Why did britain need to divide india before it gave up control of that country?

One reason why the British were reluctant to leave India was that they feared India would erupt into civil war between Muslims and Hindus. ... In 1947 the British withdrew from the area and it was partitioned into two independent countries - India (mostly Hindu) and Pakistan (mostly Muslim).

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the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.