Saif Ali Khan says- "There was no concept of India till the British came"
Is that why his family, which ruled Bhopal, begged Jinnah to include their entire kingdom in Pakistan in 1947 ?
Is that why his great grandfather, the Nawab of Bhopal, called Hindus "untrustworthy"?
Is that why his family, which ruled Bhopal, begged Jinnah to include their entire kingdom in Pakistan in 1947 ?
Is that why his great grandfather, the Nawab of Bhopal, called Hindus "untrustworthy"?
August 2 1947.
Saif Ali Khan's great grandfather, Nawab of Bhopal wrote a letter to Jinnah.
He clearly states
1.He is staunch supporter of Pakistan. He wants to merge Bhopal in Pakistan. Hindus are untrustworthy
2. But Bhopal is 80% Hindu surrounded by India. He was cut off
Saif Ali Khan's great grandfather, Nawab of Bhopal wrote a letter to Jinnah.
He clearly states
1.He is staunch supporter of Pakistan. He wants to merge Bhopal in Pakistan. Hindus are untrustworthy
2. But Bhopal is 80% Hindu surrounded by India. He was cut off
3. Nawab of Bhopal says Hindus are intimidating him to join India. But he knows Pakistan has no means of helping him.
But he wants to know how much Pakistan can help him.
4.He says he would never sign and join India, come what may. He would continue to serve Pakistan and Islam!
But he wants to know how much Pakistan can help him.
4.He says he would never sign and join India, come what may. He would continue to serve Pakistan and Islam!
In other words, Saif Ali Khan's family tried everything in their power to merge Bhopal in Pakistan.
But as Bhopal was in the center of India, neither Jinnah nor Nawab had military means to resist India.
Had Bhopal been a frontier kingdom, it would have been a part of Pakistan!
But as Bhopal was in the center of India, neither Jinnah nor Nawab had military means to resist India.
Had Bhopal been a frontier kingdom, it would have been a part of Pakistan!
Source of the snippets: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers.
From Jinnah's letter collection in Lucknow AIML office. Digitized and published in 1994-95 by Government of Pakistan and recommended for inclusion in Memory of World Register
From Jinnah's letter collection in Lucknow AIML office. Digitized and published in 1994-95 by Government of Pakistan and recommended for inclusion in Memory of World Register
