Tomorrow, 11th November is the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ( 1878-1958 ) who is one of my heroes, since he strongly opposed Partition of India, which I regard the greatest tragedy of India in its 5000 year old known history.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Azad
After Jinnah had proclaimed the bogus two nation theory ( that Hindus and Muslims are two separate nations who cannot live peacefully together ) in the Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League in 1940, and was incessantly and vigorously propagating it, many Muslims were carried by his pernicious propaganda. But Maulana Azad saw through its falsehood, and patiently explained to Indian Muslims that partition of India, far from benefiting them, will cause them great harm
In fact India and Pakistan ( and Bangladesh ) are one nation, as explained in the links below :
https://indicanews.com/mission-statement-of-the-indian-reunification-association
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-a-response-to-dr-akbar-ahmed
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-how-will-history-look-back-at-events-in-pakistan
https://indicanews.com/an-appeal-to-non-hindus-in-the-indian-subcontinent-to-celebrate-holi
A great leader is one who does not give up or compromise his basic principles for some personal benefit or out of fear of his personal safety. Being a Muslim, Maulana Azad often received death threats for opposing Partition from many bigoted Muslims who had been carried away by Jinnah’s pernicious propaganda and the bogus two nation theory.
He was often abused, mocked, jeered at and insulted by his fellow Muslims for opposing partition, and Jinnah ridiculed him by calling him ” a Congress showboy ”. Once while travelling from Delhi to Calcutta he was almost killed by AMU students when his train stopped at Aligarh railway station.
One of his most pathetic speech was when he addressed Muslims at Jama Masjid, Delhi on 1st October 1947, shortly after Partition on 15th August, when Muslims in Delhi and elsewhere were terrified what would happen to them now.
In this speech he said ” Tumhe yaad hai ? Maine tumhe pukaara, tumne meri zabaan kaat di. Maine kalam uthaaya, tumne mere haath kalam kar diye. Maine chalna chaaha, tumne mere paaon kaat diye. Maine karwat leni chaahi, tumne meri kamar tod di ”.
i.e.
” Do you remember ? I called you, you cut off my tongue. I picked up my pen, you cut off my hands. I tried to walk, you broke my legs. I tried to turn over, you broke my back ”.
One can get an idea how strongly Maulana Azad opposed Partition of India can be understood fom the incident mentioned in the link below :
Today almost all Indian Muslims, and even many Pakistani Muslims, agree that Partition of India has done them great harm to them, and Maulana Azad was correct.
I have the good fortune of knowing Husnara Salim, the grand niece of Maulana Azad, about whom I wrote the article below ( which contains a pic of me standing before Maulana Azad’s portrait in Rashtrapati Bhawan )
I believe that Partition was a British swindle to keep Hindus and Muslims fighting each other, and thus to keep India weak, poor, and backward even after they left, so that united India does not emerge as a modern industrial giant, like another China, and thus become a big rival to Western industry.
But I am confident that one day the people of the Indian subcontinent will see through this fraud, will launch a mighty historical people’s struggle to undo the wicked Partition, and reunite under a secular government, led by patriotic modern minded leaders who are determined to rapidly industrialize the country and give our people better lives
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-indian-reunification-is-an-idea-whose-time-has-come
https://indicanews.com/indo-pak-reunification
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-on-dr-pervez-hoodbhoys-superficial-understanding
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-what-is-the-way-out-for-pakistanis
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-why-an-asian-union-of-states-is-pure-fantasy
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