The Failure of the Guru ? (A Challenge of the Majority Community)

By

Ardaman Singh ~hayee

The Bhayee Sahib of Bagrian

Guru Nanai-. _ ·;ssion Series, No. 35

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INTRODUCTORY

There must be som~thing very ab~ormaliy offensi.ve in the treatment meted out to the Sikhs by the majority community, when a moderate like the Bhayee Sahib of­Bagrian (the writer of our tracts no 27 and 29) could not help blurting out hie deep seated feelings 80 strongly a!lr he has done in ~he folluwing pages. : These were still ill printing, when the setter of the question referre.d to herein-So S. Bal was promoted to the Reader's sc"le by the Punjab University as so' many other Patils (apostate Sikhs) a('e being patronised by the Communal manned ruling party. . .

The UnderSigned oan bear testimony to and vindicate the fact so correct1y put by the Bhayee Sahib about Maba tma. Gandhi regarding the-conversion of Dr .. Ambedkar and 'his people, as he (undersigned, the then manager of Nankana Sahib) was one of the deputationists (others being, Jatheder Teja Singh .President of the .Nankana Sahib Gurdwara (.;ommittee, Bawa .Harkishan Singh Principal, Master Sujan Singh Secretary Sarab Hind Sikh Mission, Principal Kasbmira Singh and S. Gurdit Singh Sethi the then .President Singh Sabha .Bombay-all stillliving) who conferred with Dr. Ambedkar at his summer residence in Janjira (a. small island in the Arabian Sea) in May, 1937 a~ the time when the building of the Khalsa College, Bombay, raised by the Sarab Hind Sikh Mission to meet Dr. Ambedkar's wishes and then popularly · k~own ' as Dr. Ambedkar's College, was nearing completion and when the Doctor finally backed out saying .that Gandhiji· had seduced away his followers and that they would .not then beflome Sikhs even if he -,(the Doctolt) embraced Sikhism. -. The Bhayee Sahib has correctJy diagonosed and rightly

suggested that the 8&Uer element in the majority community should r~se to the occasion and give it the required lead towards integration of the Indi!lon Community before it is too late and the Sikhs-Country's most faithful and loyal citizens-plan out their course otherwise. Buch a warning by amoderate Sikh means much. -

NARAIN SINGH- ' Secretary

Guru Nanak Millsion

FOREWORD

No malady can he remedied without proper diii,gnosis. No problem can . be sol~ed Without meet.in:g it fa~e t.~ fuce and ·without coming to grips with it. Correct conclUsIons can only be drawn by thoroughly going into all tile aspects,

good or bad,' i>IeaBa~t or n~i>leasant. It is ' With thili in :view t'tiat I have tried in these lines to present a. panOi'iunic and complete picture for deep and thoughtful study . . .

Happily thi mind 'of the rural masses is' sound and as . yet Unaffected: The ailment lies only j.n urban niiDdS', and there too it iii c!>Iifined mostly j;o a particUlar commUnal and intolerant eleniimt. But Unfortunately that element being voqal i!-nd irifluen tisl; i t i~ spreading the diSease

:J;ather fast :

It is for the wise and farseemg in'telligentsia to probe

·,Ieep . and find o.ut ,'Vhere . ~he . virus lies a~d; reJI).edy it. Without a proper and efficacious treatment of ·this malady,

. ~o Hi~du sQili uu'ity, s~ ' ve~Y.' eBBe~ ti~i fo; : ;r~~el3.s .and prosperity, for happiness and safety of the Country, wo.uld be' a lasting phenomena.

There w~ a time when invaders, like Sans; Kushans. Huns and Greeks, 'came to India alid. some o.f them sett.led down ·in the Country and were all swallowed. ~nd assimilated by th~ " Hindu .Sooiety and merged into

~induism. ~ut since, the Muslem invasio.Il .. the co.nditio.ns have ohanged. . '. ' .

" Almost ev~ry &UIit~yand e~ery. Natio.n, at ~;";~ 'ti~e o.r o.thsr, had to. face and so.lve the problem o.f mi~o.rities.

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This was done in their own . way according to the locaJ needs and conditions.- The tendency these days is towards­·narrow nationalism · varging: almpst· on parochialism. The

IQfty . ideas of one world and Brother-hood of Man are

shelVed in, some cold storage. -The -Islamic Countries are not at. this moment faced with a.ny big proble~ of religious or other minorities, but sti11 the dream o~ a Pan-Islamic

State has remained hybernating in the embrionio stage s~ . -

fa r . Any . In~ian solution -Will have to take all these . factors · into conside!:ati,?n, besides · the fact· that the

minorities are now too stiff and bard to be cracked and -digested without dyspeptic effects. Axj;y)d~~ ~ o!~troduce

Hindu theocra.cy or an a.ttempt to ~!~l!:t!l_ . Q.r ign~e th~ ·minorities will .create further stiffness, com.E!!cations,

heart-burning, and internecine trouble, _~'l.(Lili!!.tJ?rb . the. mind and peace of the land.

Practical politics and farseeing wisdom will call for . carrying the minorities along' in a spirit of comradeship, cooperation, co-existanca, aoordination, brotherlin'ess and

go(id will, so that th" minorities too may feel the glow of freedom and feel proud of being-equal citizens of the land.

Will ·the majority Commlinity, specially its saner and

wiser"element, rise to the occasion and set the situation

right?

B.i!.grian House ,ARDAMAN SINGH BHAYEE

Simla.-2 The Bhayee Sahib of Bagrian 16-9.68

The Failure of the Guru ?: The Question

During these days all eyes . and efforts are turned towards bringing about national and emotional integration. For orderli and peaceful progress of I~dia ' and for

preservation of'freedom, unity is of paramount importance. Anyand every thing that may tend to undermine and jeopardize the solidarity of the Nation should be pioked up

and meticulously removed. 'Posterity will regard it as the

test of wIsdom of the present day leadership. The question No.4 (Punjab History) :B.A. '(T.D.C.)

Part II set in the Examination of the Punjab University

held in May, 1968, ' oalls for an answer whioh no student oould give. No sensible examiner would have expeoted a straight answilrfrom a student whose aimis only to' ' humour the examiner and get through the test.

Eyen grown up in,telleotuals would hesitate to provide one. , The 'question reads :-

"What were thei'eason6 which ~Ij;l Guru Gobind Singh to come in conflict MIliA-The Mughal Empire. Account for the, ultimate failure of the Guru ;,

,f?uoh surreptitious s~llies do not oontribute to 'oreation of

' mutual happy relations or good will . . They only add fUel to the fire. The question has been put in bad taste and has distressed Sikh ciroles. 'But it has given lndioations

of a deep rooted malady whioh has been, spreading its virus,

specialiy siu'ce last ,40 to 50 years.

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It is for the experienced politicians, seasoned states­men and seniQr, ~e,!,dex.:~of 'p~blic op~n~ou, espeoialli the saner and 'wiser ele~ent in 'the maj'ority community and intelleotual thinkers to diagnose and, fipd out the disease and prescribe the remedy:" it ' is high time they do ~t ll,Ow. The reaI'answerlles with 'them. ,, ' '" ' " ',' . ,'"

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To arrive at. , oorrec;:t ooncl1lSionl,!, it. is n,eces,sary: , to' ' h~v~ih~' c~mpie~~ pi~t~~ " b~fore yo~. ' ,It ' is~ t.herefore,not so U;uoh as an ~~Bw~r ' t~' , th~ exa.rqitier~~ qU;~~tio~' but to cOII,lplE;lte" ~he pi~t~r~ tp.~t ,1 s,tl).~e belQ~ .. Boi;h~ve~y ' rele~~nt. , and 'c~gent facts of Hi~tory. IiJ.

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doing so I have divided , $e sllbject, in fQuI parts (1) The conflict" (2) Th~ , GUru;s ' ~i~sion, ' (3) Th,~ r'aiiux:~ , and' '. _. T ' .' .' ~ • • : " ,~ • •

(4)Tl:l~malady; , " ., . , ,' .

The, Conflict To '-come, to " the , right ' conclusion, ,tIle difference

between the outloa'k 'and ,mento.lity of the Hindus and: that of the Sikhs, as regards conflict;, ought to ' be 'propetly understood and borne in mind. During the RauJayn'a 'and the Mahabarta periods people: were in: high spirits and in: trends of glory, ever ready, 'and ' welco'ming 'opportunities ' ' to ,face and overcome conflicui wit;h ' 'c]e~n ' ha.nds; ~o\lrage ' an:d ', bravery. To .quote ,an' insta.nce from the 'Ram{tyna, whe~ Hanuman met Seeta inRa'Va.~'s ~aptivity; he' off~redtotajt'e

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her away, but 'she refused,the 'offer' saying it was not right ,Jo escape sealthily like ' tli~t;iet Ram ~ome, fight out, aild

take 'her·bBck. We hl:\"I(e 1m e~l:\~ple in the Mah'abharta; ,

also. that ' Dropadi;' s,fter her ' humiliation in · ~h.e · COllrt, '

refused .to dQ'up her hair until she ha~ wl:\shed· them.with ·the. hJood of Dusasan, But this spirit !Iondmentality changed when after the hattIe of Kalinga, Ashoka emhaced Budh.ism.

and abjured "The Sword". For Asboka . persoDI:\]ly -it may nave been a ~J:eat day. -Some people even glorify· it as . the day of Realiza~ion and Transformatiot;!. In fact it turned qut to be tbe beginning of the downfall of Hindu Supretpacy in India. ltenhn~iation and self-defence or governance do Dot go together. They are antipodes to each other .

. . Since this abjuratiOn. of ·the Sword, by.' As.hok~· !I.!nd

emergence of : the cult of, renunciation and non-yj~lenge, these brave and manly qualities' and high spirits ' begl:\n; to , disappear and. the Hindu outlook to,wards c.Q·;Uct unden,:ellt. a complete change.

Another 'factor which contributed to' the development of 'this n1en~litywa~ affiu~nce: 'love of ricb~s and" worshlp oJ Mays, LSkshmL . The all~viaiand fertil~ .sOil of the ' Indo­Gabgetic ' plains ' and ' the other ' rich produ~tive lands of India' provided them plenty with comparatively little effort. This ·maq.e them easy"going and calculative. Goethe also li~d once said-that everything in the world may be endutedcexcept . c()n'tinual prosperity . . And·· the .. weather made them further indolent.

_ ~~e~e ,w~~yet anothe~cfa9to! which .. gave supp.ort to this te~den~,v.:. :nu~ was,. ~!i.B : indivi.d,liali~1l1, a.~op.g!lt . the

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Hindus. Their worship and e~ery day life are all individu­

alistio' That iawhy thelr religion a.nd interest are strictly person'ar and revolve only around the' self. Loyalty ' has therefore remained oonfined to fati:rily or 'oaste or has been

at the most tribal or regional. There being no opportunity for community assemblage, there was little neighbonrly love or sympa.thy. It is a hard fact of History that , therQ,

~ever been what may be called an ' I~~n, ~~t~,o~. o!. any" s~1ch idea., much less any feeling or-sentiment, 'of ,wJl..at 5s called Natio~ali8m,- The 'present day India:~~s~the. formulation brought , about for the convenience of British' Administration.

The first time a picture of India as an integrated whole was projeoted., was'when tlie 'Five Beloved Ones' volunteer-

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ed to offer their heads to the Guru at Anandpur in 1699. They represented the ,country, as a whole in five regionS and came from five different castes which were merged into one

C::~B,telesB ,Society by the Guru. Daya Ra!ll ,was a Khatri and came from Lahore in the North: Dharam Das wall a Jat from Delhi in th~ Centr~. ' Mohkaw' Chand a. ' Calico­printer belonged to Dwarka in the West. Sahib Chand a barber hailed fram Bidar in the South ' and iIimmat Rai a . ~ - .

washe~n from , Jaga~ Nath-Puri in the East. It was recently in 1965 that first tim~ a oonflic:it created an All­

'Indla feeling of one Nat~on, l).owllver short lived it was. , .

Thus the Hindus deveJoped 'a.mentaliii' whicl). a~ways tried t~ avoid confliot by even sut:render, prostration, sub­mission, and by appeasement or conrpromise. They could

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·only harass arid .become aggressiv~ towards . those .wh.o ,happened to b~ we(l.ker, but qu~U~d and quivered .when confronted by those who were . stronger.

This mentality. therefor~, resulted in opening the flood­

gates to foreign invaders. to whom the whole country . was

. offered as if on.a platter for plunder, booty, massacre, an~

taking away wealth and men and wom~n as slaves. And it remained a one·way traffic. India was always a~taoked

. and mutilated, as it lay helplessly prostrate before any. one

who liked to invade it. Hist\?ry tells us that India had never had the courage or capabilty to make an atta~k aoorose its borders, though we try to cover this weakness

and imbecility and deceive and please ourselves by oalling 'it our greatness and peace~loving tendenoy. Thefirst attack

aCl~oss the Indus from the Indian Bide was made by t~e Khalsa Army during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's suzerainity

over tbe Punjab. Consequently we see the Indian borders shrinking from

the Hind1;lkush to the Beas and Hussainiwala on the Sutlej, and from Duzdab-Zahidan at the Iranian border to Rajas­than. in the West, and fz:om Burma to almost the walls of Caloutta in 'the East. In the North too Gilgit and half of Ladakh and Kashmir h~vc been erodcd away.

We have to hang.c,mr heads low when we :ead in our .!;!istory tliat to avoid oonflict some . Hiridu rulers · offered ~eir daughters to the Delhi sovereigns to appea,,,e ' and please them; and 'Hindu men of influenoe and vested inter­!liJtl:l Jo~ned hands with the ~azit persecutors of ·theirb';n people. . .,::"",;:,,_. - .-

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The recent divisidn of the "oountry ~na cr~tion" of Pakistan ire ~n ~videh~et1iil;t tiiis" hlentality arid out160k. still' persist. M6~t bf ' 61.11.- presefit d8;Y poiicies , als6 ~re worked out itiider this very obB~s~ibh ' TIie sikh outlook is jU'flt the dpp<:lsite of it. ' They are H~r rEi~dy to i!i.2e and fudeed weleorne Ii cotIiUct; if it i$ ,again.iit It bUlly tir' an \ oppresSor ' of the weak; They prefer to die than to sllrrender.

The' MisSion

Guru Nanak irithe end or tIie 15th CentUry fo'Tirid th'e , country in this" sorry stlite. HIS wa.s the first 'voice after liiimost ODe tnQusa'rid'" ye:ars of sravery; th'at ,was' i-aJsed agains~ tyranny and injustice , at Eminablia.. dlii-iifg~ Babar's invasion' of India: H~ not onlY' protested against thc high-hndedriess and' tyranny of the' aggre'Ssor"'Uivader'/but a.l~ reinoiliiti'at~d a.gMnst ihe Deihi ' pa.th'ans' who"i:Ould hot protect' and l!a~'e the precious , cotintry' uIi.dbi 'thei~ chafge. He also remonstrated , With the sr;1ije6ts'fbT shb'mitting like sheep and dead in~h -withOut ' rea,1iZh1g 'their ~~iip6~Hji1ities and' he also complained tti tne' Cteiit6r for' bringiig about 1;h~ scm:uge ' on ' a' ;helplesspeople: -, 'The" miB~ioii. 'of" "the' Satguru' wa.1t to change this'mentality of helpless'inlbEfcillty, and to' bring a;bout mahly' quaiities"of sell-respect;' self-help, self-reliance' a.nd-service; , to_ the' - neeayt 'With"'a " wUl and conviction not to bow before brute

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tyra.n~y., or ,high-handedness. The nobl" saintly Virtues, and GodlY ' values were to 'be prote~t~d' with even our '

Uves, by offering sa~.rillces, and if called ~p~n, by wielding '

, ~e Sword. With an\)hor in one ~od, th~ evilli.nd evildo~rp~ were to be extirpated, 8.J;ld ~he land and ultimately the Universe made safe , for g06~ and God-conscious men. ' The' Guru's mission is Bummed up in the words of the 10th lIIanak, Guru Gobilld Singh, ,himself :-'

. . T~ «pnold IlfId advance 'righteousne.ss. anti to emanclp,ate tile good" 'tne Stiint i~ ~s:, tlCU tJH1~ Ro ~ijid6 I

To extirpate evil and evildoers 1'001 Imd b,ancn.

~EG R90 iil~ ,IjB ~tlfoo I

The mission was to Qreate a nation of God-consoious people always rea.dy 'with their 'hea.ds' 'on t~eir palms' to do service and good to 'others and punish evildoera-. In' ,doing ,ao if imy c6Dflictcomes' ,in" the ' way.· it, was" to" be ,faced and conquered even if life itself has to , b,e offe,r~d and sacrificed. '

We find that the : Great Shankrach-a,rya. ' ~lso n?ticed this depra.ved <l,egraaation .brought about hI. the .. co.untry by this mentality of self-hutniliation and avoidance of . . .' ..

;oo.¢jct. " .Frozn South to N0F~,h I!'nd East ,to West, he untiringly worked to ' re-awaken ' 'the" people ' back to 'manline!ls. As a consequence , of ' his' great' and laudable ,~ff~rts the l>re-Budhistio ' B~ahmanisin was revived and self-humiliating nonviolent 'Budhism packed out of the

. QP~tr;Y lOck, s~C;>Qk ~p,d b!J.J:-fel. B,it the virus had gone,

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s~, ~e'1p j~,io t~e n.un~, a:nd b!&fus of -t~'e ~~ple that ons

h~anf!:Pall, ~fJ~f't "':~I;'I .. Ho~ : i~~ . ~n~)tig~ : to j~~.ple~e· the'; task • . Altj:J.o~h Budhism was banished, it had left behind

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itl! marks .apd effects on the thinking and living of th'J ' .: I • . " .' • J : ' .( ,I . . :. ' . • • : . . : ; .' ~ '. ." ':

people. .fu !'lome ,form or other they still continue a,rid • ' . ..1 .' • " '.' ' \ : '. • -,' _ •• • ' . : , : :- • I' ;- ~ • I '. ,

:p~rJ;jist, ;,; .l\nd.. JainiB.m, .a , sister School of BudD.lsm, ~ana~~d ~ e~~ap~ th~ Ol)sla'ught of the ' d~eB.t ~iriira:'

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charya and stayed on in the country. · . It took *e Sj~liGu~~ .tci~ ge~e~a t ioris' to a~ ·the ' b~ain­

washing. 'when the 's-iihHua"I' .:·· ~e~a.;Va~~iih~g " and regeneration of '~an' and res~(;~t1Qn' 'of Kltiiuin values and restoration of COhBciousness of the self, and, mental, ' moral, and ~ocial uplift was coi:nplete, ,tbe fifth Guru

annoquced .:-, , TheM erciful Lord. -hath no'll! ' given the Command,

~fG '~C(li ;iw fi:roa~ w , '1,"hdt " '0 onti witl he"nc'eforth domineer over 'a,,,l giv8 pain , ' to another,

11 af~ "0 folll aliT<!: -et 'il na, all will abide 'in peace; 'sUch ·.being· the Rule 6fMerc.iful Lora., ' ..

RY 'l1lf1Bl ~1»fl fe<] <J'H' ui5Hl <fTtJ tl~ ' , .... -. ',.".. . , • :'~,'", j • - .' • • • • • •

. 4.fter ,the martyrdom of the· 6th Guru, ·thlf 'valu;es and

pri~~i~le~, f,~~ ':W¥~~:h~ g~~ehl'" '~e, :w:e~e ' ~ot ' s~enaeteil. The' 6,th. ,Q;~ .. then . took up t~e ' 5wO'rd 'to lfpnoid ' 'iiha pro,tect , t(h~~, : a:,?:d the :ii,ghi: that J v&8 though~, to 'have been , !lxti,nguished, .'flii.red lip 'futo 'a big 'bla.ze 'w"iiich • -. , ,". . " . :,v. . 1 ., • : ,., _ ,' • •

ultimately consUmed iis a.nt8goni8ts~

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, The finillity ,to t;hiB ' mission, WI),S br®~ht,abQ1,l1\ by . , • . . • ' : ' " . ; ": h : 1' , :' . ' -d', ';., , ' " 1: I . ' "

the Guru in his 10th Form, when In hIS ha.nd.the' two : . . , ' . ,, ' i l ' : I ' ,. f ' • - . ' " . : ~.t .. , 1.>' · • ' " , ' .

f;lwords of <~Miri" a~d , "Pif~" Whioh were 8ep;Lra~ely . .. ,. • ,- . ' ': ~:. ' 1 ' . . . . ' :r : ···t ", ' • . • . .. ~.

>Worn by the ,,6th Guru', merg~d into one double-edged • ' . . , ." \ ~ • " • • •• • ' . I- i . . ..

S,word !\all(ld ,:Kh~JJ.da: ',l ,t b,~o.ar,n~; t~e .. ?~,e~ior: 9f ', a:~ Ip),~r,a­ted ncw' Order when of th\B Khanda th,e Khalsa; and 'then

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,the Guru himE'elf, too~, the Amrit in 1699, and _ the GUru ' b~c~m~ 'th~ ' Silih a~d. th~ ' Silili, :tlie Guii.L ' ':this ' ~6k two , . ' .,. ' j . . ,' :- • , . • , •

hu'udre:a ' ye~r~ , to "bhild ;;. n'ldeiIl'l ' of ,Society, ' iJ; " li~h!g " l" : ' . : .. - . ' : ' : . \. : , , ' ,'j . ',' ~ · r · ; ~, i : . n ~:. : .. r ' I ' J " " ..... -

organism, with instruction to ' growa-nd ,--prosper · arid P'~~pett1ally e~ol~e, guided by cominonBen~eand-,8haDI!-d. Le. the Omnip'resence of the Guru,. and' Ilapa;ble , of -: propaga­ting Itself without 'w'aiting for any'Prophets 'al1d;A,vtars-- to appear:

That this mission of the Guru was a complete suricess is b~r~e ~~'t' 'by i~sta:iiceB - " 8.nd · happeilirigs·/'~;f~w·'ofwhich I have picked up and give bel;;~i :'J:..... - ,

During Babar;s invasion 'Suru Nanak, moved' ;by thc attrociti~~ ' coin'mitt~d 'by ' thc' : inva;a~t; not' onlY 'prot'ested agahist the bloody aggresBl~n biii' e'Ven 'courted arrest. 'He set' th~ ~x~inple ' '"that ~rich ~ ' corifHct '_ miist -n~t be side­tr8:cked ~~d : shirked or ' s~~ll~wed ' ~bjeetly, b~t'l'ia~ ; g6t' to ,

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be inet-face to ' f~ce even _though it may .aiean 'imffering 'and sacrifl ce, '

The' martyrdoms of the' 5th and' 9th :Gurns -are the pinn~cie~ oithi~ resurr~ction, ~egeriera'hori;:--and 'reCi1scovefY ~t~ba'~a~,~e~ ~;'d ~anii virt;~~: '. It ' ~h~ul,d tE;-"hOt~d '~h~t h9t4 of'tiiem 'had 'prep~r'~d" \heif" s'olis " ' and '- ' ~uc'cess6rs to ,

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wield .. ~he·· "~.word", . because if passsive and . non-\riolent effort and saorifice ' failed ' to out ice, it must. not ·me'an . . surrender of values '~nd principles. When other PleaDS hav.e failed it became incumbent to use fo~ce. . The 6th qu~ ~as il years and the 10th was 9 yea~ ' of age when they succeeded to the Gnruship. '

~hat this spirit genera~ed by the' Gum and the way of life . Durtmed and estab}ishe~ by'his nine suceessofs, ha.d come to stay,~ evident i):om the l!ubsequeni·haPllenings· .. ·

. . In December 1715 Bhaj Gurbaksh Singh Banda Singh

. Ball;adur was arrested by the Mughal Forces after the siege of .Gurdas Nanga} ~nd taken to De~ .along. wi.th 140 Sikhs. They were executed in the beginning ' of March ~7.16, Qne hundred a day. It is note-worthy that not a single one of them, a~d $.ere w~re evenso.o:ie teenagers ~ong~t' them, abjured his faith or faltered. ..

I~ iihe Great ;Holocaust at Kup near Malerkotla in February 1762 about 30,000 Sikhs were killel:i l)y ,the Durranis.and .their native allies'. But .even this d,id not­affect ' t4e moral~ and th~ high ' spirits ' 'of the sili:b.s ~ho contuiue4 ihe ·~·con.uct ~'till fin;} " Vic~.rY ~~ . won, the Mnghal .Empire .uprooted, and the whole of Punjab . brought under then: sway. '

A sa-.opie Qf this regenera.~e.d spirit could. be discerned wlie~ the Durra.ni in';ad~r ~~s .tak~g .aw~Y:·~~~ngst. the booty about 25 to 30 tho~d ~indu .girls : aJI siaves '· to AfghaniStan . . The s~ uI!~dful o.f :any .~~ .. to their lives, attacke~ the Durrani ·h.o~es, rescued 'these 'helpless

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Hindu ' 'women froin their elu'tohes, and ellcoit~d them 1!a.f~)y tl:! their res-pectiv6 homes. ' -

, Re~nt~y ~~ ~vid~;ce " ~f ' ihi~ " unsubd~8.liie and ever

shining spirit and unP..in~~i~g '~etermj.nation and re~diness to serve a.nd sacrilice, was 'pr,ovided at' Jait'? arid Guru·Ka­Bagh during the Aka)~ 'movement: to 'elllancipate ,the

Gurdwatal!.

Th~ gJori9us d~eqs of the Sik~s both' i:n tbe' Army and the coun~ry.side durin:g 1962 and i96~ are as o~tstanding as they are UIiequalled, wh!)n some others trembled 'at the sight of biood ~nd started to get heart:a'ttackS:

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The 'Failure

NoW-we (lome to what the examiDer oalls the ultimate failure of th~ G~~u a.nd oausell of hia ~on.fl.ict , with 'ihe Mugha.l :EmPire. ',' " .

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,:w~ hAve seen that as far as the Guru's miSsion was concerned, it was an unpualified ultimate success. The revolutibnary ' evolution waecomplete. : The, obanga' had affected the- rnirids of the people. A will W4S' created in the mas,sea to .. resist tyranny and to live,c and die,-fcir' an

,a.pproved:tiaua6 ' and "free iue. If justice ' was noi 'given, it; was' to 'be' exacted. With unflinching ' faith in ~me Go«;1;

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~'" f("arles!! an4 . useful , life . Was to be lived. The ' motto Was :-

. . DQ not tel'rorize anYone, .nor sf/.bmit to domineel'ing by . anybody.

i . a",! ~ ~3 or.j; ifu i . HT03 >J-I'f* I . - . .' '. .... .

This will :."to .·resist :"sud .. nev~r . to .abjectly " snrreI!.d-er - ---'-~~ - ~ - ""---before tYranny and injustice, naturally brought the ;;;nf.li~· . wi th . the t~an~;;;-'~;;d 'big~tt;d .0 rui~~'3 'of 'the ,'., -;.. -..:... ... ~ .... --- '- .... ~ ..:..,. -~ .. . ~ .---. .. ' ......... ' •. . ~.~ .... . 1:.;. __ .: ... · _ ·_ .. . country. who happ.eJ).~.4j;o . he..Mugha,J at pelhi .and Hindu Ji~j~;" in~: the '. fi;lls . . .i.n ~ long dra:;~ -iv~~: ' iattl~s ~~~ . so~~ti;;ii -';-~·~· ~ a";d" sometimes' eveh ' lost~ B~~t .it "is the ultimate res~lt·. that ·~ounts. And the ' p~g~s ~f Hisfury

are over-flowing with the glorious deeds of the Guru's .S~khs and their success in uprooting the Mughal Empire . .i as~a Singh Ramgarhia' and Baghel . Singh . K~rorsinghia with their thirty thousand Sikh fi5hters were ultimately able ta ride triumphantly into Delhi in '1790.

If by the utimate failure of ,the .Guru, ., ~he

examiner J."~ers. to . wo,rl41y . ric)les, l~~i(),u~ . f~~.ily life; ;. fl,nd dominions, . . ~tc~ .. ::· ~hat; . a.<?9QrA-i~g :· . to. {.his .. {)~n ~aterialistic o:utloQk:,,' .is t~ ·agr~at. .. e-~tenj; ·corl!ect'~ ~u:t. p.e is

.. . evidently BQ~JDbling, a·t .the, . ~a.se, gr,oping . in, the,. d!lor~, or ,. has· :d(lli})~rately :· bl;~ild!)d; his .. :y.ision,. : ,or ~ay .. be, he is Qamo~~gipg, his. igno):'3n!l~ " and . . m~1ely .ppsing to" be. a

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. in~teJ; Qf th~ subject:with,o.utkn.ow~ng .. the v;~ry ele~~,?-~ry

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outlines. of History arid ' is viciously"' cr~ating :misunder- . stli.nding and bad blood'. The'vcry crux of .t:b.e .. teachings Of the Sa:tguru waS to be above such rq'undane!, . con~ider-. ations'an'd worldly attachments.

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Mter'rotiti.D:g . the Hindu' Hill Raj~s at, Bhangll-Iii in: HlS'6, if he had 'so wlsued; th~ Guru couId ha"il ,occnipieda '

~astierritory that lay : ali hls mercy. Similarly, if· thc Guru l:iiia wish'ad; hEj c-ouldvery easily have tilk.en. a chunk

of t~e Punj& b for hiirise]f -\thEm he' helped Bahadur Shah in

. th~ w'a:~ of Succellsi6ii' and got hini the Delhi thl;one. '.

'. Lo~king from this angle, Lo'rd krislina's" W:~~ ' als6a: similar failure . . ilis strategy and direction haviii~" ~~ti ' the grea.t war for the Pandus, he ' himself ultimately' felr-to a 'fatal arrow in th~ lonely wilde~nessof a Gir fci,rEi~t~" Arid hlsbrother-in:iaw, the invincible and brave Mjtin, while escorting the lIidies of the family from ·Dwarka, waErwaylaid arid looted by the B-heels. ' The teachings of .. tb,e ,Great

Geeta, tha:t . btoughtArjun back to fulfil hlB ·.':4uty II:n~ ptotec.t his hOnOlll-, ·hil'"e b~eh forgotten; and the. qe~ta, to upholll ihe ideals of which the .greatest -battle .. Qf Indi~

"'as fOl1ght at Ktukshetra,-has been pigeonholed .·in.-B~me

'[teazel' and i-eplacedby 'the 'lifeless ' self-hnmililttirig. nOb:­'viblcrit .;Budhlstic itlcll-Iso{ renunciation ... M the .Gandhian

brand which were themselves thrown ·to ·th~winds·iD],9&2

and' 1965 T:I'i~t wBsthe .great ·tl'agic.failm;e. ."

' Th:elffe ' of ' g'r~a't men with ·' a 'misiiidn. the.·; lli"e· of ' martyrs~ of service' arid sa.'orific~, i~~ apparently ,bey:t>rtd:cthe p'ei"specitive . 'and , understanding of. S1lch people .-' as· ;the

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exariliner who. can onlY 'look low to· the base. .' . ,

The reason ' "which led Guru Gobind Singh to come in : conflict with··the Mughal .Kmpire" was the w()rd given by,

his father Guru Teg BahOOur to the distre.ssed, persecuted"

and . helpless . HinduS at the hands 9f bigotted Mtighal rulers, 'that their Dharma ' will . be protected and . Mughal: t yranny . ~xtirpated .. . Guru Teg· Ba~adur and a band. of, his devoted Sikhs laid down their lives for the cause of: those HindtlS at Delhi and for no cause of their own. In . . . :

the iIiatory of martyrs this· BaCJ;ifice, ' offered Jor tM principles ~[ others and not one~s ow~, is unique and stands unequaJ~ed. 1)lls . link. '!&II takim up by ' his BOn ~nd successor, the lOth Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh . .. If he did • • • •• • • _ w _ _ • .. '~

o,ot" meet with immediate _··'worI.~ly·: 1J.li~~L an.d ~ Jo_~g .~ .. . ~ - .. - " '-"'':;'-

drawn oonflict bad to be fought, it was because the Hindus .. .... --- ~. -:---:- - -.-.--- ...... -.' - .- ... ... -- -~ . .. . -- . . ..;.. .. . . :. ..:.

theJ:llBe.lves let him down.: ..... _... . .. .- , - _ . .. -- .. .

It were the Hindu Hill . Chiefs who · iltarted to harass and '~ttack the G:;"ru. · The first ~itl~. ·~ .. ha.d ~ to fiittt ~~''a.~~;t the~tt;u;k·of t1.~~ ID~du.- Chl.;~;;.:tBh~nga~ n~a~ 'PaoRt& -&.hib. · . :Be~g' ;;~t~dby-th~ Guru 'th~e • . _ ... " ' . • "" " '" _ .' _ ._ • __ • • - - . ' " .• _ _ .... . . J ... _ ..

Hindu. R8.ja.s approached the Empe.r_or. 3~ ~~.i. .al}c! b~ought the MugbQ.rF~rces -~ '&Jp -them aga.ios.t the Gw:u~ So ih~~- Bindu~ -Tigh~ -tii~"fire a~~ ' th~ ~~~ffi~t "With th~ M~gbal :Empire- began. ' -.... :- -- . . .... .. .

It.should be interesting to note that Mohanimadanlli . like Rai :Bular and Bbikhan Shah, were·the first to Bee ' the Light in ·the Sa.tgmu and. had alwa.YIi I,>,een exercising their

. inf!uflDAl8 in the MIlgbal Go~ .~. briQg about rapproao~.

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ment, understanding and peace with the Gurus. Some of

them like Say;ad ~~dhu ~h~b, Said' Beg,a~d Ma.i~u 'Kh~: have even ' been fighting 'against' the M~ghal Fo~ces on th~

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side of the Satguru as, they appreciated hiB 'ri~htful stand. ,

On the ' other hand there has always been an , important element among ,the Hindus that has invariably opposed the jnterestA and the very existance of the Sikhs

whO-have alway~ been burning their fingers in picking up

c4estnuts from the ' fire for them. Although they 'hav~ ?een pJ:ofessing to be brothers and calling the'Sikhs as one

of them, yet in fact they have never been able ' to tolerate ~~eXf8ieiice. - , By" ~llingt~ ' as . one of them, the~ have, ill realIty, meant the denial ' 'of any sepa~te -Sikh identity.

, During the , first Holocaust, the 'Lahore fOllees ' were · under th~ p~rs~";'al comma.~d of ~khpa~ Rai, ana i~ !w~ '3;.t' his ,instance that the pr?ciamati~n 'f~r ·,e~tirv.a:~io"n df ' the Sik,hs iil 1746 was issued. . ,', .' . . , , " ."

...... " , - . • ' : , ' , '. • ':' • .' ~ ~~.:. --.----,,,-, ,,,,, - ' ,. <

__ Gp~.I)iKhan Il-nd, ~a9»i Khan, tf1.e, two. P~/,Ul..brotb.ilis

of :Macl\li.i.war.~, . took the .. Gur.u on.: I!o ' piariq.u.in,~_QJl.. . their' sItonlders and with the ,ti:Ip,ely aSBis~a,nce qf QaziPir:: .Moh~. mmad'" g!l.t him, thiough the':eQ.emy ' lin~s to. !lafety ,after ,the' escape 'from Chamkaur" when the ·Hindu. and , Muslim' ImperialF.Qrct}S · were ,iu , hi~. pursuit. , They risked their own' . . ~ . .". .- " . . . -', . '. '. . lives for· him, w,hBe, Gang~ Brahman, an olil ,serva,.Qt of the family, to who~ tlie ,' two · youngest . son~ of, the Gur",-,

inrioceIit ~hilfuen pf 7 ,-8pd . 9 yeaJ;8" along wi,th their gr,and., mother; were ' ent~~d, l!etrai~d them to the MughaJ

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pffieials; and they were cruelly tortured .and put to death ~ti Sa~hind 'byWazlr Kha~ in~pite 'of the prot~st of thlJl

Nawab. of Malerkotla. · The Sikhs have always remembered with appreciation the noble part pbiyed by the Na~~b and demonStrated their gratefui feelfugs. as late as even in 19·17

"~,..re&peetmg.....arid" sparing "th-e-" h~Be-of Malerkotl~ ais ever befer&.- - - ,, - , , . ''', --'"" - _ ._ ~" , " .. _ ,,--- ----

We kD~w ' the majority~ "of the' Hj';'d~s 3r';- ciea;;-nd ·ali'Ov.eU;- &i1(1" are dear- and "CioiiEi:-tothe 'silills: Some ~f

,:them;n.e""C"lo:sll""f~IatJves 3nasom~ e~enTnteriiiiFry. A gre~~ pm-of"tlte"d'e'V'oTeQ 'Sililiiiev~.-~ho ine called Sehajdharis • . ' . ~ .. -----:-"~xl! fn"llfiidu snii"peii.' But their voice bejng. D.oble is gentlr aJiaIii-not" IieaM aiiir~st· the loud dinci! noIsy STogqns and pmp'a"~ndl£ ' of ,,: ~e Dlgol;t"ea- ' comiiiina:l{;;t;:-,- AB this

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J!i.tolerant and bigotted element belongs. to the majori.ty ·~inm~ty. they •. ,in a democratio. set~. ma.squer8de~nd 'pass. olf ~s" . nationalists, while . the "nllnoJ:!ties whlfl.n asking fSr eveD thE!Ir ~te necessities , fOJ: 'survlval are, dubbed as ·co~list8. TOWsD;ttole"ql.Dce a.g1liDs~ ~he .S~ hilS been

'~o ~m. the . begingi~g and CODtinu~" to, be .. 80 ,to. 'l;l;1i& day. " ,

:< ' . n baa been the HinduS, like Cbaildu and Siicbanand; 'Who" kept up a , sUstained propaganda : jn ., Mugnal,' pa.rleys and worked up t'!le wrath of the Ml1ghat rul~rs :against the S~;"whj~e. ;M1llIljII\ 'men·, of God, lik~Ha~lI;t ' .. Mian:Mirand .JJhik1;Ja,n Shah ,,~d been. e~ertiug... ,tl!-eir j,~.fIueD.ce .: to brfng -. . .. - - . . "

.a;l;lo~~ •. rapproll:Chment. "and good, ~~ . : It. was; thi!..::. cla.sa _of

.~e. lIindDB w}ritl~ ,.br?~t : tlleqllJ'Uc!.~.:.c:.~.¢I!!<~Wit1Lt~.~

.Hugha-]s, ai~~ ~~i~ ~-~ . :~~h~ :!.itll _~e~p.Ji!\!l1-,e,rs . ~~1l n.O,w: _ .' - "'---'" --, .. -- - ,

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• . \. oF . . . . 1 .. : . :!(. : . • . .,. . . :-: •

~.gllliL!ti~~ t]:l~ __ MuEile.ms, ' W.~,B..!. k~eping , .t~em~elv!ls P8.Q~, in safet. ' .' ' " : - . --.. - - ~ .. ~ , .. _ ;r,.__ .. ,. ,_

The pS:inful 'fa<;t wo~th no~ing i~ ' ih~~' ~~~~ !!o~e t~p class Hindu leaders, like ~ahatma 9andhi .anq. Jawahar ' Lal Nehru, also treated the Sikhs with contempt and diBpla:ye~ rank 'communalism when dealing with them. I give below just two instances to bear me out.

, In ,the ,middle thirties of ' this Centory, a~ar~ed by ,i;~

spate ' of conversions of the untouchables to Islam, and . . . . . . Christianity, the great Pandit Madan Mohal1 Malviya 8.1ld Dr Am1:iedkar realized that the salvat(on' of the dep~es~,~~' scheduled castes from the - unjust oppres~ion -and cr~~i grinding tyranny at the hands of theHigber Castes ' sjnci~ times ,immemorial, could only ' lie -in t~eii whol~~i~ oonvel'Sion to Sikhism. ' In their wisdom 'a:nd f~r8,gh~, th~~ drew' up a soheme and' a.greed to a -paot '&:rid started ' 'to implement it; Dr. Ambedliar- pa.id v'isits 't'o ,'Aml-itsa~ ~~ci and-left "some of, his' fellow wor,kera tli.er~ "to ' sutdy ~hd understa.nii ·: 'S1.khisni 'a;ffd ' its -Institutions. The " Kh~is'a

-College -at 'Bdmba-y is 'one 'of the otlt'oo'mes'bl"thiS 'very' 'ik);: But Iio ~ -the 'wi!!fot:tu:Q.c , of. all' ,concetned, -this ' scheme ~as confided' - t~, :Mahatm&:::gandhi on. "& : s:t~ict -:and , definite underatlllJ;rding'not ·to -, let it: .. out till the 'prol,-er- :-tiine, Eut ,unleas:bhe;il\faha-tifua' : wiis- swept '. by. cotiimunii;iism< ~nd 'pre~ judice-against::'tlbe · :Sriihs~' 'why should h~ . ;ha.~e :thiOwn: ih\' coriiidenoe 'teposM : in' hlm"-to; the winds '- li.h:d -withdul/-a.~y qualIDs' of' ' ooD.'Seience 1- c;'mJhit ted a --breach" of ' fM'th by '8.'

'prerbatut'e -cdn4emna.ti6n of ,the scheihe; saying-- "It-wpuIil

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be far better that the crores of" untouchables of India get converted to Islam than they' become Sikhs.;' Eventually at his threat to fast unto death ihe whole affort, fioppe~.

]:I;a.ving lost that opportuni ty, _ the fo lJow:e~~f the .. ~ "-Mahatma. now, when they observe · 'their people ' being '~nvetle.d.~ ,: Qh!!st!anity _and Ts18,m-,- in- ~b,ei.L,~~ni~ helplessness, begin to supplicate thc Government to B~P these conversiODI! . .Imd banish the missionaries. 'This iS,like

'~d Hind~ G~ds ~~o approaohed the __ C)og4;~~,~ D!l!/ra a.m~ 'beseaclied her t~xo.tec.t-.and ,~ve them, when they ~?.Il-J(L DOt oil' llieir:;;~n defend theIIJ8e]~~s ~aga:~;t --th~' C;~~aught l>£ ~~~. Demons,- B~t -theY- should ' ~~tforget that the -presiding Diety these days is a secular "Goddess", . They 'h~ better · study th" thoughtS ~f Pandit Malviya and

Dr. Am1?edkar aga~n with unprejudiced seriousness,

In 1929 Sikhs were:given a solemn assurance by Hindu ('-ougress leaders . like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Motilal N"hm' andPandit .Jawahar Lal and also by 'a ' for.nai

- . . ~ . resolution of the All India N&tional Congress at ·· Lahore, that no, constitution ' of free India shall be framed by the n;mjority community . unless it is freely accepta.ble to the Sikhs, . This cwasrepeatedly· .. reiter"ted.- Jrom tiJ;ne to time llt;1till August 1~7· .. .. But when later' on . Jawaharlal Nehru was reminded about it,- he blandly' told the Sikhs: th8.t ~r!lumstances have ohanged now, . As, if pledges are· given to :he.eaten away when,oonvenient. , It is in cot;llmon know­!edge that a oiroul~ was passed on iiI'. the Punjab,soon I!ofter the partition .of the Country that .ao eye be. ,kept on

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the Sikhs, who have since' p~en looked uppn as if t!tey: . Iue aliens.

It will be worth comparing here the words uttered by Pandit Jawahar I.al Nehru in Calcutta" in July, 1946. He then said "The brave Sikhs. of the Punjab are entitled to special consideration. I see nothing wrong in an area and a set up in the North wherein the Sikhs can also experience the' glow of freedom."

'. If Geeta. had been there .!.Ios .the guidfug star, the Maha.

bharta story of Ginn would not ha.vc been forgotten. . Gian was an old pam'pered servant ef Lord Krishna. Once . his

~!1-so1fllic~ and insubordination annoyed' Sbri Krishna, who w~Dtod ' to behea.d ·him. · Gian ran fot . ~afety and Krishna followed in hot parsuit. It was a long chase . . At the sugga"stion of Narada, Gian. rushed to Arjun and sought his protection without disclosing who was af~r hiril : Protec· tion was promise(j:and the word given. Arjun did not try to wriggle out of the word ·given, when he .· came to know that it ·was ·Shri Krishna who was after ' Gian. So a fight b~tween Krishna and 'Arjun ensued and it b~ca~e so fierce and gruesome that Brahma had to come down .to intervene . . '

. In 1965 this class of Hindus forgot the " sacrifice ' and ~jl.rtyrdom of. ·their Saviour Guru Teg Bah.adur · and threw stones at his niatj~Qleupl; .Gurduara Silf'Ganj, in ·Delhi.

'. ·. When afte~· the conflict with Pakiilt3D, Prime .~ste~ Shastri and s~me other Centrai' l'e~del'/l d~cided to foim the Pnnjabi pu'~jab': the perfidy of a bigo'tted Horae' Minister ~nd this· element in 'the' Centre m"nipnla.ted to 'present a

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tors.a of a Stl!ote (Suba) without~, arms', or legs. -;' •• I. •

. I have :written these line~ With a very heavy heart as I have some very close and de'ar :~~i~tions with the Hindu.s.

But when brougp.1, to notice, the qp.estion was such th",t I

felt duty bounli not to let i~ go wl~hout being:dealt with.

The Malady

Inspite of all w.bat is s-tated above, . we !ind . the saner e.1ements among.st the Hindus have · always · predominated. :I;hey pav!-' considered and treated the' Sikhs 808 their big . th~ugh younge~' brother. ' D~Dg the co~ct ··wit4 the

:r4ugha.ls most of . the r'ecruits to. tbe Sikh ·forces came from , . . ., . llind98. Late~. on, ~e find, eyen cOJ:).versio,ns to SikhisJ:l!. were mostly f~o~ .the Hi~d~ f~idB. I~ faot some wise and

i~r.seein~ Hind~" h~ve be.en .ad~~,~ating th.at ~(i~aB.t on~ member of· e~~ry .. Wndu . falQ.ily : n.:;u~1; p.~9~1Q,e, '~,Sikh. On the part of ,the ~~~s~ th;~y have. ~~~~ ~ght~ng .tJi~ ' ba;ttles of th~Hin~u.s ~grudgingly an1. ~ve aiways been suffering {or ~~~ sake. ~ ': When t~~ ~teef ~1~shJci' il~d iIas'li~d . "they

t' .~ -' • ~ ..;. j '.. , •• • ';:._ . .. • • • • : . • ...

cast their die with' the HinduS'" and wh'(;n 'the 'iiUil to' raise . • • ; • .. -- ~---. . ..... . ' ~I" . ••• ': •

arms and show hands came they 'toci'Ji' their sIdes. 'Then ~hY ~ii.t,uld 'they still · hav~beI'!Ii' ;'invariii;bli : let :dow.n and theH:' work ' arid "support . and 'sacrifices :go'; un:,appreciattld

~na never 'tecognized ? '. On, th'iJ .:"cou-tral'Y , s'U'Spicion.'.' and bitte~'neli8 ,: ·aga.iti~t "the ,'Sikhs ': have :' in<frila.8oo ·"and·· ar~ 'beC6~in:g- ;~ufu' dl'y ' 15j day spOOi~ny: "irice lii.st ltWo 'deblid'es;

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Space does not. permit here' to narrate the shameful story of continuous andcalio~~ bet~ayals of the Sikhs throughout these yea:rs ' and the ' dis~rimina tion made 'against :them in all walks of Bfe: The communal Hindus 'of .' the Punj'ab in collaboration with like minded Hindu 1eaders at the Centre have been ' trywg to keep the Sikhs "under .their political subjugation,' Their treatment and behaviour in dealing with the formation of a Punjabi speaking' State and falsely ' declaring that .Punjabi was not their mother t~ngue are ' just some :lnstance~. Th~ -treatment meted out to the Sikhs outside Punjab speCially 'in HarYl!-na, Himachal Pradesh, and' tlle Uttar Pradesh 'are other eye openers:

This attack has takcn another shape lately. ,The Sikh quJture~~ikh History a~d tradition:. th~ Sikh ~eugibn" ,II.~<! , F'ay of Life are being subtly and &urrep,!;!,!;iQ,1!.s1i .. run!lQ~.~, ridiculed and belittled i.n")ook.~~~paperB~l!nIL ~t:xt JloQks_ etc. The, University Examinati'oIi Jl~~s~to!t'

, u~~~ ~~fef.~t\jle: is_~~~ iD~ia~oo.- ,J Patr(.m8.g~~ ;(~fpl'OJhotioiis , ,;f ~h:I;' ,j,:e,ostate~(f~~f!Hi~[)i!, ~.~?~~i ,:iet'...of. , insttum,eIit~ . With whicli attem'p't fEj " being made ·to;: trailiffli and d,i,li.f!l!.ure t~~ s~' ]iirii~ '~I\dj~ik,:)~)ea;d8'~~6iii~t~~\i.~ , ()~e.: ~(), ~it- -

•• ., . .... " .:.: ' . . '" ~ • • • • , " : (f - • , - ' ••• ' •• -

\.lp and think whether ~il theBe '~ervices 'i~ndeied, 'sacrifices suff~~e~.' ~~~ ~!ll~;blea'D,~ iicib'fii' bl~od '8~~d 'f·~~ " -tingra.teiu1 ' iot ofp~QPr~-~e~e-~~~th'tjleii~h!i;~: ., ... -.- _._ ..... ... ..... - .'- - _... .. .. . .. . . ..

, , On the pax:t ,(I( the:SiJilis , they h~v~ neyer .been founq '. • • ~ " , '. ." <.-' ~

wantingj then why :sho;uld .the, Hindu :~a.jo~~ty COtDI:ll~ty , -

not ho.'Ve . :tru.sted ·. tbe Sikhs and tl).ken · t,h~~ ,into theif c9nfi.d~nce. 1 ·:. : 0n, : ,the, ,other: hand why h~,:ve ,they ,· alwl1.y~ nurtul'~d ~istr1l8t "nd anj.Il;l9~ity .against : ', tl~e Sikhs' ? tha:i

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is the question which' poses ~ challenge to the majority ,Community i;Q provide an answer, find out the reasons' and provide the solution. Impartial, unbiassed and deep probing is called for to find out' 'where the 'virus lies: Let the saner and wiser elements, rise to the occasion and arrel!t the spread of th~ 'pol~~~: and' ~rescribe so~~: :r:e~edy' before it is too lat~.

It is always for the majority 'Community to win the

confideuce of the ~inority ruid keep it ~o B'~tiafi.ed that it may also be, able to feel the glow of Independence and be proud of being ,counted as an' important "factor of the

Vountry.

' U ,the' nationalintegratiou 'brought about by the Guru,

which every thoughtful ' Inqian so very much longs for; . ' - . cannot be' prei!erved and 'mai.n tained, then aU , and every-' , thing"will endupin '~ilure-: 'for {vhich the tespoliBibility will be squarely ~ith the ~jo~ityconimuui~y; , ,:', ,,: '

" 1, hope \v~at I have Baid wilibe taken' iil. 'the spirit in whlch' it' i~ s~ted and will Jead ~ sbmeseaiOhing~ Of hearts , andc~ation 'oi g';;od will: , "'" ,: ~" '

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,- ' Miiy-gtiod 'serise:'prevai~ 'ev~ry. 1Vh:~ie: '1 ' ,' .

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:The ' cost ' of this tra,ct ·: has been: ccmtnibut'ed by the io!l~wing persons.

1. Bkat Sahib of Bagarian. 2. Bhai Pi"ar Si~glI "Jawahar Singh, N'ew. 'Cloth Ma. ... ket.

'Ahlrieda,bad. 3: S , Jaswant ·Singh &: ,Co., New cloth Market,

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4,. S. Tara. Singh New

5. S, Shamsher Singh,

, Ahmeda.bad.

Bha~at Jj:ngineering .. Works, , JamNa,gar.

Joint Drreotor (Rtd.) 35 : ~bllo ' . . . .. { ...... ,. , Park, 'Shri''Gll;nga Naga.i-.

6, BediK. Investment, 1O/23·.· Weiit 'Patel : Nagar; ' New :Delhi~

7. S. Ram Singh Makhan Singh, Shori 'Ma.rket, Rohtak.

Published by : Nara.inSingh Secretary Dera Baba Jassa. Singh PATIALA.

First Edition . :· 2000

October, 1968

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