Guest guest Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 "Pranawa C. Deshmukh" <pcdeshmukh> wrote: --- Bhalchandrarao C Patvardhan <kurundwadsenior@e...> wrote: > Thu, 29 May 2003 20:20:04 +0530 > > Thursday, May 29, 2003 > > Namaskar! > > This is a veritable monograph a friend wrote with > the intention of 'educating' an influential American > acquaintance about Islam's true colours and the > state of our bankrupt political leadership. > Unfortunately, I sought but was denied permission to > disclose my friend's identity. The friend wishes to > remain anonymous - at least for the time being. It > is likely to be widely circulated in the US. > > Anyway, the want of identity does not in any way > affect the facts, thoughts or sentiment expressed by > the author. Those are universally true and each one > of us can identify with them quite easily. > > It is hoped you will spare some time to read through > it, including the postscript. > > It is a remarkable document, to say the very least! > > Regards > Bhalchandrarao C Patvardhan > <kurundwadsenior@e...> > > > Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:30 PM > Genocide Against Hindus in East Pakistan > > Dear xxx, > > Do take your time over this, and the interesting > links that follow. Since you are also concerned > with what is happening in the US right now, this may > interest you with the parallels in India in the > context of the threat of looming terrorist attacks. > The latest available info points to an interesting > potential alliance between the US, Israel and India > in fighting the global menace of terrorism as the > most directly affected parties! What I have written > here is on the basis of considerable interchange > with concerned scholars and reading a wide range of > source material, including first hand media reports > emerging from within Bangladesh, and other > historical reports. > > Something to ponder over, why Hindu Secularists > (there are no other kind in India, since all > religious minorities, including the Parsis, are > extremely communal and racist in relation to their > own faith and community, with rare exceptions), are > increasingly reviled by the general population, for > playing footsie with hard evidence! People on some > kind of an ego trip, with very little to do with the > ethics and primary ground rules of journalism. > There are no Woodwards and Bernsteins or even > intrepid journalists like Daniel Pearl seeking out > the truth beyond ordinary media doublespeak and open > bias. Only mediocre 'opinion-makers' (even cub > reporters priding themselves in that role) and the > paparazzi. Nobody reports plain news any longer. > There's got to be an insidiously motivated secular > slant given to it! > > Nothing wrong with Secularism per se, a very high > ideal indeed. But pandering to obvious biases and > untruths against one group of citizens alone, while > condoning the unconstitutional behaviour of fanatic > minorities is simply distasteful. Our journalists > have begun to fancy themselves in the role of an > extra-constitutional opposition to a rightfully > elected and responsible Government that is sure to > last its full tenure. This, despite the 'best' > efforts of irresponsible splinter groups of corrupt > politicians in fractured opposition groups from the > traditional 'secular left', and to cover up for the > obvious failures of the Italian Sonia Gandhi (with > the Maino family links to Mussolini) as the Leader > of Opposition from the Congress Party. A > pro-Vatican Italy-born lady married into the 'ruling > family' of India, fancies her chances as the Prime > Minister of a nation of over 1 billion people, > without any qualifications, training or experience > in the political brasstacks. This could only happen > in India, right? > > British colonial archives reveal that conversion of > Hindus to Christianity was official policy to > facilitate the loot of India by the British East > India Company and then by Imperial dictat. Jesuit > Missionaries are among the largest landowners in all > of India, because of the lands gifted to them by > military or administrative awards, and these too are > a matter of record. On the other hand, there were > pre-European West Asian Christian groups settled > peacefully in the coastal regions of India, and also > the earliest of West Asian Jews (the Bene Israelis > with a now proven DNA link to the earliest > descendants of Moses), fleeing the long-standing > Islamic Jihad in West Asia! As did the Zorastrians > who fled Persia. > > As an aside, the same minority religious groups that > found hospitable shelter in India for centuries, > escaping Islamic pogroms in West Asia, are now > making short-sighted (and without any sense of > history) common cause with the Islamists! Is that > not a cruel twist of fate? Not to mention > disloyalty? The reason being that Hindus, belonging > to a non-proselytizing religion, are for the first > time in an assertive mood, saying 'enough is > enough'! This last, especially, coming from the > younger generation with little exposure to the > deliberate lies and subversion of its culture by an > insidious British colonial rule, followed by nearly > 50 years of hangover. With India literally > suffering on a daily basis on the 'cutting edge' of > Islamic jihad, in 2 decades of undeclared war by > Pakistan that has resulted in untold deaths and > suffering of the majority Hindu population, and > betrayed by its corrupt and spineless leaders in > politics and administration, the Hindus are now > beginning 'to spoil for a real Mother of all fights' > against the terrorists and those who shelter them in > urban enclaves. > > The other 2 disabled prongs of Indian society being > the multinational 'development agencies', called > NGOs, mostly with Missionary funding from the West > and a dishonest media slavering for Western > approbation. The West, quite naturally, is > hard-nosed about its own geopolitical interests, as > well as its unstated theological bent in favour of > Christian conversions is a major force in this > unfolding drama, in continuation of the previous > policies of Western colonizers, now under the garb > of 'globalization'. (Interestingly, it is this very > doctrine of globalization and allied geopolitical > stratagems of the USA and the Western-Christian > powers, which is the greatest threat to the Islamic > dream of a global conquest. So the Cold War is now > replaced by Hot Jihad).] > > Continuing on the previous theme, British education > in India was particularly designed to creating deep > schisms amongst the natives, as revealed by archival > data (including Macaulay's letters; esp. after the > great display of unity amongst all Indians > irrespective of caste and creed in the first Indian > War of Independence in 1857, ruthlessly and > violently crushed by the British). It became the > Imperial policy, stated in as many words in official > correspondence, to undermining the Hindu majority > culture at every turn, its being the biggest threat > to British anti-people stratagems in India. See the > results now. It is imperative to understand what is > happening in the context of a true historical > perspective, if only to avoid being unwitting > collaborators in the repetition of a very painful > chapter of Indian history, vis-à-vis Islam. > > Nearly all conflicts (and 'partitions') around the > globe are a legacy of the insidious policies of > European colonisers and especially the British! Not > to mention Islamic savagery continuing down the > ages! They -- the last mentioned -- are meek and > accommodative when in small numbers. But the minute > they attain critical mass, they speak a different > language, because that is enjoined as religious > duty. Book after book published both in India and > the USA, interpreting the behaviour of Mohammad the > Prophet and his injunctions, authenticate this > observation. And there can be no independence of > thought or dissidence permitted in Islam, cf. > Satanic Verses! Both Adam and you are tres familiar > with that controversy. > > They hanker back to the days when Islam ruled over > the world as a blood-thirsty superpower, extending > from Spain, North Africa, India, all the way to > China, under the Mongols, Turks, the hated Afghans > and Arabs. (It is true that Islamic 'renaissance' > was basically an usurpation of the art and culture > of the subjugated populations, and Islam per se is > such a desiccated and vicious doctrine that it > cannot permit creativity of the Soul, whether in > literature, music, art or architecture)! When did > illiteracy, crude violence, bigotry and incessant > warmongering serviced by opium and debauchery create > great works of Art? Even the 1001 Arabian Nights > were lifted from the Indian tales of Panchatantra > and the Ocean of Story (Kathasaritsgara)! > > The bottomline Islamic injunction is that Islam must > be the ruling doctrine in the World, without > exception. Its adherents must not rest until this > goal is achieved, and it is considered shameful to > be ruled by non-Muslims. It doesn't recognize > democracy. There can be only a theocracy, and women > are to be treated as chattel. The Islamic heaven is > a place of great sensuous pleasures where the true > believer can have upto 72 virgins and young boys for > his enjoyment. Anyone who kills a Kafir, i.e. > people from outside the Judeo-Christian tradition, > including pagans, Buddhists and Hindus in > particular, is bestowed with the special title of > Ghazi! This is easy to verify from the Source. The > Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) -- I > prefer to call them simians -- are closely linked > with the Al Qaida and funded by it too. They are > now banned in this one State in India. Their > official website proclaimed in its very first > caption, in bold lettering: "Our goal is to > Islamize India." All such groups around the World > are now centralizing and modifying their tactics, > fine tuning for the ultimate jihad that is to come. > And Pakistan is at the very epicentre of this > centralizing force as of now. > > There is only one meaning of jihad, as we know well > in India, which is "Holy War" against the > non-believers. In jihad, you are allowed to > convert, or be killed, and sometimes allowed to > survive under an exceptional tax called the jizia, > which is a crippling levy combined with an utterly > humiliating package of conditions. This emerges > from the reading of Islamic texts, and is common > historical experience in India and in other > subjugated lands, including those of Christians and > Jews! Despite strong historical evidence in the > propensity of Islam to destroy civilization after > great civilization in the name of Allah, (witness > the latest gleeful destruction of the Bamiyan > Buddhas in Afghanistan, something that even Chengiz > Khan and the fanatic Moghul Aurangzeb were unable to > achieve despite strong efforts), the leftists and > secular apologists all over the world are today in > fact serving as collaborators in the whitewash of a > very violent doctrine. This, despite the fact that > Islam recognizes neither the left doctrines, > democracy, pluralism, nor secularism! In addition > to being extremely repressive to women and > minorities. > > As if the very finest flower of non-Islamic > civilization everywhere, with fair humanitarian > values, is hell-bent on self-destruction through > falsely expansive notions of peaceful co-existence > in the face of total barbarianism, as prematurely > displayed by the Taliban! The nature of such > barbarism, with denial of any kind of education for > women, along with chopped hands and feet for minor > misdemeanours and public executions of veiled women > as adulteresses, has been well-documented in > Afghanistan by the feminist RAWA archives also. The > secular apologists of Islam seem unaware that the > Taliban are not the exception but the general rule, > speaking for the entire Islamic world -- adherents > of the Book -- which was in readiness in > anticipation of the fall of the Western citadel. It > is only after the boomerang of 9/11 that they are > using newly gained sophistication in trying to > convince the world of their peaceful intentions in > contrast to the terrorists who espouse the cause of > militant Islam. Only a temporary strategic > necessity. > > The previously referred to critical mass in terms of > demographic strength of adherents to Islam in all > non-Muslim countries of the world, (akin to that > necessary for a nuclear chain reaction), is what the > Al Qaida miscalculated. They expected that > post-9/11, the entire Islamic 'diaspora' would rise > in jihad against non-Muslims, from Australia, Asia, > Europe, all the way to the US, as religious duty > enjoined upon them by their Holy Book. These were > their official pronouncements, on record. The fact > is that the Muslim diaspora (and also the Islamic > countries) stayed silent because it was obvious that > the timing of the 9/11 attacks went awry, and the > whole plan misfired in the end. > > They expected 30,000 (mainly Jews) to die in the WTC > attacks, in addition to the total crippling of the > American State through the decimation of the White > House, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon (and God knows > what else). There was also a critical > miscalculation in the timing of attacks by > additional planes readying to be airborne in the US, > Europe and Australia! Now, they are thoroughly > regrouping in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and also in > other countries like Bangladesh and Indonesia! And > they are bending over backwards, using smart > propaganda, to convince the world that the > terrorists have nothing to do with Islam, which is > such a fine, peaceful doctrine! The very milk of > human kindness. Ask the Israelis, and those among > the Hindus who have adequate training and commitment > to documentation research, plus the courage to face > the unvarnished historical Truth! Crying in > wilderness... > > My brief e-mail exchanges with Agha Saeed > (all-too-brief, that too, 2 years ago; he now > teaches at the CSU, Fremont and is President of the > American Muslim Alliance) and the Palestinian (an > un-named friend), have not gone in vain. You know > the ruckus caused by the former, through his > published anti-Israel remarks, so Hillary Clinton > had to return campaign funds she got from the Muslim > lobby in the US?! And the latter, tell me, how does > a stupid Palestinian refugee (deported from Kuwait > in the first Iraq War for supporting Saddam > Hussein), become a multi-millionaire with > international holdings within a brief decade, that > too with a wife and 5 kids and a big extended family > to support in Gaza and in Jordan?? A peripatetic > salesman of scientific laboratory equipment > travelling abroad every few weeks. > > Child of the times, did I say? I may be misreading > the situation, so tell me where I may be wrong. > > Also, the news of a concerted official pogrom > against the remaining Hindus in Bangladesh since the > fundamentalist-backed Begum Khaleda Zia government > coming to power about 2 years ago, has been > completely self-censored (blacked out) by the Indian > media! The widespread rapes of Hindu Bengali women > across the border can be of no concern to the > self-serving Indian feminists either. This carnage > preceded what happened in Gujarat following the > deliberate provocation offered by terrorists, in the > burning of innocent women and children in the train > in Godhra. Unlike Israel, the Indian State is too > weak and corrupt to give a fitting reply, and the > majority community is now left to its own devices. > I am not justifying what ensued, but pointing out to > the historical compulsions behind the event, which > must be taken into account in any unbiased > investigation. The atmosphere is so extremely > vitiated by the media that the truth will never be > known. Just as the on-going pogrom against Hindus > in Indian Kashmir for the last 55 years (the only > State in India with a Muslim majority population) is > almost completely blacked out except when major > terrorist attacks happen. Not to mention the high > death toll in the ranks of the Indian security > apparatus. This kind of stupidly self-serving > manipulation of news is possible because few Indians > out of the overall population have access to the > Net! Not to mention the all-pervasive apathy in > such a soul-corrupting environment. And the media > is more concerned about pandering to its market > concerns than even elementary national interest, > unlike in the USA. > > Some 5,000 get killed in the USA as a result of the > Islamic attacks (yes, with an incredible cascading > effect on the entire economy), and the whole world > gets stirred. Indian lives and suffering come > cheap. And yet, this is one country that has borne > the harshest consequences of Islamic jihad for over > 1000 years, not to mention British-Missionary > chicanery, and continued to hold on to its singular > identity as a non-theological, non-Muslim State with > great tenacity! (With secular Rulers from ancient > times allowing all religions to flourish without > interference). > > We have lost over 30,000 people as a result of > Pak-sponsored terrorism in the last decade alone, > and are constantly exhorted to exercise restraint, > because Pakistan clandestinely acquired nuclear > capability under the benign eye of its greatest > ally, the USA. When Iraq built a nuclear reactor, > the same USA permitted Israel to destroy it with a > single accurate aerial bomb attack. And the > Taliban, is entirely the creation of the USA and its > Defence Industry, arming it to the teeth against the > Soviets, unmindful of the fact that most of the > weaponry went into the hands of Pakistani terrorists > acting against the democratic State of India. > > There will hardly be any Hindus left (to protect its > national interests out of pure love for this ancient > land and its compassionate, all-encompassing culture > of great knowledge and wisdom), should at this point > we cease to question media doublespeak, in tune with > the so-called leftists! In India, most unlike in > other countries, it is the Hindu way of life that is > respectful of cultural diversity, tolerance, > vegetarianism, spirituality and ecological living as > well, which is in fact the agenda of the 'leftists' > in Western countries. In direct contrast, the left > in India solely consists of Hindu-baiters and > discredited multiple splinters of the Communists and > Socialists, people who formerly took their cues on > official policy from Moscow, Beijing and Albania > even. > > Interestingly, Gandhi was a practising Hindu in all > that he did, and a woolly-headed thinker in the > politics he espoused. And all-too-adamant rather > than consensual or accommodative about it. (Other > Indian leaders including Jinnah, Netaji Bose and Dr. > B. R. Ambedkar turned away from him in great despair > until the bloody course of history was rendered > unstoppable). He was most unlike hard-nosed > Statesmen of the time like Churchill, Eisenhower and > Stalin, who wisely and non-sentimentally put > national interest above all else. Also, and this I > say with great responsibility, because I have it > from several people who attended on him and stayed > for long periods in his ashrams, his sexual > experiments bordered on debauchery and paedophilia, > something that would never pass muster in > contemporary times under the intense gaze of the > media! > > Less said about Nehru, the better. Becuase Kashmir, > a long-festering wound for India, and the conflict > with China are solely Nehru's legacy. Just like > terrorism in Punjab was that of Indira Gandhi, > Nehru's daughter (and no relation of the elder > Gandhi). And, pardon me, unlike motivated British > propaganda, it was not Gandhi alone, but innumerable > leaders of great stature from all of India who, > along with their followers, made it impossible for > an impoverished Imperial state to continue ruling > its distant colonies after the destruction of the > 'Mother Country' wrought by WWII. It was > increasingly unable to defend itself in the face of > bloody attacks on its 'garrisons' and administration > throughout India by revolutionary freedom fighters. > No doubt the nonviolent 'boycott' and > non-cooperation movement led by Gandhi helped, but > it was not the whole truth as is projected in the > West and by vested interests in India. > > Even the fallacy that India 'won its freedom' > without a drop of blood being shed, is such a vile > lie. Hundreds of thousands of people, especially > Hindus, were massacred directly as a result of the > Partition of Imperial India into the 2 Pakistans > (East and West) and the rest of India (leaving out > Burma, Ceylon, Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, which were > historically always a part of India). > > Like a friend, a former refugee, who personally > experienced the systematic slaughter of Hindus in > village after village in Pakistan told me the other > day, the truth about what happened in the aftermath > of the Partition of India is largely an untold > story! This did not happen in India, which is why > we have the second largest Muslim population in the > world, following Indonesia. The Hindus got punished > both ways by their exalted leadership that was > swindled by its British masters. They lost huge > portions of territory, getting slaughtered in the > bargain, paid ransom to Pakistan at the insistence > of Gandhi, and then, had to contend with a massive > Muslim minority population that refused to leave > their homes and hearths in India. And this, by a > remarkable sleight of hand by the incompetent > Congress leaders, was passed off as the victory of > Secularism over theocracy! The Muslims were in the > main safe and sound in India, so a relatively few > migrated to Pakistan despite the partition being > purportedly executed on a purely religious basis. > They would have flourished even more but for their > short-sighted and fanatical leadership which > prevented them from taking recourse to the tools of > modernity, including a secular education! > > To cap it, Pakistan provoked its tribal leaders to > attack Kashmir and bit off huge chunks of its > territory, cutting India off from its traditional > northern access to Afghanistan, China and Russia! > Three bloody wars were fought, draining the > resurgent pacifist nation of its vitality, with no > resolution in sight yet, and may be another > partition due unless we wake up soon to the hard > reality out there. > > The bloodiest partition in human history was > achieved by the British a split-second before they > quit the governance of India, leaving the fledging > (and flummoxed) Indian leadership with the bleeding > baby. And Nehru, dear Nehru, even invited Lord > Mountbatten to be the first 'Indian' Viceroy > post-independence, a bland admission of his > inability to govern as the chosen heir of Gandhi! > It is on record that he wished to refer Hyderabad -- > now in Andhra Pradesh in the South -- the State > ruled by the Nizam -- to the United Nations, in > addition to Kashmir. This was disallowed by his > sagacious colleague Sardar Patel, who quickly > enforced the dissolution of the Princely State in > modern and secular India. > > The Ruler of Kashmir had already seceded > legitimately to India, but the State was attacked > and partially occupied by the Islamic State of > Pakistan immediately after the Partition, while the > Indian leadership was in total disarray. The Ruler > of Nepal, the only Hindu Nation on earth, now > considerably beleaguered by its Maoist terrorist > groups, also wanted to merge his State into India, > but this was disallowed by Nehru with the comment, > "What will the world think of us?" He had to live > up to the glorious halo settled on his head as > leader of the 'non-aligned' (pro-Soviet) movement, > always a thorn in the flesh of Israel since its > inception! Now Nepal too is a beehive of Al > Qaida-ISI operatives using it as a base for > launching anti-India initiatives. So much so that > the US Government has had to actively engage in some > arm-twisting there, although in an apparently > low-key manner! And believe me, a major proportion > of its population live, work and even own property > in India, because it is such a pitifully > impoverished State. > > When Communist China was a paraiah country, > unrecognized by majority of nations in the UN, Nehru > sponsored the case for its admission, and the > bestowal on it of a permanent Security Council Seat, > something which India does not have to-date!!! And > then, we fought and lost a bloody war with China in > 1962 over border conflict in the Himalayas, during > the Prime Ministership of the same Nehru... (India, > perhaps, being the only 'expansive' nation on earth > that treats its dead soldiers as chillar, i.e. loose > change, wholly dispensible)! > > These are the hard facts, open to documentary > verification, unlike manufactured history encouraged > by the colonisers, and now their heirs in the > mercantile 'psecularist' (read as pseudo-secularist) > media of independent and fast globalizing India. > > All the western concepts and biases are turned on > their head when confronted with the Indian-Hindu > reality. But we have so few original thinkers or > Statesmen left. Will we survive the next wave of > attacks when they come, as they surely must? > > Regards, > > aaa > > http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/modern/hindu_bangla.html > Hindu Genocide in East Pakistan > By Shrinandan Vyas > > ---- ---------- > > This article deals with slaughter of about 2.5 > million Hindus in East Pakistan in 1971. > This article refers to information provided by Dept. > of Planning of Government of Bangla Desh, > Encyclopedia Britannica, Senator Edward Kennedy's > report to the U.S.Senate Judiciary Committee, > Newsweek, New York Times,etc. This information and > elementary math are used to show that indeed > millions of Hindus were killed in East Pakistan in > 1971. > > ---- ---------- > > ABSTRACT > It is well known that the 1971 army repression in > Bangla Desh (former East Pakistan) resulted in an > influx of 10 million refugees into India. Most world > renowned relief and news agencies put the number of > dead at 3 million. However the fact that is glossed > over in these statistics is that THE ENTIRE HINDU > POPULATION OF EAST PAKISTAN WAS THE PRIMARY TARGET > OF PAKISTANI ARMY DURING THE 9 MONTHS OF REPRESSION > IN 1971. Using the population statistics from Bangla > Desh Government and US Government publications this > article PROVES that 80 percent of the refugees from > Bangla Desh were Hindus and that 80 percent of the 3 > million killed were Hindus. THUS IT WAS A HINDU > REFUGEE PROBLEM and IT WAS A HINDU GENOCIDE THAT > TOOK PLACE IN EAST PAKISTAN IN 1971. > 10 References - Encyclopedia Britannica, Bangla Desh > Government - Ministry of Planning (for statistics), > Newsweek, New York Times, Senator Edward Kennedy's > report to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. > > ---- ---------- > > INTRODUCTION > In the December 1970 general election in Pakistan, > Awami League won 167 of 169 seats and over 80 % of > popular votes in East Pakistan. Numerically Awami > League had an absolute majority of seats in the > Pakistan National Assembly (167 of the total 313 > seats)(1). Historically, East Pakistan was allocated > only 36 % of the total resources and East Pakistanis > occupied only 20 % of the positions in the federal > government in the United Pakistan (2). The Pakistani > government's apathy towards East Pakistan after a > terrible cyclone in November 1970 in which over > 250,000 people died, had alienated East Pakistani > people. The solid outcome of the 1970 elections for > Awami League created an alternative power center for > an already alienated people. The differences between > the East and West Pakistani politicians snowballed > into a major international crisis. On March 25, 1971 > Pakistani army on President Yahya Khan's orders > initiated a campaign of terror which was to last > till its final surrender to the Indian army on > December 17, 1971. This terror campaign by Pak army > resulted in 10 million Bangla Deshi refugees > crossing over to India (per Senator Edward Kennedy's > report to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (3)) > and 3 million killed (4,5) based on reports from > most relief agencies and official Bangla Desh > government estimate. However the religious mix of > both the refugees and the dead is nowhere emphasized > anywhere. This significant information has > particularly been absent in the reports from Indian > News Media. This selective news dissemination has > kept a more sinister truth of Hindu genocide in East > Pakistan hidden from the world in general and > Indians in particular. > > ---- ---------- > > HINDUS IN EAST PAKISTAN WERE SPECIAL TARGET OF PAK > ARMY > In the summary of his report dated November 1, 1971 > Senator Edward Kennedy writes (6): > 'Field reports to the U.S. Government, countless > eye-witness journalistic accounts, reports of > International agencies such as World Bank and > additional information available to the subcommittee > document the reign of terror which grips East Bengal > (East Pakistan). HARDEST HIT HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF > THE HINDU COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THEIR > LANDS AND SHOPS, SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERED, AND IN > SOME PLACES, PAINTED WITH YELLOW PATCHES MARKED "H". > All of this has been officially sanctioned, ordered > and implemented under martial law from Islamabad. > ..' (emphasis added by author of this article). > Sydney Schanberg, pulitzer prize winning journalist > (of 'Killing Fields') was New York Times > correspondent in Dhaka in 1971 at the time of army > repression and during the 1971 Bangla Desh war. In > his syndicated column 'The Pakistani Slaughter That > Nixon Ignored' Mr.Schanberg writes: > "I covered the war and witnessed first the > population's joyous welcome of the Indian soldiers > as liberators .. Later I toured the country by road > to see the Pakistani legacy firsthand. In town after > town there was an execution area where people had > been killed by bayonet, bullet and bludgeon. In some > towns, executions were held on a daily basis." > This was a month after the war's end (i.e. January > 1972), ... human bones were still scattered along > many roadsides. Blood stained clothing and tufts of > human hair clung to the brush at these killing > grounds. Children too young to understand were > playing grotesque games with skulls. OTHER REMINDERS > WERE THE YELLOW "H"s THE PAKISTANIS HAD PAINTED ON > THE HOMES OF HINDUS, PARTICULAR TARGETS OF THE > MUSLIM ARMY." (7) (emphasis added by the author of > this article). > Thus two independent observations one dated prior to > November 1, 1971 and other in January 1972 confirm > that Hindu houses in East Pakistan were marked with > yellow "H"s and that Hindus were particular targets > of the Pakistani army. The situation thus bears an > uncanny resemblance to the predicament of Jews > targeted by Nazis from 1939 to 1944, with similar > out come. > > ---- ---------- > > MOST OF THE REFUGEES FROM BANGLA DESH WERE HINDUS > Senator Edward Kennedy in his report gives following > details about the the refugees from Bangla Desh in > 1971. As of October 25, 1971, 9.54 million refugees > from East Pakistan had crossed over to India. The > average influx as of October 1971 was 10,645 > refugees a day (3). Hence the total refugee > population at the start of Bangla Desh war on > December 3, 1971 was about 10 million (5). > Sen. Kennedy further mentions that Government of > India had set up separate refugee camps for Hindus > and Muslims where possible, i.e. refugee camps of > Hindus were located in Hindu majority areas and > similarly Muslim camps were located in Muslim > majority areas. THE COMMUNAL REPRESENTATION OF > REFUGEES WAS 80 PERCENT HINDU, 15 PERCENT MUSLIM AND > 5 PERCENT CHRISTIAN AND OTHER (8). > This means that 8 MILLION OF THE 10 MILLION REFUGEES > WERE HINDUS (8). Other fact that corroborates this > is that when Sen. Kennedy had asked several Chief > Relief officers in charge of refugee camps what was > needed most urgently, their reply was > "crematoriums". > > ---- ---------- > > THE MISSING 2 .5 MILLION HINDUS > Several agencies indicate that the brutal Pakistani > army repression killed 3 million Bengalis. This > estimate is even given by the Government of Bangla > Desh (5). However no religious mix of the dead is > easily available. > Let us therefore look at the population demographics > for Bangla Desh which is given in Table I. > TABLE I > Source : Based on Information from Bangladesh > Ministry of planning, Bureau of Statistics (9) > YEAR Total Population in Millions Hindu > Population as % of Total Hindu Population in > Millions > 1941 42.00 28.0 11.76 > 1961 50.84 18.5 9.41 > 1974 71.48 13.5* 9.655 > 1981 87.13 12.2 10.633 > > * Encyclopedia Britannica (10) gives 13.5% figure > for 1974, where as Government of Bangla Desh gives > 13.5% for 1971 and total population of 71.48 million > for 1974 (9). > Since Hindus and Muslims in Bangladesh have similar > socio- economic and educational backgrounds, the > birth and death rates for these two groups must be > very similar. This means that the Hindu population > must grow at the same pace as the total population > growth rate. Hence any unusual drop must be > accounted for by influx of Hindu refugees and > mortality rate from non natural causes. The expected > Hindu population, the emigration to India from E. > Pakistan and actual populations are listed in Table > II. > Table II > YEAR Hindu Population of East Pak/BD Actual > (9) > (millions) Expected Hindu Population in > Absence of Strife > (millions) Refugees from E. Pakistan to > India(8) > (millions) Hindus Missing > (millions) > 1941 11.766 - - - > 1961 9.41 14.24 4.12(1947-58) 0.711 > 1974 9.65 13.23 1.11(1964-70) 2.477 > > Thus if 1947 partition had not resulted, the Hindu > population of East Pakistan area should by 1961 have > increased proportionally from 11.76 millions in > 1941, to 14.24 millions (11.76 * 50.84 / 42 = > 14.24). The official Indian Government records > indicate that between 1947 and 1958, 4.12 million > (Hindu) refugees crossed into India from East > Bengal(3). This means the Hindu population in East > Pakistan in 1961 should have been 10.12 million > (14.24 - 4.12) compared to the actual 9.41 million. > The missing 0.7 million Hindu population can be > accounted by several hundred thousands killed in the > riots in 1947 on the Bengal border, plus the refugee > influx from 1958 to 1961. 1961. > Let us now look at Hindu population in East pakistan > from 1961 to 1974. With proportional increase the > Hindu population of 9.41 million in 1961 should have > increased to 13.23 million ( 9.41 * 71.48 / 50.84 = > 13.23 ) by 1974. However the actual Hindu population > as per Bangla Desh Census data for 1974 was 9.65 > million. Of the 3.58 million shortfall only 1.11 > million can be accounted for since Government of > India's record indicate that 1.11 million (Hindu) > refugees crossed into India between 1964 and 1970 > (3) i.e.PRIOR to the 1971 crisis. > THUS 2.47 MILLION (13.23 - 9.65 - 1.11 = 2.47) > HINDUS FROM EAST PAKISTAN ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR FROM > THE 1971 PAK ARMY REPRESSION. > > ---- ---------- > > OTHER PROOF FOR 2.4 MILLION HINDUS KILLED IN EAST > PAKISTAN > Since the 80 percent of the refugees in 1971 were > Hindus,a similar proportion of the dead are likely > to be Hindus also. The official Bangla Desh > government estimate puts the number of Bengalis > killed at 3 million. 80 percent of 3 million put THE > NUMBER OF HINDUS KILLED AT 2.4 MILLION which is > close to the number of Hindus missing calculated > comes above. > > ---- ---------- > > SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS > 1. Independent > accounts indicate that Hindus from East Pakistan > were special target during the 1971 army repression. > HINDU HOUSES WERE PAINTED WITH YELLOW "H"s, THEY > WERE ROBBED OF THEIR LANDS AND SHOPS, AND THEY WERE > SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERED. > 2. 80 percent of the > refugees to India in 1971 were Hindus, THUS IT WAS A > HINDU REFUGEE PROBLEM. > 3. NEARLY 2.5 MILLION > HINDUS WERE KILLED DURING THE 9 MONTHS OF PAKISTANI > ARMY REPRESSION OF EAST PAKISTAN IN 1971. THUS IT > WAS A HINDU SLAUGHTER IN 1971. > 4. ALL THE ABOVE BEAR > AN UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO THE PERSECUTION & > HOLOCAUST OF JEWS BY THE NAZIS. > 5. INDIAN GOVERNMENT > CONTROLLED 'SECULAR' MEDIA DELIBERATELY HID THE > SINISTER TRUTH OF HINDU GENOCIDE IN EAST PAKISTAN. > 6. In any internal > political problem of an Islamic country, Hindus (or > minorities of other religions) become the scapegoats > and will be liquidated at the first chance the > Islamic Government gets. > 7. WE HAVE LEARNT > NOTHING FROM THE HISTORY AND WITH THE 'PSECULAR' > MEDIA WE WILL LEARN NOTHING. > > ---- ---------- > > COMMENTS & FUTURE WORK > This is just the tip of the iceberg. The ethnic > cleansing of Hindus in Bangla Desh did not end in > 1971. Since 1974 to 1981 the Hindu population as a > percent of total Bangla Deshi population decreased > from 13.5 % to 12.2 %. This slide has continued over > the last decade. Same is true about Hindus in > Pakistan and in Kashmir valley. > There is a genuine need for systematic record > keeping and documentation of the history of Hindu > genocides & Hindu ethnic cleansing, so that we don't > repeat it again (and again and again..) There is > also a need to build a memorial of this Hindu > holocaust similar to the Jewish Holocaust memorial > in Washington DC. > This topic is extensively dealt in a book 'Genocide > in East Pakistan/ Bangla Desh' by S.K.Bhattacharya. > However the present author has verified the findings > of S.K. Bhattacharya based on completely independent > sources. For detailed descriptions and news reports > of 1971, reader should refer to the original book. > > ---- ---------- > > REFERENCES > 1. Bangladesh: The > Birth Of A Nation, A hand book of Background > information and Documentary Sources Compiled by > Univ. of Chicago Group of Scholars, by M.Nicholas, > P.Oldensburg, Ed.W.Morehouse, M.Seshachalam & Co., > India, 1972, p.7 > 2. Same as reference > 1, p.73 > 3. Crisis in South > Asia - A report by Senator Edward Kennedy to the > Subcommittee investigating the Problem of Refugees > and Their Settlement, Submitted to U.S. Senate > Judiciary Committee, November 1, 1971, U.S. Govt. > Press, pp.6-7. > 4. Newsweek, August 1, > 1994, p.37 > 5. Same as reference > 1, pp.44-45 > 6. Same as reference > 3, p.66 > 7. The Pakistani > Slaughter That Nixon Ignored , Syndicated Column by > Sydney Schanberg, New York Times, May 3, 1994. > 8. Same as reference > 3, p. 19 > 9. Bangladesh A > Country Study, Ed. J.Heitzman & R.L.Worden, 2nd Ed, > Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, > Publisher U.S. Army, 1989, pp.250,255 > 10. Encyclopedia > Britannica, 15 th Ed, Micropedia, Vol.1, p.789 Desh. > > > ---- ---------- > > Back To Islamic Ages > Back To Modern Hindu History > Back To Library Of Hindu History > P.S. from 'aaa': The first article on the Taj Mahal > (under the 'Islamic Ages' link) made me very sad. > It is true that Mahal means Mansion, and no lady is > called a mansion! Besides, all it takes for the > Archeological Society of India is to frankly and > honestly verify the truth by opening up the sealed > chambers! But the pressure of the Muslim minority > adamance against any verification of truth using > latest technology is such, that neither the > scholars, administrators, nor chicken-livered > political leaders are capable of doing a thing to > settle the issue once and for all! And as far as > the mediocre media is concerned, it is these very > dogged researchers who are rendered the objects of > ridicule (always by reporters / editors from the > minority community, mind you). > If the Dead Sea Scrolls could be brought into the > public domain under rigorous scientific inquiry to > settle long-standing inter-religious controversies, > why not do the same with the Taj? The barbarians > converted nearly all Hindu places of worship into > mosques and sepulchres, against the very tenets of > Islam. And the loot was of such incredible > proportions, by both the desert tribals who had > nothing until the discovery of oil 3 decades ago, > and the plague and pox-ridden British society, that > the once-richest empire on earth was reduced to > abject poverty. It is not an exaggeration to say > that all the 18th century scientific and > technological advance in Europe was bankrolled by > the loot of its colonies! Especially the fabled > riches of the Ind that in fact accidentally led to > the discovery of Columbia!!! Right? > > Bhalchandrarao C Patvardhan > ______________________________ > "Until the lions have their own historians, the > history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter" > (Attributed to a black African leader) > Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook. http://calendar. --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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