Colonial Subjugation Divide and Rule🔗

"The British had been horrified, during the Revolt of 1857, to see Hindus and Muslims fighting side by side and under each other's command against the foreign oppressor. They vowed this would not happen again. "Divide et impera ("Divide and Rule") was an old Roman maxim, and it shall be ours", wrote Lord Elphinstone. A systematic policy of fomenting separate consciousness among the two communities was launched, with overt British sponsorship."

Shashi Tharoor, MP Hindu Parliament, Era of Darkness (2016)