| Pakistan celebrates its independence day on 11 August ever vel. Why? Because Muslims of India led by M. A Jinnah did want to live under Hindu Majority rule even for a single day, Therefore they declared themselves independent a day before India got freedom. on 15 August 1947. Their independence day, is a yearly reminder of their hatred against Hindus during those fateful decades because they considered Indian National Congress a Hindu party Muslim League was formed in 1906. The formation of the Muslim League was an ominous sign of partition Jinnah repeatedly said that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations and that they could not live together. Their culture was different from each other. They could not mix with each other like water and oil. Therefore the demand for Pakistan was in the air. They voted for it and got it. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar put his thought to the idea of Pakistan and considered the question from different angles. Pros and cons of Pakistan were put under the microscope and presented in the form of ‘Thoughts on Pakistan’.
Dr. Rafiq Zakaria in his book on Jinnah “The Man Who Divided India” says: “Azad (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) tried his best to keep the Muslims of undivided India out of Jinnah’s clutches in order to prevent partition but failed”. Quoting Azad he continues” “Do you remember I hailed you, you cut off my tongue. I picked up my pen, you severed my hand, I wanted to move forward, you cut off my legs. I tried to turn over, and you injured my back. I called upon you to wake you up at very danger signal. You did not heed my call. I warned you that the ‘TWO-Nation theory was death-knell to a meaningful, dignified life: forsake it. I told you that the pillars upon which you were leaning would inevitably crumble. To all this you turned a deaf ear. Time sped along. And now you have discovered that the so-called anchors of your faith have set you adrift to be kicked around by fate…” An extract from his address to the Friday congregation of Jama Masjid, Delhi, soon after partition (p.IX).
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Dr. Ambedkar has analyzed the question of Pakistan from a cool detached point of view in this book.
