Syed Ahmad Khan had proposed to the British the creation of an Anglo-Mohammadan Alliance, projecting that the British are the rulers and the Muslims were the rulers so they should align to rule over Hindus. Though such an alliance was never formally declared by the British, in actual practice it was operationalised in many areas. The formation of Muslim League was a direct result of British efforts, which led to the creation of separate Muslim electorates in 1908 and the Congress agreeing to it at Lucknow in 1916.
The creation of Hindu Mahasabha and the Rastriya Swayam Sewak Sangh came much after the Muslims had organised themselves, basically as a retaliation to protect Hindu as well as national interests. Both these organisations had opposed loyalty to pan Islamic mobilisation keeping in view the interest of Bharat. The Muslims, the British and the Congress, all three considered the RSS as a threat to them and accordingly left no stone unturned since then to declare the RSS as a ‘communal’ and ‘terrorist’ organisation. This terminology adopted by both the British and the Muslim League was followed by Nehru and now once again his dynastic heirs in politics use that legacy much more aggressively, with all kinds of fake propaganda about the RSS and Veer Savarkar. Accusing the RSS of non-participation in the freedom struggle, of being involved in Gandhi’s murder and what not… The Congress spokespersons sing this chorus at the top of their voice on media channels and the crown prince of this dynastic party cannot deliver a speech without cursing and accusing the RSS or Veer Savarkar. These historically illiterate politicians either are not aware of documents or will half quote the documents to create a fake distorted history.
They would not spell out to the people why they accepted creation of two dominions instead of complete independence on 15th August 1947; why was the King of England allowed to be the Emperor of India till June 1948; why Nehru invited the last representative of the British, Mountbatten, to be the first Governor General of India; why the British Commander-in-Chiefs of the Armed Forces were retained through a negotiated, under-the-table settlement of transfer of power? If it was an achievement of struggle then which country would agree to continue to pay pension to the British who had served in Bharat? There are many such black deeds which were kept away from the Indian people and one of the blackest deeds in this is the attitude of the Nehru Government towards the violence unleashed against Hindus and Sikhs, particularly from the beginning of 1946. What did Nehru, the Prime Minister of the Dominion of Bharat, do to check this violence which he knew would follow the partition of the country?
DEFENCE MINISTER’S LETTER
I am citing here a letter written by Sardar Baldev Singh, the Defence Minister of the Bhartiya Dominion, in September 1947 to Sardar Patel with a copy to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. The letter is self-explanatory and proposes to seek the intervention of Shri Guruji to supply trained men for a field force to be sent secretly to Pakistan to rescue more than 20,000 Sikh and Hindu women abducted by the Muslims of Pakistan.
One has to understand clearly the background here under which the Defence Minister suggested these measures and had already put Lt. Gen. Sinha to work on it.
As per a secret report from Punjab, Wavell the viceroy was informed on 2nd May 1946 that a Muslim army of 50,000,00 men had been raised by the Muslim League. The Governor of Punjab, Jenkins had clearly stated that he apprehended the reluctance of district officers to enforce any kind of ban against these League volunteers. He had also mentioned that the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh was active in Lahore. The British had imposed the ban on the RSS describing it as a communal and dangerous organisation but no such ban was imposed on the Muslim League and its private army.
NEHRU KNEW OF IMPENDING VIOLENCE
A report as early as 8th August 1946 stated that the Provincial Ministries “were afraid to do anything against the Muslim National Guards who were increasing.” In provinces like Punjab, 70 per cent of the police were Muslims who had their sympathies with the League and it would be difficult to deal with trouble in the towns. An analysis of the British reports clearly reveals that the troubles they expected were to be communal and not anti-British, which was a matter of great relief for them.
The Congress leadership was fully aware of what was to come, particularly after Jinnah had unleashed a sphere of violence on the Direct Action Day of 16th August 1946. The writing was on the wall in bold letters as Lahore, Peshawar and Noakhali etc. had witnessed worst communal rioting and killing of Hindus. The question to be asked here is what precaution did Nehru, the PM of the interim government, take in this regard? Why a hastily drawn line of partition, drawn by Redcliff, was accepted and all demands of Sikhs regarding their holy shrines – even Karatarput Sahib, a few kilometers away – were ignored? Mountbatten had not only communicated to the Sikhs via Maharaja of Patiala that any attempt by them to fight the Muslim league would be a war against the British Indian Army, but had even rushed for a day to Lahore cantonment to direct the Commander to remain prepared. Similar was a warning sent to General Mohan Singh who had regrouped the Azad Hind Fauj in Punjab. Nehru himself did not go to Noakhali but rushed to Bihar and warned the Hindus of even bombing them by Air force if they didn’t stop retaliating against the killings of Hindus.
It was only on 4th August 1947 that the Governor of Punjab informed Mountbatten that he had banned the Muslim League National Guards who had taken to the streets. Riots broke out on 4th March 1947 in Lahore, Amritsar, Rawalpindi, Jalandar, Sialkot, Attock and Jhelum districts where non-Muslims were massacred. From 10th May 1947 onwards the British admitted that the communal war of succession had started in almost every town of Punjab. On 15th August 1947, clear instructions were given to the Governments of India and Pakistan by the British that these governments would be responsible for maintenance of law and order in their respective territories and the British troops will not be available to intervene in case of internal disorder.
NEHRU’S PRIORITIES
Here, one must keep in mind that Nehru had no love for Bengal and Punjab – the two provinces where he had no following. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee raised the issue of Hindus in Bengal and sent letters to the Lt. Governor with maps for the creation of West Bengal. Nehru and his ilk left no effort to defame Mukherjee, the Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS as anti-nationals, fanatics and what not! Veer Savarkar was selected as the punching bag and this continues till today to retain the hold of dynasty in Bharatiya politics.
One should not forget that Nehru himself had declared his support to Churchill, the butcher of millions of Bharatiyas in the man-made famine, by stating that he will take a sword himself and fight Subhas Chandra Bose if he comes with the Japanese. On the advice of Viceroys, he not only refused to take the braves of Azad Hind Fauj back in the Bharatiya Army but because of him they were not accepted as freedom fighters till 1973. Same was the fate of those braves who led the naval uprising against the British.
Nehru blatantly refused the proposals to settle down Hindu and Sikh refugees in the houses left vacant by Muslims who had migrated to Pakistan. No voices were raised by these Congress leaders when the Dalits in Pakistan were stopped at gun point in many towns not to leave for in their absence who will do the scavenging work in Pakistan. No wonder, when Nehru went to see the refugees, none look towards him and only an elderly woman turned her face and said “If you had to do this, why not tell us in advance?” Well, Nehru had declared himself as an accidental Hindu then why should rescuing the Hindu and Sikh women be a priority for him? Hence, we notice that Sardar Baldev Singh did not address this letter to Nehru or even mark a copy to him.
RSS MEN ON RESCUE MISSION TO PAKISTAN
The RSS acted on this letter and from my own family history I know that RSS volunteers went for the rescue and for two years did this at the stake of their lives. For two years, none in the family knew where my cousin was since they left Lahore. When he finally returned, all he told was that he was in Pakistan helping Hindu and Sikh women move out. All this time, Nehru was busy paying 50 crore rupees to Pakistan after Gandhi sat on a hunger strike to make that payment.
It is worth mentioning here that in 1946, the RSS was a banned organisation but Col. G.S. Dhillon of Azad Hind Fauj has written how the RSS honoured him at a secret place in Bombay after the Red Fort trials were over. In this context, one should read a report published by the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar, in 1950 on “Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947”.
The Congress leader and spokespersons will not tell the people how many Chitpawan Brahmans were killed by the peaceful Congressmen after Gandhi’s murder? They will not tell the people the role of the RSS during the Chinese invasion in 1942. They have no answer when asked what compelled Nehru to invite the RSS for the Republic Day parade in 1963. The propagators of dynastic worship, in their frustration of having lost power, will never realise that whatever venom they may spit against the RSS, they cannot whitewash the contribution of the RSS nor can they check the growing numbers and the influence of the RSS in contemporary Bharat – when we are at war not only with the invading terrorists, but also their sympathisers and traitors at home.
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