S₁ : The colonial powers had a very simple technique to rule the world.
S₆ : Partition was the culmination.
P : They lumped tribes and people together, played one against the other.
Q : India’s provinces were more elaborately designed to play the game of divide and rule.
R : Africa was divided, believe it or not, on the basis of the lines of longitude and latitude.
S : They also purchased the loyalties of those locals who were needed as supports for the colonial presence.
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