WHO MASTER MINDED CREATION OF PAKISTAN?....PART I

                                             Dr
K Prabhakar Rao

               Usually, late Mr. Mohammed Ali
Jinnah ( Qaid E Azamof Pakistan)
is considered as  the greatest villain
for creation of Pakistan
in 1947 that has permanently divided the sub continent  preceded by holocaust, mayhem,  murder, exodus of population, abductions,
rapes, burnings, hatred and lootings of properties ( 1). The actual happenings,
circumstances etc that finally resulted in creation of Pakistan are still shrouded in
mystery and many skeletons will roll out of the cupboards if these issues are
dug out dispassionately and revealed by the government..

                It is very well known that in
1857 first war of independence ( Sepoy mutiny as dubbed by the  Englishmen) Muslims and Hindus fought
shoulder to shoulder against the forces of East India
company. Muslim troops fought under the command of Hindu Generals and vice
versa. There was no single instance of division between the communities. There
was national spirit. There were no betrayals between communities. Famous
Maratha General Tantya tope was betrayed to East India
Company by his close associate Hindu friend. Ghulam Ghouse Khan the  chief of Jhansi artillery died of gun shot
with Rani Jhansi at he side during the seize of Jhansi. Muslim soldiers fought
and died for their Rani of Jhansi. Bahadur Shah II Zafar of Mughal dynasty who
was the nominal emperor at Delhi was proclaimed
as the Real emperor of Hindustan and this was
accepted by everyone and there was no disagreement on the issue. Sadly the   uprising failed as every one knows it. But it
shook the foundations of the Company and its rule was terminated and Hindustan was brought under the direct rule of the crown
(2).

            This
was the period when industrial revolution was already on the way and many
scientific discoveries were transforming the world into a modern era. The
American independence also had impact on world affairs. Under the rule of crown
in India   new reforms were brought in, education was
modernized (Although contested by Indians now) and freedom of expression became
a bit liberal. People became more vocal and more representations for natives
were demanded in all matters of governing. There was awakening on the whole in
the country. Modern education and its impact no doubt had its influence on the
people. The talk of Swaraj was more frequent and it was being realized that one
day the Englishmen had to go  from the
sub continent.  During this period Hindus
and Muslims were slowly attracted in  to
groups. Sir Syed ahmed khan emerged as 
an   intellectual during these
times. The  most important  seed of poison for separatism was infact  sown by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan ( 1817-1892) the much
glorified     founder of Aligarh Muslim university.  He is much glorified in India by
Muslims and pseudo secularists. He wrote ( 3):-

“UNDER A DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF
GOVT WHICH FORMS THE IDEAL OF THE CONGRESS LEADERS, THE LARGER COMMUNITY WOULD
FULLY OVERRIDE THE INTERESTS OF THE SMALLER COMMUNITY”.

       Thus Sir Syed
Ahmed khan expressed fears that in a democratic setup with Hindu majority based
on counting of heads meaning votes, Muslims would be dominated and probably
would never  attain political power. This
was enough to stir the Hornets nest.

          Poet Iqbal was the next Muslim
gentleman who suggested for formation of a Muslim State.
He was a lawyer and probably he did less of his profession and did more of  writing of poetry. In a 1930 lecture, Iqbal
suggested the creation of a separate state for the Muslims of India. Although
Iqbal died in 1938, nine years before the formation of Pakistan in 1947, it was his ideas that have
been the main force behind the creation of Pakistan (4).

                       Thus we see that    Sir
Syed Ahmed Khan was the first one to sow the seed of hatred between Hindus and
Muslims followed by Poet Iqbal in 1930 from which advantage was taken by the
cunning and clever Jinnah at a later date who poisoned the atmosphere. In fact, the first two were the bigger
villains to put straight in this murky game of partition and probably Jinnah
deserves slightly lesser degree of condemnation than them. There is a saying
that a pen is more powerful than a sword. Even today it is true. The amount of
good or bad media in the form of a news paper can do today is known to one and  all.

                       It is very sad that
these two men who were infact the masterminds behind formation of Pakistan are
much glorified in India every day and it is a tragedy that  Indian army and other uniformed forces of
India unfortunately march to the tune of Iqbal’s song every day while he was
one of the masterminds for wrecking this country. In central schools this song
is much glorified. Netaji’s songs of INA are rather taboo in this country. That
is the part of much debated India’s
secularism (Pseudo?).

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