Dr Satya Dev Gupta
Some political parties particularly Indian National Congress activists, Left Liberals, Socialists, Pseudo secularists, Muslim protagonists etc often link the Right winged sections with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and followers of Godse. In media, TV channels discussions in a blame game one after the other, subsequently in backlash the Congressmen stick to the wall when they are denounced as genociders of Sikhs as a result of the aftermath of then Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi in 1984, when estimated about 2800 Sikhs were killed in Delhi and 3350 national wide, whilst independent sources Indicate the figures 8000 to 17000. This massacre was initiated and executed by Congress goons. The Indian National Congress consider itself a true follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the apostle of peace but when it comes to reality, much of the genocide and atrocities occurred so far in past do fall into different regimes of Congress itself. The historical facts indicate that all the communities (Hindu, Muslim, Sikhs, Downtrodden, Tribals, Adhivasis etc) at different times and in different places have been the victims of the targeted violence. Since1920 and onwards incidences like the Malabar massacre of Hindus by Moplah in Kerala1921 in the Khilafat movement where 10000 people were killed, the murder of Arya-Smaji leader Swami Shradhanand, incidence of hanging noose for Bhagat Singh and his colleagues, killing of journalist Ganesh Chander Vidyarthi in1931 in a communal violence, Mahashay Rajpaul, etc Congress top leadership either remained indifferent, aloof, apathetic or passed callous comments as suited to them on different occasions. In this article, the attention of the readers is sought to analyze a genocide which has not ever been disclosed or discussed and is forgotten.
AFTERMATH OF MAHATMA GANDHI KILLING
Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse in every respect can’t be justified. It was an act of brutality in all ways. Had Vinayak Nathuram Godse known about the violent consequences against Brahmins in Maharashtra, he definitely would not have killed Gandhi ji. The violent fire in the name of avenging Mahatma Gandhi’s killing spread in many major cities of Maharashtra starting with Pune after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30th January 1948, this wildfire engulfed the Brahmin’s were localities of Pune and within 24 hours about 50 Brahmins identified and killed. Nathuram Godse belonged to a community called Chittapavan Brahmins family living in Pune. This violent fire within the next 4-5 days resulted in unfortunate ‘Mughalesque’ killing rape and looting by Congress in collusion with anti-Brahman groups. This violent fire soon spread to Sitara Kolhapur, the western part of Vidarbh Nagpur, Bombay and many other cities of Maharashtra where 8000 to 12000 Brahmins were massacred with brutality. These reports of hotbed violence were also reflected in ‘The New York times’. Advocate PL Inamdar has got it in Vikram Sampath’s Savarkar volume ll. He says that while writing about the ‘manhunt’ that followed the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi many parts of Maharashtra were under the shadows of brutality. Inamdar said, “Some of my close relatives living in the Southern District of Maharashtra were being made the victim of this manhunt only because they were Maharashtrian Brahmins. They escaped being lynched only by sheer chance of not being found in their houses at the time of the raids”. A senior Congress leader at that time Dwarka Prasad Mishra wrote” Those who indulged in unlawful activities included a large member of congressmen belonging to non-Brahman communities. In fact, in Nagpur and Berar the troublemakers were mostly congressmen some being even office bearers of various Congress committees.” At the outset, it was Gandhian Ahimsa-Vadis themselves who retorted to mass genocide as a balance and its tool to avenge his murder.
CHITTAPAVAN BRAHMINS are Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmins inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra. In the 18th century, this community gained importance when Marathas decimated Mughals in South India and targeted northern areas and set their Empire by mid of 18th century from Attock on the bank of river Indus, Peshawar in 1758 to Cuttak. This story started with Balaji Vishwanath, who became the defacto ruler of the Maratha confederacy, and later on followed by Peshva Bajirao Ballard, who never tasted the defeat but was able to set the Maratha empire from Ganga to Kaveri. Chitapavan Brahmins have a recorded history of dedication to the country as they were one of the most prominent groups in opposing the imperial rule of Britain. Chittapavans, were the backbone of the Maratha empire of Peshwas. In discussions in TV channels, and print media articles when people talk about terrorism in India the name of Nathuram Godse is often described as the first terrorist of free India. Godse’s act although criticized, did it as a planned murder. Congress goons did an act of execution in the aftermath of Gandhi’s murder, imposed an underlying terror in the minds of survivors. Circumstances were made where the Chittapavan community had to flee from their houses for saving their lives. If this is not terrorism then what is the definition of terrorism?
COMMENTS
Arti Agrawal, writer, researcher, author and data analyst on 16th March 2016 describe the massacre of Brahmins in Maharashtra as a political crime. She writes Brahmins were killed, Brahmin women were raped, shops and houses were set on fire, living hoods destroyed, and many Brahmins were forced to flee to save their lives and future generation. This text is written in “City countryside and society in Maharashtra states” that in Aund (an area near Pune) state alone the barbarity spanned across 300 districts in all 13 talukas. Maureen Patterson concluded that destruction was more Cataclysmic in Satara, Kolhapur. The properties of Veer Savarkar were also swindled and torched by perpetrators. Dr. Narayan Rao Savarkar the brother of Veer Savarkar, and his family were pelted with stones, as they tried to escape from their residence and eventually succumbed to his injuries on 19 Oct 1949.
Anand Khatavkar -Senior Director -Sale and Marketting-Diacel Chiral Technology of India Pvt. Ltd. states “My family stands as proof. My grandfather was among the richest merchants in Pune and was having three cloth stores then which were gutted in selective killing and property burning incidence. The family was instantaneously reduced to poverty and we had to sell all properties to reduce the trading credits, the family recovered from the losses only by the late 70s. (Anand Khatavkar)
This is one of the genocides for which little information exists, once again, by ‘Design’. It is otherwise impossible that a targeted massacre of a religious community is neither known, nor documented anywhere properly, except for first-hand accounts of those who suffered, and individuals who documented the massacre at the time of its occurrence. There is every reason to believe that all evidence of this genocide was destroyed, along with images and news clips.
In conclusion, it may be said that out of frenzy the violent mob exploited by some antisocial elements including some leaders, influenced by madness, hysteria and insanity harm the society and country. What was the fault of innocent Sikhs in the 1984 massacre after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi? The whole Sikh community was targeted. Similarly ever forgotten genocide of the Brahmin community of Hindus at the killing Mahatma Gandhi does not mean that everyone has Godse’s soul.
The author is Trikuta Samvad Kendra (President)
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