I've read it many times before on this forum, that Pakistan is the common enemy holding all the different ethnicities, religions, cultures of India together and that without it, it'd be sure to collapse.
How true is that though? How capable is India of maintaining territorial integrity and sovereignty without Pakistan? Would it have made a difference if India was not partitioned at independence in to more than one state? Would India collapse if Pakistan somehow disappeared in the future either through disintegration or absorption by India via any means? Could a new common enemy replace Pakistan and hold India together, such as China?
How true is that though? How capable is India of maintaining territorial integrity and sovereignty without Pakistan? Would it have made a difference if India was not partitioned at independence in to more than one state? Would India collapse if Pakistan somehow disappeared in the future either through disintegration or absorption by India via any means? Could a new common enemy replace Pakistan and hold India together, such as China?