Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon,

Dr Gurcharan Singh Dhillon, Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer and Dr Harbakhash Singh Sandhar CONTINUE] THE KOI

E HINDUS: The summed up by august 15, 1951. Which stated that the Silchs of the Punjab were opposed to the (Hindu) Congress Party because every demand of the Sikh nation was belong opposed by the Hindu Congress? Opposition to the Punjabi language was the major point. No Congressman has ever tried to think seriously about the Sikh problem; such attitude forms the basis of the Sikh nation demands for the creation of Punjabi Subs (Khalistan).

UNION BETWEEN INDIA AND THE SIKHS:

Col Niranjan Singh Gill, President of Panthic Pratinidhi Board was approached for negotiations by Hindu leaders. The Hinds leaders succeeded in wooing the Sikh leaders by making false promises (which had been made and broken many times since 1929 and even as far back at 1921). On August 14, 1946, the Sikh leaders rescinded their earlier decision of boycott which allowed them to participate in the elections to the Constituent ‘Assembly. The Hindus put forth before the Sikhs that the new country will be “Union” of the Hindus and Sikh nation. This decision was not accepted by Master Tara Singh. Master Tara Singh felt that deletion was against the Interests of the Sikh nation 2s the Hindu had been betraying the Sikhs. He asked the Sikhs to be ready for another phase of Gn September 11, 1946 Jinnah asked the.

Hindus to choose either “Pakistan or Civil War”, He also suggested exchange of Muslim and non-Muslim populations from. Respective zones and that its nonobservance would mean riots and bloodshed. (And it later proved to be true. The Hindu leadership was either stupid or merely indifferent to the holocaust), the situation in the Subcontinent was fast deteriorating, fearing a worsening of the situation, and Lord Atlee announced on January 20, 1947, that India would be freed by June, 1948. With this announcement the Punjab.

 

The Mountbatten Plan: From the political situation, it had become apparent that the ‘solution of the Province lay only in partition. So, after consulting the British Government, Mountbatten enounced June 4, 1947, x plan for the transfer of power to the Hindus and the Muslims, The Plan also provided for partition of the Punjab and Bengal. The Muslim League 1ocopied the Plan on June 9. The Congress aged on June 15. The Akall Dal accepted St under protest on June 14, 1947, and demanded that transfer of people and property should be decided first.

Although the Sikhs were compelled to ‘accepted partition of the Punjab on the ‘encouragement of false hopes created by utterances of some British politicians, they were betrayed. The new “Union” of Sikh nation with Hindus was nothing buta farce. The Sikhs were now “slaves” of the Fascist Hindu people. ‘THE SIKH SITUATION AFTER 15th August, 1947, and TO DATE (DISCRIMINATION AT THE TOP):

‘The Sikhs were forced to choose between “committing suicide” and “being. Murdered”, On August 15, 1947, Karachi (Muslims) and New Delhi (Hindus) celebrated the dawn of their independence; the Sikh nation mourned another holocaust. Hundreds of thousands of Sikhs were killed, two million Sikhs had be~ ‘come homeless, more than 125 Gurdwaras were left unattended in an ‘alien’ (then) land, property worth billions of rupees ‘was lost, abduction of women and the burning of houses was « common scene, ‘The treachery of the incompetent Baldev Singh, the stupidity of the Sikh leadership in general, the cunningness of the Hindu Congress, the apathy of the Muslims and the betrayal by the British, created a situation of bewilderment for the Sikh nation.

 Though the Sikh nation was forced to accept “union with Hindu India, they ‘were being treated as slaves in their own land (the present Punjab and surrounding areas), Less than two months after this ‘union”, Hindu India dealt the Sikh nation first blow. On October 10, 1947, the Hindu Governor of the Punjab, Chandu Lal ‘Trivedl, issued a circular to the Deputy Commissioners of the Punjab declaring the Sikh nation to be  lawless nation.

Article extracted from this publication >>May 8, 1996