Reply #20: No, you are not wrong

[friedgreentomatoes]

atleast not totally.
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined was one country long time back. In 1905, the British in India, under their policy of "divide-and-rule" separated Bangladesh from India and created "East Pakistan" which later became Bangladesh. The idea was to create separate states for Hindus and Muslims, so yes, the division was based on religion. It was a somewhat peaceful migration of Hindus west of the the border to India, and the muslims migrated towards the east.
Later, in 1947, the day India and Pakistan got independence from the British, Pakistan as we know it today was created. The freedom movement of India saw the rise of two prominent politicians, Jawaharlal Nehru who headed the Indian National Congress and The Muslim League was headed by Jinnah. Both wanted to be the head of a country. Mahatma Gandhi had some role in messing things up (though this is controversial) by promising Head-of-State to both. Also, Muslims never wanted to assimilate with Hindus. Seeing no way out of the mess, the British offered partition. Both countries accepted, though Gandhi was vehemently opposed to it. India became a secular nation, while both Pakistan and Bangladesh maintained their "islamic nation" status. Migration of Hindus to India and Muslims from India started and property exchanges became common. The bloodbath was of unimaginable magnitude. Trains of migrants would arrive at stations full of beheaded bodies.
Jammu and Kashmir, a state in India, has a very high muslim population. Kashmir itself was also partitioned in 1947 with 35% (the muslim-dominated part) going to Pakistan. The Maharaja of Kashmir initially wanted kashmir to remain autonomous. When that was not granted, he agredd to let kashmir to be part of India in exchanged of a referendum of independence which never materialized. Pakistan wants ALL of Kashmir, so started the mess that has been going on for 60yrs now.