WHO MASTERMINDED CREATION OF PAKISTAN?

WHO MASTER MINDED CREATION OF PAKISTAN?
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?).

In Hyderabad Sir Syed Ahmed Khan memorial lectures are being conducted regularly at Nampally at Sir Syed Ahmed Khan hall. Earlier Mir Osman Ali Khan Asif Jha, Nizam 7( former ruler of Hyderabad state) memorial lectures were conducted and after some objections and hue and cry, it was changed to the present one. It is well known to all that Nizam 7 abetted Razakars under Kasim Razvi and unleashed a wave of terror against Hindu population in the state with an intention of staying independent after 1947 and finally he was deposed by Police action in 1948 and the state became part of Hindustan. Probably it was agreed that these two were slightly of lesser culprits than the Nizam 7.
Nizam 7 although was good builder of buildings, Osmania university and few reservoirs like Osman sagar and Himayat sagar and thus had some credits in his own way ( He was also considered a poet in urdu in his own way and his poems were published in local urdu papers under Royal farman), he abetted Razakars and the crimes committed by them along with the rascal and Islamic fundamentalist Kasim Razvi ( He was jailed after police action and after release went to Pakistan where he died unsung and unheard) duly abetted by Deen yar Jung the police chief of Hyderabad. Some credit must be given to Nizam for his earlier good activities as a ruler. But this will not absolve him from the crimes committed by his Razakars and for his policies of inability against activities of Razakars where he abdicated his responsibilities towards his Hindu subjects. He wanted to remain independent as a ruler while Sir Khan and Iqbal were the master minds behind partition that was a bigger crime in fact than what Nizam did. Syed khan and Iqbal clearly divided the populations with strokes of their pen and shown the path and provided clues. Unfortunately these two men were accomplished men in their spheres of activities but they did not rise over the narrow outlook of Islam and intolerance towards Hindus. They had national outlook and much narrow minded in this respect. But those men died much earlier after doing the damage and poisoning the minds of Muslims in India. Gandhi’s slogan Hindu Muslim Bhai..Bhai just vanished into thin air inspite of his loud chest beating and singing Ramdhun at pitch of the voice everywhere and every time once the call for separation was given.

Then comes the role of Mohammed Ali Jinnah in this murky affair of partition who did practical implementation of the plan of the earlier men. Rest is history. Some might say that the Englishmen clearly took advantage of these divisions and played their murky cards. Finally the Muslim league inspired mayhem, murders and arson resulted in partition of this subcontinent and is attributed by some quarters to the prevailing situation. The fact is that the situation developed out of clear thoughts of division by Syed khan and Iqbal who rather escaped criticism and are rather considered holy cows. Thanks to pseudo secularists.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.Dr K Prabhakar Rao, Washing dirty linen in public,on kuntamukkalaprabhakar.blogspot.com , December24, 2009, 03:49 and also on sanghparivar.org, December 26, 2009, 2:06

2.The first war of independence, http://www.indhistory.com/1857-war-of-independance.html

3 . Majumdar, RC Roy Chaudhry, Kalikinkar datta,Advanced history of India, St Martins press, New York, edition III, 1967, PP 893

4..Mohad Iqbal, http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:ZxpPbh5j3bEJ:www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/freedom-fighters/muhammad-iqbal.php+Poet+Iqbal+suggested+formation+of+a+Muslim+State+in+1930&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in