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2006-08-16 India-Pakistan

A dreamer of another kind - the man who coined 'Pakistan'

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Posted by john 2006-08-16 20:42|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is from Khalid Hassan

"Rehmat Alis concept of Pakistan was nebulous, impractical and fantasy-ridden. It was to include the entire northwest of India, Kashmir, the Kathiawar peninsula, Kutch, and several enclaves deep within UP, including Delhi and Lucknow. There were to be two independent Muslim states besides Pakistan: Bangistan comprising Bengal and Assam in the east and Osmanistan in the south. These two were to form a federation with Pakistan. The 243 principalities or Rajwaras were to be divided among caste Hindus and others and then herded together in a ghetto called Hanoodia. As for the Sikhs, they were to be pushed into an enclave called Sikhia. Other races and religions were to inhabit an encampment by the name of Hanadika. Every non-Muslim was to remain subservient to the master race he called The Paks. And yes, the subcontinent was to be renamed Dinia. He did not say how he was going to bring all that about."

Posted by john 2006-08-16 20:58|| 2006-08-16 20:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Thought up by an intellectual, you say? Hmmm.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-08-16 21:26|| 2006-08-16 21:26|| Front Page Top

#3 "in his opinion, the Hindus did not deserve anything better than being pushed into the sea"

Hmmmmmm - where have we heard this kind of "thinking" before?

"Pushed into the sea" - wait, don't tell me. It's on the tip of my tongue, I just know it will come to me....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-08-16 21:35|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-08-16 21:35|| Front Page Top

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