Nathuram Godse's statement that, "...the 7 conditions that Gandhi had set for breaking the fast started in January 1948 were all anti-Hindu..." We were never told exactly what these terms were when we were taught history in school.
In January 1948
Gandhi was trying for Hindu-Muslim unity through fasting etc. there are superficial references everywhere. So why should Godse say in his speech that all those terms were anti-Hindu?
January 19, 1948 issue of 'The Yorkshire Post' mentions
these 7 conditions. What were the conditions?
Condition 1 - Muslims should be allowed to celebrate their Urus at Mehrauli near Delhi. (There was a mosque of Khwaja Qutbuddin in Mehrauli. It was destroyed in the riots. The Hindus and Sikhs drove out
the Muslims around it. This Khwaja Qutbuddin was supposed to take place on January 26, 1948. But there was a possibility of obstacles in doing so. Gandhi did not want this.)
Condition 2 - Muslims who fled from Delhi should be allowed to return safely.
Condition 3 - Those 118 mosques in Delhi which have been converted into temples should be given back to the Muslims.
Condition 4 - Entire Delhi should be made safe for Muslims.
Condition 5 - Safety of Muslims traveling by rail should be guaranteed.
Condition 6 - Financial boycott imposed by Hindus and Sikhs on Muslims should be withdrawn.
Condition 7 - The remaining parts of Muslim settlements in Delhi should not be used by Hindu or Sikh refugees from Pakistan.
My first thought was, why is protecting Muslims, anti-Hindu?
But then in 1948, why not the same thing for Hindus?Moplah Riots,Direct Action Day,Noakhali etc. saw Hindu Genocide.Violence was happening on both sides.
Didn’t the other sides have the right to protect itself?
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If you want to understand an organization, study its roots, real intentions of people behind it.
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Sangh was banned. Swayamsevaks across Bharat were thrown in jail.
My grandfather, Gopalrao Hirve, applied for leave from his private company and went to jail in Visapur after participating in Satyagraha.
He feared losing his job—he got a secret promotion instead.
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She raised anti-Emergency slogans at Appa Balwant Chowk.
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The śikhā wasn’t just sacred. It was strategic.
Thread. Every line will burn.
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The śikhā covered the most complex neurovascular zone in the body.
Mock that, and you’re mocking neuroanatomy itself.