The Indian Civilization is one of the oldest civilizations, which has grown continuously without a break and has a recorded history of 5000 years. The separatist organisations including the Kashmiri separatists and a few historians have been deliberately trying to obliterate the facts of recorded history of the sub-continent and trying their level best to rewrite the annals suiting their jaundiced viewpoint. Yasin Malik, a renowned JKLF leader had even gone to an extent of challenging the erstwhile Indian, Prime Minister Mr Narsimha Rao to prove that Kashmir was ever a part of India( AAP KI ADALAT, 1994). Such acrimonious statements have misled many poor, illiterate and gullible people. Anyone who has no idea about the evolution of Indian civilization and its glorious past would think that these separatist organizations have a point and their demands are genuine.
For the past many years now these pro-Pakistani and pro-Azadi leaders are speaking the language of Jinnah and are of the opinion that Kashmir is distant from India and closer to Pakistan. It is very unfortunate that they have not learnt anything from the mistakes of the past and from the miseries caused by the two events to the people of this sub-continent, i.e., creation of Pakistan and subsequently its breakup.
M A Jinnah had also expressed similar views in his historic speech at Lahore in 1940 when he said” Islam and Hinduism are two distinct social orders and they could never evolve a common nationality……… The Muslims are not a minority but a nation”, little realizing that his words would cause havoc and make human beings behave like animals. Read More…..
Author. Col N Bhatnagar is an alumnus of NDA, Prestigious Def Services Staff College and XLRI. He served in Indian army as an Infantry Officer in all parts of the country and also in Srilanka and has also worked with Reputed Companies - Power, Hospitality and Health Care sector . He has also worked as a National Assesssor of CII for its CII-EXIM Bank Award and HR Excellence award. He has also authored Three Books.
Disclaimer. The views expressed are of Author.
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