09-17-2006, 11:21 PM
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<b>Nehru's Verbal Fascination with the Sword</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The incident has two lessons. One is Pt Nehru's verbal fascination for war which never materialised despite Pakistan's complete ethnic cleaning of Hindus and Sikhs. Secondly, Pt Nehru was used not only to charging into crowds but criticising Hindu and Sikh refugees as well as Hindu organisations wildly during those turbulent days. While his cabinet colleague N.V. Gadgil says in his memoirs that the RSS had taken the lead in Punjab in saving and protecting the Hindus, Nehru indulged in its senseless criticism. He was drinking with Mountbatten after the swearing-in function on the midnight of 14-15 August, 1947, when the non-Muslims of Lahore and almost all other places in West Punjab were being butchered in wholesale. In Delhi itself even a month after Independence, pro-Pakistan zealots were on the offensive, waging a regular civil war. Delhi police which had consisted mostly of Muslims was now a depleted force, many Muslims having deserted with arms and joined the anti-Hindu rioters. Dumps of sophisticated arms were found in mosques and other buildings. Pro-Pakistanis were firing on even the armed forces and police to maintain their hold on certain areas. The Irwin Hospital (now Loknayak J.P. Narayan Hospital) was under fire from a building belonging to the Muslim League paper Dawn across the Ramlila Ground. It could be controlled after many hours of counter-firing from the turrets of the hospital as even VIPs' caravans visiting it to see the wounded were fired upon. Dr Sushila Nayar was stranded there for hours together. There was even an attempt at coup by blowing up Parliament. The remnants of the League had in fact collected enough armaments to hold the city as the Pakistani outpost. Four hundred Khaksars had collected in Jama Masjid to capture the city.
Elsewhere in the city, even in September, 1947, a month after Independence, displaced Muslims huddled in the Idgah near Paharganj were in an aggressive mood on the Bakr-Id Day and insisted on taking a sacrificial cow in a procession through New Delhi. They had to be fired upon repeatedly. Some 400 were killed and an equal number injured before the rebellion could be quelled. A building at nearby Faiz Road had to be blown up by Sardar Patel's orders as a non-stop firing went on from there. It was a fierce war on the Hindus who were restrained by Nehru from retaliating or even defending themselves. Even Dr Rajendra Prasad had to protest in a letter to Nehru against use of Army against Hindus under attack in Delhi after sufferings in Pakistan. His speeches were defaming the Hindus, he said.
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NIGHTMARE OF NEHRUISM<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It was not long before I was visited by officers of the Crimes Department, and not only from Delhi. I was accused of causing communal discord, and threatening the peace of the land. I was arrested, and ordered to seek bail. The Station House Officer in Delhi who locked me up for twenty four hours, was mighty pleased with his performance. He boasted loudly that he had prevented a big street riot in Delhi. He invited me to accompany him and see for myself the missiles which the local Muslims had piled up on the roofs of their houses, apart from the firearms inside. When I asked him why he had not got the missiles removed and the firearms flushed out, he snarled, "Address your question to the big bosses of the political parties. I am only a small fry trying to earn my daily bread."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The incident has two lessons. One is Pt Nehru's verbal fascination for war which never materialised despite Pakistan's complete ethnic cleaning of Hindus and Sikhs. Secondly, Pt Nehru was used not only to charging into crowds but criticising Hindu and Sikh refugees as well as Hindu organisations wildly during those turbulent days. While his cabinet colleague N.V. Gadgil says in his memoirs that the RSS had taken the lead in Punjab in saving and protecting the Hindus, Nehru indulged in its senseless criticism. He was drinking with Mountbatten after the swearing-in function on the midnight of 14-15 August, 1947, when the non-Muslims of Lahore and almost all other places in West Punjab were being butchered in wholesale. In Delhi itself even a month after Independence, pro-Pakistan zealots were on the offensive, waging a regular civil war. Delhi police which had consisted mostly of Muslims was now a depleted force, many Muslims having deserted with arms and joined the anti-Hindu rioters. Dumps of sophisticated arms were found in mosques and other buildings. Pro-Pakistanis were firing on even the armed forces and police to maintain their hold on certain areas. The Irwin Hospital (now Loknayak J.P. Narayan Hospital) was under fire from a building belonging to the Muslim League paper Dawn across the Ramlila Ground. It could be controlled after many hours of counter-firing from the turrets of the hospital as even VIPs' caravans visiting it to see the wounded were fired upon. Dr Sushila Nayar was stranded there for hours together. There was even an attempt at coup by blowing up Parliament. The remnants of the League had in fact collected enough armaments to hold the city as the Pakistani outpost. Four hundred Khaksars had collected in Jama Masjid to capture the city.
Elsewhere in the city, even in September, 1947, a month after Independence, displaced Muslims huddled in the Idgah near Paharganj were in an aggressive mood on the Bakr-Id Day and insisted on taking a sacrificial cow in a procession through New Delhi. They had to be fired upon repeatedly. Some 400 were killed and an equal number injured before the rebellion could be quelled. A building at nearby Faiz Road had to be blown up by Sardar Patel's orders as a non-stop firing went on from there. It was a fierce war on the Hindus who were restrained by Nehru from retaliating or even defending themselves. Even Dr Rajendra Prasad had to protest in a letter to Nehru against use of Army against Hindus under attack in Delhi after sufferings in Pakistan. His speeches were defaming the Hindus, he said.
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NIGHTMARE OF NEHRUISM<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It was not long before I was visited by officers of the Crimes Department, and not only from Delhi. I was accused of causing communal discord, and threatening the peace of the land. I was arrested, and ordered to seek bail. The Station House Officer in Delhi who locked me up for twenty four hours, was mighty pleased with his performance. He boasted loudly that he had prevented a big street riot in Delhi. He invited me to accompany him and see for myself the missiles which the local Muslims had piled up on the roofs of their houses, apart from the firearms inside. When I asked him why he had not got the missiles removed and the firearms flushed out, he snarled, "Address your question to the big bosses of the political parties. I am only a small fry trying to earn my daily bread."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->