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able to admit of inter-migration, specially of those who are capable, hardworking and honest.” And when in 1947 the Sindhi Hindus did begin to leave, Gandhiji wrote: “If even a single Sindhi leaves Sindh, it will be a matter of shame to Mr. Jinnah as Governor-General.” He added: “The Sindh Hindus are first-class businessmen. Why are they running away to Bombay, Madras and other places? It will not be they who will be the losers, but Sindh. For they will make money for themselves, wherever they go. One finds Sindhis in South America. There is hardly any place in the world where Sindhis are not found. In South Africa they were making big money and gave of it liberally to the poor.” Although the Sindhi leaders had the sweetest of relations with Gandhiji, be it said to their credit that they did not hesitate to speak up when they thought him wrong. Jethmal Parasram described the Khilafat as “aafat” (catastrophe). And when Gandhiji asked Choithram in 1930 what Jethmal thought of the proposed “Salt Satyagraha”, he told him: “Jethmal says that in 1920 you wanted freedom with balls of yarn; now you want it out of ladoos of salt.” Choithram reported that Gandhiji visibly slumped at the remark. Gopinath had shot an Englishman, Mr. De. The AICC draft resolution condemned Gopinath’s action. An amendment praised Gopinath’s heroism. When Gandhiji opposed the amendment, Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das walked out. Gandhiji won the point, but in view of the walk-out, he said the amendment might be taken as passed. Thereupon, Choithram stood up on a “point of order” and asked: “How can a rejected amendment be taken as passed?” Gandhiji was shaken. With tears in his eyes, he said: ‘Choithram, who is like a child to me, is now raising points of order with me. Today I stand alone.” The point of order was drowned in the tears of Gandhiji, Choithram and Mohammed Ali, who now placed his cap at Gandhiji’s feet. When there was an attempt on the life of Lord Irwin,. Gandhiji wanted the AICC to condemn it. Swami Govindanand opposed. In the vote that followed, Gandhiji won by only 38 votes in a house of about 700. Gandhiji graciously conceded: “the moral victory was with Swami Govindanand.” In the AICC meeting in October 1934, Gandhiji moved an amendment to the Congress constitution, renaming the United Provinces as “Hind”, and the Central Provinces as “Mahakoshal”. Dr. Choithram opposed the amendment and said that UP could not be called “Hind”, which was the name cf the whole country. Shri C. Rajagopalachari supported Choithram. The Sindh Story; Copyright © www.panhwar.com 87
Gandhiji said that he had agreed to the change only because people complained that they had no Indian name for UP. Now that there was an objection he was withdrawing his amendment. However, the members pointed out that they had no objection to CP being renamed Mahakoshal. Gandhiji accepted the new amendment and said amidst general laughter: “You seem to grudge poor Jawaharlal, who is inside the Naini Jail. It was he who had suggested that UP should be called Hind.” During his last days, Gandhiji had P.B. Chandwani, former deputy general manager of North-Western Railway, staying with him in the Birla House. On 20 January 1948, a bomb exploded during prayer-time, and tore away a section of the compound wall of Birla House. At the end of the prayer meeting, Gandhiji said he thought it was only some military firing practice in the distance. Thereupon, Chandwani said: “Bapu, that is neither truth nor non-violence.” Perhaps only a Sindhi ashram-mate could be that blunt. When Partition came in spite of Gandhiji, he persuaded the Government of India to do everything for the refugees. He spoke to the Maharao of Kutch and got Kandla land for the Sindhu Resettlement Corporation. He told a Sindhi delegation, led by Dr. Choithram, on 30 January, 1948: “If there can be war for Kashmir, there can also be war for the rights of Sindhi Hindus in Pakistan.” Professor Malkani met him only an hour before Gandhiji was shot. Malkani had been just appointed Additional Deputy High Commissioner to organise the migration from Sindh. Gandhiji gave him a resounding blessing-pat on the back with the words: “Take out everybody. See that you are the last to come out. And tell Khuhro I want to visit Sindh to re-establish peace. Let him consult Jinnah and inform me telegraphically.” When Malkani told him how the Hindus in Sindh had to wear “Jinnah Cap” and carry about an Urdu paper or Dawn to pass off as Muslims, for security reasons, he said he would mention it in his prayer meeting that evening. Alas, he died before he could visit Sindh --- or expose ‘the excesses there! The Sindh Story; Copyright © www.panhwar.com 88
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Appendix: G M Syed’s Visit .. ..
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Preface to Reprint “The Sindh Sto
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information. In this connection I m
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Mr. Malkani’s book is a book of h
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--- “Employment of appropriate ph
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effort had been made to synthesise
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Long have we suffered; see how grie
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Sindhu is Divine IN THE BEGINNING w
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Interestingly enough, the Bhagvad G
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Sindhu Mata THE VEDAS and the Puran
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to Encyclopedia Britannica, “the
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no lime in the area to use as cemen
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Alexander’s Waterloo in Sindh EVE
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The philosophers in turn posed him
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Truth about Dahir Sen THE PROPHET o
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next 80 years, led by Hakam, Abdull
Page 38 and 39: army of Islam became irresolute and
Page 40 and 41: order to meet the financial deficie
Page 42 and 43: priest would not agree to Sita beco
Page 44 and 45: “Jhoolay Lal” WHEN Mahmud Ghazn
Page 46 and 47: of the Khaljis. But more revealing
Page 48 and 49: The Umar Marui is one long paean of
Page 50 and 51: OH LORD of Sindh, Jhoolay Lal, and
Page 52 and 53: Napier had written off all the pre-
Page 54 and 55: loosely knit system that could be a
Page 56 and 57: Dayaram helped set up the Nari Shal
Page 58 and 59: when Gandhiji wrote his autobiograp
Page 60 and 61: muttered “lainat! lainat!” in r
Page 62 and 63: to convert them to Christianity. An
Page 64 and 65: anybody else. Colonel Trevor, the C
Page 66 and 67: The theosophists also joined hands
Page 68 and 69: “Sangathan”, and “Sanskriti
Page 70 and 71: Freedom Movement in Sindh “NADIR
Page 72 and 73: When Tilak visited Sindh in 1920, y
Page 74 and 75: of 40 women satyagrahis. Many young
Page 76 and 77: Ahmedabad municipality and Subhas C
Page 78 and 79: “I am a Sindh” -- Gandhi “EVE
Page 80 and 81: consider him a Mahatma. He used to
Page 82 and 83: On one occasion not only was a saty
Page 84 and 85: not anti-Muslim. I decline to think
Page 86 and 87: wrote to Sucheta in 1945 to ask Kri
Page 90 and 91: Thrown to the Wolves INDIA BECAME F
Page 92 and 93: sessions judge of Hyderabad, an Eng
Page 94 and 95: Hindus were, if anything, even more
Page 96 and 97: esolution. “He just allowed us to
Page 98 and 99: from 30 to 400. During this one Lea
Page 100 and 101: Nehru declined the offer --- even a
Page 102 and 103: In January, 1948, Government of Ind
Page 104 and 105: The Sindhi leaders in their goodnes
Page 106 and 107: language of Sindh, Bhutto had the p
Page 108 and 109: and destiny. In the process it has
Page 110 and 111: ealization, and not in hatred and v
Page 112 and 113: Allah Alone Knows SINDH’S REJECTl
Page 114 and 115: Baluchi guerrillas and 3,300 Pakist
Page 116 and 117: It will thus be seen that the democ
Page 118 and 119: G. M. Syed Or Sindh has said that a
Page 120 and 121: Sindhi Society and Culture SlNDHI S
Page 122 and 123: Cardinal Wolsey, was murdered in th
Page 124 and 125: Panhwar, Malah, Mangta, Sodha, Dhat
Page 126 and 127: And Muslim backwardness in the fiel
Page 128 and 129: malicious, Sir Bhutto’s wife, who
Page 130 and 131: Muslims believed that marriages sol
Page 132 and 133: Shah, Sachal and Swami LANGUAGE AND
Page 134 and 135: Sindhian ra istalah Sindh madah; Hi
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Mohammed Khan Sewhani, Bherumal Meh
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Even as they tried to lift themselv
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Individual Sindhis have also made a
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just dubhashis, bilingual; they are
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Appendix: Report on G M Syed’s De
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The Bar Association of the Supreme
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Q. Why are you more opposed to Bhut
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(English) Bibliography Ahmed Q.: Th
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Sheikh, M. Somar: Kachyun Ja Qaul S
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