises the nations of England, Scotland and Wales.
  2. 5. behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
  3. 8. the state of wanting or being able to do things for yourself and make your own decisions, without help or influence from other people
  4. 10. a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country
  5. 11. an Indian religion that originated in the Punjab
  6. 14. an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran
  7. 15. the greater number.
  8. 17. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country
Down
  1. 1. advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people.
  2. 2. a country in South Asia that has the world's second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia.
  3. 3. the world's oldest religion
  4. 6. a period of 100 years
  5. 7. the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
  6. 9. a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation, or to choose governing officials to do so.
  7. 12. a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended
  8. 13. the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling
  9. 16. a line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas.