<<Pity that no one took cognisance of the fact that Jinnah was an ill man - and had very little time to live. ALL those lives disrupted and lost during that brutal Partition ...for the sake of what? the Pride of being the FIRST Prime Minister of India ..or preventing a chap with a Muslim Sounding Name from being the FIRST Prime Minister of India? Was there NO other peaceful way to solve a political disagreement?>>
That's a pretty cheap shot. It's ridiculous to suggest that Nehru backed the partition to be the first Prime Minister of India. From what we know of Nehru, he was not the kind of leader who would sacrifice the interests of the country for personal gain. Anyway, if he wanted it, he could have easily been the first Prime Minister of undivided India. So the question of self-aggrandizement does not arise. Nehru was a leader of great foresight. He must have decided that partition, however bitter and painful, was necessary to avert a greater calamity later on. Subsequent events (that we witness even today) have vindicated him. Cheers, RKN _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org