Anti-Indian sentiment: Difference between revisions

Anti-Indian sentiments, coupled with [[anti-Hindu]] prejudices have existed in Pakistan since its [[Partition of India|formation]].

In particular, racialist ideas such as the [[Martial Race]] theory were central to the Pakistan Army which believed that since the [[Pakistan Army]] comprised soldiers of the "martial races", they should easily defeat [[India]] in a war, especially prior to the [[Second Kashmir War]]<ref>Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat Richard H. Shultz, Andrea Dew: "The Martial Races Theory had firm adherents in Pakistan and this factor played a major role in the under-estimation of the Indian Army by Pakistani soldiers as well as civilian decision makers in 1965."</ref><ref>[http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/november/sepoy.htm An Analysis The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59 by AH Amin] ''The army officers of that period were convinced that they were a martial race and the Hindus of Indian Army were cowards. Some say this was disproved in 1965 when despite having more sophisticated equipment, numerical preponderance in tanks and the element of surprise the Pakistan Armoured Division miserably failed at [[Khem Karan]]''</ref>. Based on this belief in the martial supremacy, it was popularly hyped that one Pakistani soldier was equal to four to ten Hindus/Indian soldiers (including a large number of Sikh soldiers and officers),<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-pak_1965.htm Indo-Pakistan War of 1965]</ref><ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/990718.htm End-game? By Ardeshir Cowasjee] - 18 July 1999, [[Dawn (newspaper)]]</ref><ref>''India'' by Stanley Wolpert. Published: University of California Press, 1990. "India's army... quickly dispelled the popular Pakistani myth that one Muslim soldier was “worth ten Hindus.”"</ref> and thus numerical superiority of the foe could be overcome.<ref name ="Cohen" /> However, the [[Indo-Pakistan Wars]] of 1947 and 1965 proved otherwise as Pakistan Army lost more men and land than India<ref>According to sources in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] Pakistani fatalities range between 30% - 200% higher than Indian fatalities including the [[Operation Gibraltar]].</ref> in its many attempts to gain the entire Kashmir region.<ref>Pakistan backed troops were always the first to be sent into Kashmir during 1947, 1965 and in [[Kargil War|1999 Kargil conflict]] with aims of capture, instigation and intrusions. For details/sources, see relevant articles.</ref>