Why did the partitioning of India cause violence?

Answer 1

After the the great revolt of 1942, the British government realised that their rule over India was at an end. The last British Governor, Mountbatten, made a plan to divide India and Pakistan and to give India it's independence.

Answer 2

A family has been living in the same town for generations. Then one day a person decides that all of the family should migrate / walk to another town/city in Another Country. in addition the family cannot come back or visit the place where they have been living for generations. They are asked to leave all that they possess,which they cannot carry with them to new country like ancestral houses and other possessions. This family does not even know the exact place they are supposed to go to, what will become of them once they reach there, let alone how will they get there or will they ever be able to get to the new city or not.

That is what was faced by the people of India when the partition happened. One side blamed the other for the partition - the reason because of which they had to leave their hometowns, freinds and even families. There was so much chaos and emotions ran high at this time of great stress and uncertainity. As the partition was based on religion. The religion which was the cause of partition, the people belonging to this religion were thought to be self-centred villians who were short-sighted and wished to break - away. Both sides blamed the other and took their frustration out on the other religion for the hardships they had to put up with. This was the cause of voilence.