It's always hard to find out which group started things. Muslims blame Hindus, and Hindus blame Muslims.
Scene from Gadar showing Muslim mobs attacking Hindus and Sikhs leaving Pakistan in 1947.
Derogatory words were also written on trains coming to India full of dead bodies.
Some Hindus and Sikhs took revenge as shown in the later part of the video, but it was too little too late.
Train hold-ups and killing of Hindu and Sikh passengers was a regular feature of the Muslim League plan of action, as various incidents from March, right up till January, 1948 show.
All these atrocities on Hindus and Sikhs brought no condemnation whatever from the Muslim League leaders. They either kept silent about them, or continued to trot out imaginary atrocities on Muslims. This not only encouraged the Muslim goondas, but gave them the confidence that they could go on safely with the blessings of the League leaders.
Would the world be a better place if religion didn't exist?
It's hard to say if the world would be better without religion, it's so speculative. But it sure would be better if people didn't take it so seriously and use it to define themselves so totally. That goes for every hardliner extremist who thinks they know for sure what is in the mind of God, or the Gods, or Mother Nature, be they right-wing Christians, jihadist muslims and extremist Hindus.
Posted by: svh | June 02, 2007 at 02:36 PM
There were killings on both sides and that is the fact. But hate mongers like you only fuel the flames by blaming one side only. There are bad people everywhere and in every race, religion and nationality. Leave your extrimist views to your self. do not spread poisons in the minds of yopung people who wants to grow up in the unified world.
Posted by: Notso | April 26, 2008 at 07:17 PM
There were killings on both sides and that is the fact. But hate mongers like you only fuel the flames by blaming one side only. There are bad people everywhere and in every race, religion and nationality. Leave your extrimist views to your self. do not spread poisons in the minds of yopung people who wants to grow up in the unified world.
Posted by: Notso | April 26, 2008 at 07:18 PM
Who started? British Spies started it assholes like you responded to kill. And still spreading these falls propaganda. Count the reported kills of Hindu and Muslims. Muslims were ten time more than Hindus and sikhs. Read the books of Indian writers. What Hindues did to Muslims in Bihar.
Posted by: Sam Zafar | September 25, 2009 at 03:27 PM