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Interestingly, Maniben mentions in her diary that Sardar had one common goal with Savarkar. They differed on several issues but both of them wanted the ‘‘four crore Muslims in India to be loyal to the country; otherwise there was no place for them (August 16, 1949).’’
Few Congmen says Patel wanted Pakistan to have Kashmir, but the truth

"Maniben also refers to a discussion about the possibility of the partition of Kashmir, which involved India retaining Jammu and handing over the rest of the state to Pakistan. Patel retorted:
‘‘We want the entire territory… and battle for the whole of Kashmir” (July 23, 1949)".

Sardar Patel & Babri Masjid?

Maniben’s diary on September 20, 1950 says that Sardar told Nehru that the Babri Masjid’s renovation was different from reconstruction of the Somnath Mandir
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#PrafullaChaki.

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He was not even 20 when he decided to take his own life rather than getting surrendered to British.

Prafulla Chaki, born on 10th December 1888 in Bogra district (now in Bangladesh). A staunch revolutionary in spirit, Chaki participated in
demonstrations against British and got expelled in class 9. Later, in his schooling in Rangpur National School, he came in touch with other revolutionaries, and grew as one.

Barin Ghosh brought Prafulla to Kolkata and he was enlisted in the Jugantar party.
Prafulla, along with
Khudiram Bose was chosen for the assassination of Kingsford, the magistrate of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Kingsford, during his previous tenure as the Chief Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta, was unpopular for passing harsh and cruel sentences on young political workers of Bengal.
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