Indian Independence: A Big Game Of Suffering
| The Old History |
| Independence |
| Present Situation |
| Muslim League: 1906: "To promote, among the Musalmans (Muslims) of India, feelings of loyalty to the British Government..." 1913: "To maintain and promote among the people of this country feelings of loyalty towards the British Crown..." |
The Muslim League raised panic among muslims. The Muslims had ruled India and the majority Hindus, and now they did not want to be ruled by Hindus. That was mere propaganda as the leadership of the uprisal was interreligious. Subash Bose's army was not a Hindu army and Savarkar's forces included Muslims and Hindus and others. Maulana A. K. Azad, Gandhi's ally was a Muslim.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah was given the hope of becoming India's first prime minister. He took the incentive and started widespread unrest resulting in bloody riots between the hindus and muslims. The violence caused further division among the people. Jinnah, using this as an excuse called for division of India along religious lines.
PS. Unfortunately western historians misrepresent much of this history trying to cover up much of their evil deeds in the colonies.
Gandhi, and the other leaders of the nation called for an end to the violence. Jinnah, who was bent on becoming the Prime Minister, propped up by the British, blackmailed the nation. He said that he would give up the division of India, and end the violence if he were made the first Prime Minister. But that was not to be. After much ado, finally Gandhi gave in, much to the disbelief of many of the freedom leaders, and accepted the formation of two separate states, the creation of Pakistan and India. Pakistan for Muslims and and secular India for Hindus and others.
People think of Gandhi brought great success to India. But in reality he was a failure, despite his great acheivements. He caused the birth of a nation out of hatred. The division of India was a curse that caused great suffering to millions who were displaced from their native land by this ill decision of Gandhi and the treachery of Jinnah. It is also suggested that the numbers that died in the clashes and riots following division may be in the hundreds of thousands. It was passive ethnic cleansing! And Gandhi and Jinnah bears the responsibility.
The division of India was one of the greatest mistakes in the history of the modern wall. The curse still haunts the people of the subcontinent, by causing many more wars and much more hatred. Had India not been broken up, Pakistan's terrorism might not have existed, Kashmir might not have been a problem, there might have been no genocide of millions in Bangladesh, there might have been no Taleban in Afganistan (an ancient part of India) and there might have been no nuclear arms race. There possibly might not even have been any terror attack on the Twin Towers in the USA. *IThe curse still haunts the people of the subcontinent, by causing many more wars and much more hatred. The only excuse Gandhi may have had was that he made an honest mistake and had no idea of the great tragedy of his decision. For Jinnah, the British puppet, there is no excuse. Had India not been broken, Pakistan's terrorism would not have existed, there would have been no genocide of millions in Bangladesh, there would be no Taleban in Afganistan (an ancient part of India) and there would be no nuclear arms race. There possibly might not have been any terror attack on the Twin Towers in the USA. (Given the Taleban was mothered by Pakistan.)
The only excuse Gandhi may have had was that he made an honest mistake and had no idea of the great tragedy of his decision. For Jinnah, the British puppet, there is no excuse.
PS. Many states were divided in this game. Bengal, however, was divided in 1906, much to the anger of the Bengals. Partision was abandoned in 1911 though. Of course the partision was remade when India was partisioned. The division was orchestrated originally by Lord Curzon and shamefully in the biggest university of Bangladesh, there is a Curzon Hall. Bangladeshis should rename it. -- NOVO
To further aggravate the situation, a number of Indian states were left with their fate undecided. The British did not decide whether they should join India or Pakistan. This was a big problem. One of these states was KASHMIR, the beautiful mountain state. The British left the decision to the King of Kashmir. The big problem with Kashmir was that it was a muslim majority region under the rule of a Hindu king. Pakistan decided arbitrarily, since much of the division was done according to religious distribution, that Kashmir should belong to them.
And no sooner had they decided, they sent in tribal wariors and soldiers into Kashmir. Unfortunately for them, the King of Kashmir decided to join India. He officially joined India and India rushed its fledgling troops to Kashmir but Pakistan had already taken much of Kashmir. That was the first war. It ended in the UN. India decided to hold a referendum to allow the people of Kashmir to decide their fate. The UN also said that Pakistan must withdraw its forces as a precondition for India to hold the referendum.
That was just the begining of it all!
