India has been ruled by several dynasties, empires, and nations before it finally became the modern day Republic of India. At first, India was a collection of several Hindu city states if you will. However, in the the late 15th century, India was united under the primarily Muslim Mughal Empire along with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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They ruled for nearly 400 years until the British took control and added Burma to the territory in the 1850s and Hinduism was restored. Besides the British, certain parts of India that is the modern day union territory of Pondicherry was ruled by the French and the state of Goa was ruled by the Portuguese. Eventually, Burma became a separate British territory.
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The British and other Europeans ruled India for almost 100 years until 1947 when India became independent. However, the Muslims in Pakistan and Bangladesh did not want to be in a nation unified with the primarily Hindu Republic of India. So Pakistan and Bangladesh seceded from India to form the modern day republic of Pakistan and Bangladesh. At first, Pakistan and Bangladesh were unified but that didn't go too well for them especially for Bangladesh, so with the help of India, Bangladesh became independent.
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