<P> Islam is not only a religious doctrine but also a realistic code of conduct in terms of every day and everything important in life: our history, our laws and our jurisprudence . In all these things, our outlook is not only fundamentally different but also opposed to Hindus . There is nothing in life that links us together . Our names, clothes, food, festivals, and rituals, all are different . Our economic life, our educational ideas, treatment of women, attitude towards animals, and humanitarian considerations, all are very different . </P> <P> In May 1947, he had an entirely different emphasis when he told Mountbatten, who was in charge of British India's transition to independence: </P> <P> Your Excellency doesn't understand that the Punjab is a nation . Bengal is a nation . A man is a Punjabi or a Bengali first before he is a Hindu or a Muslim . If you give us those provinces you must, under no condition, partition them . You will destroy their viability and cause endless bloodshed and trouble . </P> <P> Mountbatten replied: </P>

Define two nation theory also explain the evolution of two nation theory