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Was Jinnah a British Raj agent?
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan....also a British agent?
1947 and the sad occurrences of that event was unique. To be sure Muslim armies fought Hindu armies led by their respective Rajas, but the full extent of the demographic shift, isolation from Partition for ordinary civilians, and the ensuing dogma in Pakistan especially after 1965, and later under Zia ul Haq never existed between ordinary people in South Asia before.
Pakistan was the megalomaniac creation of Mohammed Jinnah, who knew he would not last very long to fully see his dream being created, but through his egotism he persisted in creating the moth eaten failed state, with the active backing of the British..........It started in 1940 when the Muslim league drafted a constitution, and from there developed a grass roots organization for the first time (before that specific date it was a talking shop for privileged Muslim nobility and notables wholly disconnected with the Muslim masses) As the Muslim League developed, the majority of the top echelon of the Congress were locked up from 1942, with the "Quit India" Movement. The Muslim League thus with covert British Raj guidance became a legitimate force in Indian politics, which could articulate its position with mass appeal............for me all this could not have been done by Jinnah himself or his close cadres like Liaqat Ali Khan, in such a short time (1940--1946). That there must have been some sort of institutional backing from Britain to translate the Muslim League into a reasonably cohesive force by 1946, to the point where Jinnah was negotiating quite confidently with Gandhi and Nehru.
Jinnah was an excellent Barrister, and thus a good speaker, but a political genius like Gandhi, with his vision? I never thought so. He was a stiff starched plodder, not given to inspiration, as most natural freedom leaders of that era. Thus to me he was a functionary for the British Raj, who played out his role to the end.
The British official files related to independence and Partition, and the creation of Pakistan will be released in the year 2022, the longest release date for British state papers. Normally they are released within 30 years. They must contain controversial information for them to be released at such a late date. Obviously when they are released they will be sanitized for public consumption, but one speculates whether Jinnah was a British agent. All those long years in Bilaat, London, during the critical years of the independence movement; His penchant for ham sandwiches, and alcohol; his speeches to his Muslim audiences in immaculate Oxbridge English mostly; his deference to British Raj law, and the need to avoid any sanction, in contrast to the many occasions when Congress leaders were imprisoned by the Raj, in the course of serving the greater cause.
His general demeanor of a man who was quite cold and reserved, who showed no overt fondness for Muslims. ....Do we have any pictures of him mixing with the illiterate Garib Muslim masses from the 1920's through to the 1940's, smiling and relishing the moment and opportunity to fulfill his mission for his people? We have plenty of those for Gandhi and Nehru, and they are genuine. Do we have any pictures of him praying at a Mosque with his fellow Muslim congregation?
This is the man who founded the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ......descendants of Brahman Hindus from Gujarat.
Then lets widen the scenario, without the benefit of the British state papers about Partition to be released in 2022. 75 years after that fateful event.
Why were the British so keen to leave India in August 1947, and hand over power formally, when most people agreed that 1948 would have been a better date? Why the hurry, when they had been in the region from over 200 years, and the British Raj a full 90 years?
The official explanation being that the government in London wanted to wind things up as far as the empire was concerned, since Britain was an exhausted nation after the war, and generally wanted to bring the boys back home-------the empire simply could not be maintained any longer. Not even for one more year, into 1948, at least in India. (The rest of the empire got its independence in the 1950's, 60's, 70's and in Hong Kongs case 1997). But with the largest British possession, the most profitable, and the "Jewel in the Crown", the British could not stay a year longer to properly supervise the hand over of power, and avoid inevitable civilian casualties.
Lets see if we can refute the most popular assertions why the British left early, in that manner:
(1) First we have got to cut our losses, and leave India to her own destiny argument. India was never a burden to the British, it was always a hefty surplus profit. The British were efficient tax collectors especially in India and ruthless exploiters of the land (Bengal Famine 1769, millions left dead as the East India angled for cash crop profits, Indigo, jute and opium), and Indian revenue maintained the Indian colonial army and administrative system, as well as transferring huge surplus profits into the exchequer of the British government.
The British first and foremost came to India to make money, not to rule. That idea only came much later into the 19th century.In the 18th century alone the surplus of the East India company over Greater Bengal was so enormous it eclipsed any revenue in comparison to most other European powers.................Greater Bengal to a significant extent financed and contributed to the huge 450 million pounds that Britain managed to raise to fight the Napoleonic wars.
So, the Idea that the British were financially exhausted post 1945 (true), and India was a financial liability which could no longer be maintained (not true--self financing.......) which almost makes it sound in terms of colonial propaganda, that Britain funded and maintained India to the detriment of the British Isles, which is wholly incorrect. The British had by 1947 demobbed the Indian army from 2 million to around 460,000. The financing of that army came from India.
(2) Another explanation for the quick transfer of power in India was that the government wanted to bring the boys back home to blighty. The British maintained about 80,000 British troops serving along side native units, and 20,000 Civil servants in India...........the average number from 1860----1940, under the British Raj. A mere 100,000 men was not a great stretch on the manpower resources of post war torn Britain. Its not as if millions of job opportunities were waiting for such highly skilled men steeped in colonial environments, where they had spent most of their lives.
Indeed, the British maintained key officers in South Asia into 1951, 4 years after independence.
(3) The final general explanation, as to why the British left India in such a hurry is that, the Indian nationalists were clambering aggressively for independence, and after the war the British were not sure if they could really keep maintaining control over the Sub-continent any longer........"Lets get out whilst the going is good" theory. Again does not make sense since all the British had to do and did subsequently do is promise on a specific date of departure and keep to that date......e.g for example 1948, which would have given everybody the time to organize and be ready for that eventuality. So the point being since the British had been in South Asia for such a long time, 90 years for the British Raj, one extra year would not have hurt.
So what was the real reason for the British to depart India, in such a hurry after such an illustrious history of conquest and exploitation? It all depends on how you view their decision making; in terms of good faith or bad faith.
Lets view it from the perspective of the British and their agent Jinnah, if you will indulge and consider. The British run him as their agent; slowly propagate him from an obscure business family from Gujarat, recent converts to Islam who migrate to Sind and improve their Islamic credentials; the whole Jinnah siblings adopt more Islamic sounding names Mohammed Ali Jinnah etc for example viz their original Rajput/Gujarati Hindi names........and he eventually proceeds from business into the elite of the legal profession. The British know by 1945 he will not last long at the twilight of his years, into his seventies, and it is from that perspective if we can see, why the British were in a hurry to "leave" and create Pakistan in 1947, and why Mountbatten made assertions and put so much pressure for a quick settlement, as a 'neutral arbiter".
Independence in 1948, would have been too late for Jinnah, his health critical by that time, and death by September 1948. Jinnah needed to be around at least a year for Pakistan to be solidified.
The British grasped and knew this fact.
Then you observe Jinnah's tactics in creating Pakistan, which I credit to his British intelligence handlers........"Direct action day" 16th August 1946 which blackmailed Gandhi into accepting his terms for a separate state, OR ELSE. His unilateral attack against Kashmir, using irregulars........his claim of territory well inside India. Are these the policies of a secular moderate man who just wants to live in peace and harmony with India as a good neighbor, or an agent out to destabilize the region on the orders of his British masters?
And we wonder why Pakistan is failed state.
On similar and yet separate current note.........
There is a popular belief in the elite spectrum of Pakistani society that to gain power in Pakistan one must curry favor with the USA.............this is of course self defeating because once you come to power with America's blessing, they can just as easily remove you.........Musharaf comes to mind, and the USA puts something worse and even more malleable in your place, Zardari.
If we follow Omer Sheikh, the Pakistani recruited by British intelligence, his time in elite British schools and universities (LSE) we can get a glimpse of the recruitment process, and timeline.............one imagines there are thousands of others like him in Pakistani society within the armed forces, intelligence, landed elite (Tamindar/Zamindar) and business and political elite working for Blighty and the USA..............
And yet these privileged idiot/Ullu bacha's do not realise what great traitors they are to their country, and which countries are their real enemy which does long term harm to their country (certainly not India.........).
tang pajama wearing indian nehru was in the pocket of the british viceroy's wife , very big pitthu of the british raj
Don`t try to ruin this thread ....
