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The Man Who Knew The Future Of
Pakistan Before Its Creation |
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Family of the Heart -
DIALOGUE &
DISCUSSIONS
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My Dear Parvez Salahuddi,
Our historical narratives of Partition have
been badly distorted. I have lived through the
entire episode of
this great tragedy. Not that there no warnings.
Some of these were clear and prophetic. One
should study it with an open mind. Some salient
points of reference are :-
(1) Bengal played a major role in the
reemergence of Pakistan. In fact the very major
role.
(2) Suharwardy made sure that Bengal should opt
for Pakistan.
(3)O other hand West Pakistan sorry was
different. There was not much on which Jinnah
could
depend on. Details are murky and depressing.
(4) How West Pakistan became Pakistan is a
result of many maneuvers.
(5)Jinnah made mistakes as any human being
should. Imposing Urdu on Bengali's was one of
his major one. Unfortunately he was a dieing man
and at this stage of his life Urdu speaking
feudal elite had taken control of Pakistan--
later events till hid death are an indicate of
shape of things. Liaqat went to a such a length
that he ordered Jinnah"s speech censored. May be
he simply read out this Dacca speech as written
by the government. However the issue of a
blunder stands
(6) Creation of Pakistan came about by Nehru"s
repudiation of earlier agreement of acceptance
of cabinet mission plan.
(7) As fa as Akbar Hussain"s contention of India
being one country from Khyber to Akyab" has no
bearing on facts. India
was never never been one homogeneous country.
(8)Hindus and Muslims had lived together for
centuries. Conflict has roots in the colonial
policies of governance. Lastly I Must emphasize
that Partition was one of the greatest tragedies
of centuries. Anwar |
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