This pragmatic research oriented document attempts to explore the Muslim estrangement in Indian polity paving the way for the partition of India. This paper also glances on the aftermath of division. In order to diagnose the theme logically and expansively, private papers of the Viceroy Lord Linlithgow, Government of India’s Home Department’ Fortnightly Reports, constitutional documents, reminisces and biographies of renowned personalities of the time and standard research works related to the theme have been exhausted.