Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "What if the Indian Subcontinent Was ONE Country?" video.

@mgar313 No Rakhine State would absolutely not belong to the Indian subcontinent. If you're going to argue that Rakhine State could belong to India you may as well claim most of Myanmar too as part of the Indian subcontinet because it seems to be that you're doing this based on culture and Myanmar (and the vast majority of Southeast Asia) is part of the Indian Cultural Sphere. You all see Rohingyas (who a minority in Rakhine) and assume that it's an argument for the claim that it belongs to India, it's not. Rohingyas themselves are Burmanised to an extent and many actually use Burmese names (e.g. Wai Wai Nu, a Burmese democracy activist of Rohingya descent).
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@mgar313 The Burmese military persecutes Rohingyas because of WWII. The Rohingyas were bribed by the British to fight the Japanese instead of siding with the Burmese. As a result, they are seen as traitors for fighting alongside the British instead of fighting with the Burmese. General MinAung Hlaing of the Burmese military even said that this is "unfinished business from WWII" in regards to the Rohingya genocide. Rohingyas are not a majority of Rakhine. Rakhine State is known as Rakhine because of the Rakhine people (the majority ethnic group of Rakhine who practice Buddhism). Rohingyas have always been a minority in Rakhine.
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@mgar313 You're looking at appearance and coming to a conclusion but that's not how Asia works. There are many Rohingyas who look stereotypically "Bamar" and there are many Bamar/Burmese who look "stereotypically Indian". There are different terms in the Burmese language to describe the "Indian-like", "Chinese-like" features in Myanmar society. Rohingyas were known as Arakanese Muslims during the Arakan Kingdom days, there was no issue with Rohingyas. Rohingyas are linguistically and culturally quite similar to the Bengalis but due to co-existence with Rakhine people and following the conquest of Arakan by the Bamar from the central plain, Rohingyas have also been Burmanised to an extent.
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Let's not forget the fact that your country broke apart because of religion. The Muslims did not want to live with the non-Muslims of India and demanded their own nation. To think that there would be no issues is naive because modern India still has to deal with Hindu-Muslims tensions even though Pakistan was literally created for Muslims of India. Also, Muslims would be the largest religious group in India (if it never divided, owing to their naturally high fertility rate) and I don't think they'd be happy with having a Hindu-dominated government like Modi in power.
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