09-10-2006, 12:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-10-2006, 01:32 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
How the Meo problem was solved:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The further shores of Partition: ethnic cleansing in Rajasthan 1947
Past & Present, August, 1998 by Ian Copland
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m227...i_21224125/pg_4<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The article is too long to be posted here, anyway take it with a pinch of salt, what the author does not mention is that the Hindus and Sikh refugees did not just move to Punjab and Delhi, some of them went to Bharatpur and Alwar also (both of them Hindu states and were naturally expected to care for Hindus and Sikhs), this naturally pissed off the local Hindus who saw what Muslims did to Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab and decided that Hindu and Sikh deaths should be avenged, that was the beginning of the end for these Meos (who were also doing subversive activities in the princely states). As for the author's allegations of discrimination against Muslims in these 2 princely states, don't know if its true, someone who is more knowledgable about Bharatpur and Rajasthan's history in general should know.
The author also claims on page 11 that Maharaja Brijendra Singh of Bharatpur had indiscreet homosexual affairs with members of the household infantry but does not bother to give any reference for these allegations.
Evidently Gandhi also intervened here and brought back Pakis into India:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Then with the personal intervention of Mahatma Gandhi and a Tablighi Jamaâat leader Yasin Khan, the Meos returned as late as 1950 and 1960. In Pakistan they were not welcomed because they were poor.
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Letters/2000/Dec/22/07.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now if I personally intervene and start bringing back all the Mohajirs would I also be called a Mahatma?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The further shores of Partition: ethnic cleansing in Rajasthan 1947
Past & Present, August, 1998 by Ian Copland
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m227...i_21224125/pg_4<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The article is too long to be posted here, anyway take it with a pinch of salt, what the author does not mention is that the Hindus and Sikh refugees did not just move to Punjab and Delhi, some of them went to Bharatpur and Alwar also (both of them Hindu states and were naturally expected to care for Hindus and Sikhs), this naturally pissed off the local Hindus who saw what Muslims did to Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab and decided that Hindu and Sikh deaths should be avenged, that was the beginning of the end for these Meos (who were also doing subversive activities in the princely states). As for the author's allegations of discrimination against Muslims in these 2 princely states, don't know if its true, someone who is more knowledgable about Bharatpur and Rajasthan's history in general should know.
The author also claims on page 11 that Maharaja Brijendra Singh of Bharatpur had indiscreet homosexual affairs with members of the household infantry but does not bother to give any reference for these allegations.
Evidently Gandhi also intervened here and brought back Pakis into India:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Then with the personal intervention of Mahatma Gandhi and a Tablighi Jamaâat leader Yasin Khan, the Meos returned as late as 1950 and 1960. In Pakistan they were not welcomed because they were poor.
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Letters/2000/Dec/22/07.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now if I personally intervene and start bringing back all the Mohajirs would I also be called a Mahatma?