<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Envoy </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pakistan High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood </Th> <Td> Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria </Td> </Tr> <P> Relations between India and Pakistan have been complex and largely hostile due to a number of historical and political events . Relations between the two states have been defined by the violent partition of British India in 1947, the Kashmir conflict and the numerous military conflicts fought between the two nations . Consequently, their relationship has been plagued by hostility and suspicion . Northern India and Pakistan somewhat overlap in areas of certain demographics, shared lingua francas (mainly Punjabi and Hindustani) and shared cuisines inherited from the Mughal Empire . </P> <P> After the dissolution of the British Raj in 1947, two new sovereign nations were formed--the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan . The subsequent partition of the former British India displaced up to 12.5 million people, with estimates of loss of life varying from several hundred thousand to 1 million . India emerged as a secular nation with a Hindu majority population and a large Muslim minority, while Pakistan emerged also as a secular nation with an overwhelming Muslim majority population; later becoming an Islamic republic although its constitution guarantees freedom of religion to people of all faiths . </P>

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