Dear All, A few date corrections are needed in my letter below: After about a year, Mountbatten arrived from England on March 22, 1947 [ NOT in July 1947 ] with his plan to partition India and the Mountbatten Plan was presented to the State Assemblies. The members of Punjab Assembly voted [ June 24, 1947 ] in support of the Mountbatten Plan and accepted partition of Punjab. The members of Bengal Assembly voted [ June 20, 1947 ] in support of the Mountbatten Plan and accepted partition of Bengal.
People of Punjab and Bengal, who voted in support of partition of their own states, are now blaming Mahatma Gandhi for partition of Punjab and Bengal. On the contrary, people of Assam rejected partition as early as 1946 (schemed in the Grouping Plan) under the leadership of Gopinath Bardoloi, who went to Mahatma Gandhi. The Mahatma could then oppose the Imperialist British --- their Grouping Plan of 1946 got rejected. Assam will remain grateful to the Mahatma, and to the Assamese Muslim members in the Legislative Assembly of Assam, for help and support in rejecting the Grouping Plan in 1946. With love to all, Himendra PS: Dates are very crucial in understanding history of fast-moving events. Please correct me if I made any mistake. ----- Original Message ----- From: "[email protected] [FriendsofAssamNE]" <[email protected]> To: "FriendsofAssamNE" <[email protected]> Cc: "Madan Bezbaruah" <[email protected]>, "Dhirendra Bezbaruah" <[email protected]>, "Ankur Bora" <[email protected]>, "himendra barthakur" <[email protected]>, "Himendra Thakur" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 2:08:34 PM Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] People of Assam has an open mind and a warm heart Dear All, The endearing article written by sister of Wahid Saleh highlighted the adoration, acceptance and appreciation of the Hindu neighbors to the Muslim neighbors in the area ( Balibat of Jorhat ) where she grew up. Assam must not forget the contribution of Assamese Muslims in saving Assam from the Cabinet Mission Grouping Scheme (March 1946) that tried to expel Assam from India and make it a part of Pakistan. Gopinath Bardoloi defeated the Cabinet Mission Scheme with blessings from Mahatma Gandhi and support from the Assamese Muslim MLAs of the "Assembly" who rejected the Grouping Plan in March 1946. Within a matter of a few weeks ( politics were moving fast in those days ), Sarat Bose combined with Suhrawardy to present a plan for partition of India by carving out a "Greater Bengal" out of India. The Assamese Muslims helped Gopinath once again in 1946 to turn down this ignominious plan. After about a year, Mountbatten arrived from England in July 1947 with his plan to partition India and the Mountbatten Plan was presented to the State Assemblies. The members of Punjab Assembly voted [ please find out the date ] in support of the Mountbatten Plan and accepted partition of Punjab. The members of Bengal Assembly voted [ please find out the date ] in support of the Mountbatten Plan and accepted partition of Bengal. Once again, Assamese Muslim MLAs of Assam Assembly voted to ascertain a solid ground for Assam in India. It is worthwhile to understand and study why the Assamese Muslims behave differently from the Muslims of the rest of India and rest of the world. Let me share my personal experience: In 1968 I was busy in Guwahati building a cold-storage plant for the Agriculture department. We were replacing ammonia gas with freon gas in the new cooling system ( I am talking about the year 1968 ), but we did not have a freon expert in Assam --- The expert who came from Calcutta was a Muslim--- let us call him "Amin". He was an excellent worker. Within a couple of weeks, Amin told me privately if I could help him get a permanent posting at the Assam Agriculture Department because he did not want to go back to Calcutta. When I asked why, he gave me a lengthy reply that was very similar to what Wahid's adorable sister is now writing in her article : People of Assam [ Amin told me in no uncertain terms ] has an open mind and a warm heart. My this letter is already very long. Let me stop here, with an appeal to all to continue the discussion and find out why " People of Assam has an open mind and a warm heart. " With love to all, Himendra PS: Kindly copy this to others --- my computer is not the best ! Muslim populations by Indian state: 2011 census [1] [6] [58] State Population Muslims % Muslims India 1,210,854,977 172,245,158 14.2% Andaman and Nicobar Islands 379,944 31,915 8.4% Andhra Pradesh , Telangana 84,580,777 8,128,661 9.6% Arunachal Pradesh 1,382,611 27,652 2.0% Assam 31,169,272 10,659,891 34.2% Bihar 103,804,637 17,542,984 16.9% Chandigarh 1,054,686 50,625 4.8% Chhattisgarh 25,540,196 510,804 2.0% Dadra and Nagar Haveli 342,853 13,028 3.8% Daman and Diu 242,911 18,947 7.8% Delhi 16,753,235 2,161,167 12.9% Goa 1,457,723 122,449 8.4% Gujarat 60,383,628 5,857,212 9.7% Haryana 25,353,081 1,774,716 7.0% Himachal Pradesh 6,856,509 150,843 2.2% Jammu and Kashmir 12,548,926 8,570,916 68.3% Jharkhand 32,966,238 4,780,104 14.5% Karnataka 61,130,704 7,885,861 12.9% Kerala 33,387,677 8,881,122 26.6% Lakshadweep 64,429 61,981 96.2% Madhya Pradesh 72,597,565 4,791,439 6.6% Maharashtra 112,372,972 12,922,892 11.5% Manipur * 2,721,756 228,627 8.4% Meghalaya 2,964,007 130,416 4.4% Mizoram 1,091,014 15,274 1.4% Nagaland 1,980,602 49,515 2.5% Odisha 41,947,358 922,842 2.2% Pondicherry 1,244,464 75,912 6.1% Punjab 27,704,236 526,380 1.9% Rajasthan 68,621,012 6,244,512 9.1% Sikkim 607,688 9,723 1.6% Tamil Nadu 72,138,958 4,256,199 5.9% Tripura 3,671,032 315,709 8.6% Uttar Pradesh 199,581,477 38,519,225 19.3% Uttaranchal 10,116,752 1,406,229 13.9% West Bengal 91,347,736 24,663,889 27.0% ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madan Bezbaruah [email protected] [FriendsofAssamNE]" <[email protected]> To: "FriendsofAssamNE" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 2:14:13 AM Subject: Re: [FriendsofAssamNE] Clipping Amar Asom Thank you Wahid for sharing. Enjoyed reading. Delightfully simple and sincere and yet such a strong message! Please convey my compliments and regards to your sister. Madan On Tuesday, 28 June 2016 5:15 AM, "'Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer' [email protected] [FriendsofAssamNE]" <[email protected]> wrote: [ Attachment(s) from Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer included below] On 16th June 2016 Amar Asom/Page 10 published an article on the subject "Religion versus Humanity: Some memories of life". I have attached a PDF version also. Thought some of you might find interesting. The writer is my elder sister. The link is : http://www.amarasom.glpublications.in/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=06%2F16%2F2016#.V2PLtqbd_L4.gmail Greetings, Wahid
