my2cents
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2011
- Messages
- 5,637
- Reaction score
- -9
- Country
- Location
Do you know bro, that Jinnah was expecting the same...Asam and some other states (perhaps joona garh, i forget from my text book, there were controversial states and decision were made in night)...were illegitemately joined with India...As one of these states ruler was muslim (with populaton mostly hindues), but that ruler joined it with Pakistan (BD I guess), but then India occupied it saying its population is in majority hindues, ----but alas! their same judgment could not be applied for poor our Kashmiris bros (who were in majority muslims) as it's idiot ruler joined it with India and then India forget its earlier rule of thumb...
It is Junagadh and Hyderabad you are talking about. You are right about Junagadh-- that Nizam of Junagadh joined Pakistan, much to the displeasure of many people of his state, majority constituents being Hindus. In the case of Hyderabad(located in south India), the Nizam was ambivalent about joining Pakistan and wanted to be independent. His majority constituents were Hindus. In both the cases the princely states were surrounded on all sides by India.
Here is the crux of the issue you guys miss in your textbooks. Mohammad Ali Jinnah main argument for partition was that Muslims and Hindus cannot live together as one nation. He wanted to create a separate nation for Muslims of Indian subcontinent. Now on what bases Junagadh and Hyderabad being Hindu majority states should join Pakistan. It is against the two nation theory championed by him. Also, Junagadh and Hyderabad had no shared border with West and East Pakistan. How can two small princely states exist inside India with no shared border??? In the case of Junagadh, the nawab fearing for his life was forced to flee to Karachi by the people of his state. Junagadh with tensions brewing between Hindus and Muslim communities and with no Nawab in sight, it was just matter of time, it would have joined India. Hyderabad took little longer with its Nawab adamant on remaining independent.
It is to the credit of both Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabahbai Patel, who in their wisdom saw the simmering discontent and
heightened communal tensions, ordered the Indian Army to annex them by force. It was an easy walkover for Indian army with no major loss of life.