From: khan@ces.cwru.edu (Mansoor Khan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: The End of an Era, Hyderabad State
Date: 15 Sep 1992 21:30:29 GMT
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>|From: milind@agni.cc.nd.edu (Milind Saraph)
>|Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
>|khan@ces.cwru.edu (Mansoor Khan) writes:
>|
>|>Off the battlefield, the Muslim community fell before a massive 
>|>and brutal blow, the devastation of which left those who did survive
>|>reeling in bewildered fear. About 200,000( 2 lakh) muslims were
>|>massacred.

>|Do you have any reference for this?  

>  One good guess: Islamic News Network. 

>|This is the first time I have heard this.  

>  You are not alone. 

>Krithi. 


	Well guys, Islamic News Network people probably dont even know that
there was once  State of Hyderabad. Do not blame them.  And since you
two guys probably grew up in India, no one should be surprised that
you have heard this for the first time. None of your fault.

	Please read " A Report on the Post-Operation Polo Massacres, Rape,
	              and Destruction or Seizure of Property
		      in Hyderabad State" 
		      by
		      Pandit Sundarlal and Qazi M. Abdulghaffar

 	Nehru (PM) in his personal capacity and not as the Primeminister
of India, had appointed Pandit Sundarlal(1886-1980), Qazi Abdulghaffar(1889-1956), and Yunus Salim(b. 1916) to tour the affected areas of the State of
Hyderabad. This was done with the reluctant consent of Vallabhai Patel,
who was then Indian Home Minister. When the investigation team
submitted its report Patel got real pissed off. See his letter dated 
4th JAnuary 1949( now you guys cant tell me that you never heard of PAtel's letter being published).
	Patel totally absolved the Indian Military Administration of 
any blame. General J.N. Chaudhry was a happy man as a result.
	Patel's anger over the indictment of the Indian Administration
is consistent with his passionate hatred of the Indian Muslims. His 
anti-Muslim role in the national politics of Pre- and Post-partition India
is well known. He is idolized by R.S.S. and its various national
and regional incarnations eg. JAna SIngh, BJP, the Shiv Sena etc.
	Some parts of the report were smuggled to Karachi in early 1949 and
broadcast over Radio Pakistan.
	In addition to the copy in  the Union HomeMinistry,
Srinivas Lahoti, a CPI leader in Hyderabad owned a copy. He claims to
have it deposited with NAtional Archives of India, Dehli. upon
his party's instruction.
	Omar Khalidi Sahib [of MIT, Boston] obtained fragments of the Report
(which is partly in English and partly in Urdu) from Owners who wish
to remain anonymous. He has reproduced English portion without any alteration
and Urdu portion is translated into English in his book
"Hyderabad: After The Fall"

	Any one interested in social, cultural, and political changes
in the State of Hyderabad after the Indian Military Invasion should
try to get hold of this book.
	"The seventh Nizam: The Fallen Empire" by Zubaida Yazdani
talks of Hyderabad in the first 50 years of this century.
Her book has detailed information on  U.N. debates on Hyderabad
(and League of Nations) including Indian side, remarks of the 
Hyderabadi Representative sent to U.N./League of Nations, and
speeches of Sir Zafrullah Khan on Pakistan's behalf.
	Would you two guys be surprised( heard-it-for-the-first-time kind)
that as far as U.N.O. is concerned Case of Hyderabad is still unresolved
and is on the agenda of the Security Council.

Mansoor Khan

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