Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

(1) The necessity for regional integration in South Asia is underlined by the very history of the last 45 years since the liquidation of the British Empire in this part of the world. (A) After the partition of the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan was formed in that very area, which the imperial powers had always marked out as the potential base for operations against the Russian power in Central Asia. (B) Because of the disunity and ill–will among the South Asian neighbours, particularly India and Pakistan, great powers from outside the area could meddle into their affairs and thereby keep neighbours apart. (C) It needs to be added that it was the bountiful supply of sophisticated arms that emboldened Pakistan to go for warlike bellicosity towards India. (D) As part of the cold war strategy of the US, Pakistan was sucked into Washington's military alliance spreading over the years. (6) Internally too, it was the massive induction of American arms into Pakistan which empowered the military junta of the country to snuff out the civilian government and destroy democracy in Pakistan.