🧵India's Economy: Glaring Disparities

In January of this year, the Reserve Bank of India predicted that India would continue to be the world's fifth-largest economy. It went on to say that the country's economy will reach USD 3.7 trillion in 2023 and that it will maintain... …its lead over the UK, highlighting how macroeconomic stability is solidifying.

But despite its wealth, the majority of its people live in poverty and struggle with challenges like inflation, casteism, unemployment, and starvation.

Before the partition, according to the 1941 census, Hindus constituted:
14% of the population in West Pakistan (now Pakistan);
and 28% of the population in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). After Pakistan gained independence from the British Raj, 4.7 million of West Pakistan's Hindus and Sikhs moved to India as refugees.
In the census of 1951, Hindus made up
1.6% of the total population of West Pakistan (now Pakistan),
and 22% of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

History of the National Anthem of Pakistan:

1. In December 1948, the Government of Pakistan established the National Anthem Committee (NAC) with the task of coming up with the composition and lyrics for the official national anthem of Pakistan. 2. The NAC was initially chaired by the Information Secretary, Sheikh Muhammad Ikram, and its members included many politicians, poets and musicians, including Abdur Rab Nishtar, Ahmad G. Chagla and Hafeez Jullundhri. But it faced difficulties in finding suitable music and lyrics