Dear Santosh: I submit that all 3 websites that you have provided are ideologically driven ones. The last one is driven by "hindutva" while the first 2 are driven by "gandhivaad"...The second one is merely a criticism of a play on Nathuram while the first a hagiography which cleverly leaves out the unpleasant facts about gandhi.
Let me comment on the content of both the websites that you have referred to in support of your claim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ the second website says the following, and I qreproduce verbatim: QUOTE" Gandhiji started his fast on January 13, 1948 at five minutes to noon. On the third day of the fast, that is on 15th January, the Government of India declared its decision of handing over to Pakistan its share of Rs. 55 crore from the cash balances immediately. Yet Gandhiji did not withdraw his fast since its second objective was to establish peace between Hindus and Muslims in Delhi. ENDQUOE This clearly mentions that the SECOND condition was HinduMuslim unity. what was the first condition? Does it not appear from the text that the first condition was "giving 55 crores to pakistan'? also please think about the reason why the Indian government which had withheld the money because of the aggression reversed its decison, if not for gandhi's pressure tactics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ regarding the first website , it gives 6 "facts" to suport its claims. the first four are "conjecture" or hearsay" and can not be independently verified. the next 2 are reproduced below: 1. The press release of the government of India did not have any mention thereof. This statement is a blatant lie. In the book ,"Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Correspondence and Select documents, Vol. 8" the Governemnt Communique is printed verbatim ( as appearing in the Hindustan Times on jan 16th) Please read carefully this relevant page http://tinyurl.com/252xoa The communique clearly states that decision to hand over 55 crores minus expenses to pakistan was motivated by its desire to end the suffering of the nations soul and in response to the appeal made by gandhi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.The list of assurances given by the committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad to persuade Gandhiji to give up his fast did not include it. This is the kind of insidious propaganda carried out by the gandhians for over half a century. The statement is true but only partly . When gandhi went on his fast he had two main conditions, the 55 crores issue and restoring hindu muslim unity ion Delhi. Even Godse mentions this in his deposition. The assurances , which can be found here, http://tinyurl.com/yubgsl, were given on 18th when the govt had already accepted gandhis first condition of honoring the 55 crore pledge on the 15th of january. The reason gandhi did not sip his juice on 15th was because the second condition was not met. This was satisfied by the assurances given by the representatives of the various political organizations on 18th. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking forward to hear your comments. In case you are interested I will provide a detailed account of the bogus statements made in the two websites that you have circulated. regards Chinmay The list of assurances given by the committee headed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad to persuade Gandhiji to give up his fast did not include it. regards chinmay ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
