Describe the sources of the conflicts between the Hindus and the Muslims in India.?

Answer 1

the divide and rule policy of the British
the British have gone but the division remains

Answer 2

The muslims are intolerant and are trying to take over the world. They are doing a good job of it. They infiltrate every groupe, thenuse intimidation tactics on influential people. The leaders are afraid to raise a hand for fear of retaliation to family members. You can't sort them out, because they lay low and pretend to be nice guys.
The hindus are the opposite and just in the way. The muslims don't want their people to learn from the hindus.

Answer 3

The easy answer to this questions:

In the modern period:

During and following the First World War and the devastating loss of manpower in the British Empire the colonial office was forced to increase it's reliance on the Indian middle class to maintain colonial rule.

In many regions this reliance fell primarily upon the Muslim population. Subsequent mistreatment of the more populous Hindu peoples increased the ideological differences, compounding resentment, and ultimately leading to small scale sectarian violence. In other areas the reverse occurred.

In the industrial and political centers this resentment became more vocal and organized with the structure of labor unions and political organizations. During the middle and latter parts of the interwar period the resentment and ideological differences between Hindu and Muslim Indians became increasingly subverted by the push for self governance. A common target allowed many to put aside petty squabbles for ultimate gains. (Research examples of heavy handed British army mistreatment of Indians (Also include references to the increasing self imposed isolation of British population and the use of de-humanized and shell shocked troops, for added detail compare to the Black and Tan in Ireland))

The outbreak of the Second World War forced the British government to come to an arrangement with the Indian political parties (can’t remember the name ‘Indian congress’ possibly). They promised to examine some form of self determination and increasing roles of Indians in government in exchange for good behavior, political, economical and war support.

After the Second World War the now powerful middle class intelligential forced the British to reluctantly agree to transfer of power (Gandhi, Muslin league etc). The loss of a common enemy forced the Indians to reexamine their identity. The ensuing squabbles between Muslim and Hindu peoples threatened to tare apart the subcontinent (major riots with organized militants close to death squads). Heroic efforts by Gandhi, his Muslim counterpart and the British mediators seceded in temporarily reducing violence. The only compromise that worked was to separate the religious populations through mass migration. See formation of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

I ran out of time. You will still need to provide examples and specific names but hopefully this helps a little. Hey I could be blowing smoke so check your sources.

Answer 4

when India was partitioned and Pakistan was created, there was a lot of disputed territory.