11-09-2006, 07:43 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sardar Patel's opinions on this are very relevant. He had favoured giving to the incoming Hindu/Sikh refugees the houses left behind by muslims who migranted to Pakistan, in order to reverse the trend of 'muslim muhallas' in north Indian cities. Nehru opposed this plan vehementally, and did not allow to be implemented.) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually a lot of property exchange did take place, In East Punjab there were no more Muslims left (not noticeable anyway) but even outside of Punjab exchange took place, for example in both Bharatpur and Alwar a lot of land was given to Punjabi refugees after the Meo's were expelled for their treasonous activities.
The reason that other N.Indian cities didn't see such exchange was because a lot of refugees settled down in Delhi and Punjab, only a few went to states like UP or Bihar and there was also the b@st@rd Nehru opposing anything being done for Hindus and Sikhs. But Sardar Patel managed to squeeze in things anyway.
It must be noted that in everyway partition was a massive loss to Hindus and Sikhs except in terms of cutting off the gangrene limbs, Hindus and Sikhs had the best property and owned the most fertile lands in West Punjab while Muslim land was crappy and their property also the same, I also suspect that many more Hindus and Sikhs died or were forcibly converted in 1947 than Muslims, it's another matter that later our secularists in their eagerness to spread the blame equally come up with canards like "all communities suffered equally and behaved equally badly" bla bla bla.
Actually a lot of property exchange did take place, In East Punjab there were no more Muslims left (not noticeable anyway) but even outside of Punjab exchange took place, for example in both Bharatpur and Alwar a lot of land was given to Punjabi refugees after the Meo's were expelled for their treasonous activities.
The reason that other N.Indian cities didn't see such exchange was because a lot of refugees settled down in Delhi and Punjab, only a few went to states like UP or Bihar and there was also the b@st@rd Nehru opposing anything being done for Hindus and Sikhs. But Sardar Patel managed to squeeze in things anyway.
It must be noted that in everyway partition was a massive loss to Hindus and Sikhs except in terms of cutting off the gangrene limbs, Hindus and Sikhs had the best property and owned the most fertile lands in West Punjab while Muslim land was crappy and their property also the same, I also suspect that many more Hindus and Sikhs died or were forcibly converted in 1947 than Muslims, it's another matter that later our secularists in their eagerness to spread the blame equally come up with canards like "all communities suffered equally and behaved equally badly" bla bla bla.