From: rajesh@ivy (Rajesh Raman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Pakistan (The Origin)
Date: 25 Dec 1992 02:01:42 GMT
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gc wrote:
: They did not the favor the way the country was partitioned.
: They did not want the partition of Punjab and Benal. They just
: wanted Muslim majority areas to make up Pakistan.
: 
: They thought Pakistan would comprise of Balochistan, Sindh, NWFP,
: all of Punjab, Kashmir, Bengal (because these provinces had Muslim
: majority) AND United Province (Uttar Pradesh) and Bihar (because
: they had substantial Muslim Population), and Assam (present day Assam,
: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya) due
: to its isolation, and Delhi, seat of Mughal power, as the Capital
: of Pakistan. The vision was a green and white flag flying over
: the Lal Qila.

  What reasons do you give?!

  1. They wanted Balochistan etc because they were Muslim majority. 
     U say they were Muslim-majority. ok.

  2. United Province (because they had a substantial Muslim population).
     What kind of  reason is that? That way India should have wanted any
     of the afore-mentioned Muslim majority areas because they had a
     substantial Hindu population. 

  3. Assam etc (because they were isolated).
     Again what kind of a reason is that? They were isolated so they
     should be in Pakistan! If that were so why not include all isolated
     countries in Pakistan ?! The next thing you'll say is that Sri Lanka
     should be in Pakistan because they're non-muslim! And then Mexico
     because they speak Spanish!

: 
: Remember at that time, present day West Punjab, East Punjab, Haryana
: and Himachal Pradesh together made up British Punjab.
: 
: This would have been a fantastic situation for Pakistan with the
: entire Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra river systems.

  Fantastic! You would have the Punjabis saying that they were the true
  Punjabis and the Himachalis were all lower mortals and that kind of
  thing would go on like it is in present-day Pakistan.

: 
: They even recognized that they would have large non-Muslim minorities,
: but that did not bother them, because they planned to treat their
: minorities well, since they (the Muslims) would have the political power
: of the land. They expected Hindostan, similarly, to take care of its
: Muslim minority. They envisaged close, friendly and free relations
: between the two sibling nations. Infact Jinnah planned a secular,
: modern Pakistan, not an Islamic Republic.

  They did, did they? If they really planned something secular why
  didn't he announce it. And why at all create two different countries
  which were both going to be secular anyway ?
: 
: I consider the heart of Islamic culture of the subcontinent is still
: Lakhnau, Agra. 

  True and I as an Indian am proud of it. Lakhnau and Agra are jewels.
  Lakhnau is a great city. If u ever have the opportunity to live there
  for a while don't miss out on it.

: I do not want this posting to be construed as anything negative. I
: have done a lot of reading on the history of the subcontinent. 

  I'm not sayng you didn't but from what you have been saying it seems
  that you are not very logical. I am willing to be convinced. You could
  send me mail if you care.

								 I wish
: to present a picture of the socio-political environment of the times.
: Nobody ever planned the present situation. You might say they
: did not have the "vision thing". Yes. You are right.
: 
: 
: gc.

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Rajesh Raman

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