1. The British colonialists practised their Divide and Rule Policy in India. 

2. They encouraged Muslims to set up a separate party Muslim League in 1906. 

3. They set separate electorate for Muslims from 1909. 

4. They gave communal electorate to Sikhs also in 1932. 

5. They also extended separate electorate to Dalits. 

6. Thus, all the time they wanted to weaken the hold of Congress on people, which is fighting hard against them for Independence.

Comparison : 

In Nigeria, in 1939 the British separated the Yoruba and Igbo regions into Western and Eastern Nigeria and encouraged competition and conflict between the three major tribal groups so as to be able to “divide and rule” the country.

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1. In the Indian context, the basic truth is that the British did rule and, they did try to divide opposition. 

2. Divide and rule was seen in the following actions : 

a) Partition of Bengal 

b) Encouraging formation of Muslim League, 

c) Separate electorates for Muslims and for SC. 

3. The idea that ‘Divide and Rule’ was such a set and evil strategy that it actively, logically led on to partition of our country. 

4. To solve the minority question, the British imperialists, implementing their policy of divide and rule, separated the continent into a Hindu and a Muslim state.