When does the modern period begin in South Asian history?

1-When does the modern period begin in South Asian history?
2-William Dalrymple calls the East India Company “the original corporate raiders.” Do you agree with this assessment?
3-Why did the “high noon of the British Empire” become a time of unparalleled racist and imperialist attitudes towards Indians?
4-What does Kushwant Singh’s novel Train to Pakistan say about the nature of the violence that happened during Partition?
5-Is religious tolerance or religious conflict more the norm in South Asia?
6-Describe the emergence of the idea of Pakistan.
7- Why wasn’t India and/or Pakistan’s independence won through a revolutionary war?