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Sardar Patel-Indira Gandhi and Significance of 31st October

Bhopal. This day has an important contribution in the history of the country and its present map. This day is the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – while it is the day of martyrdom of India’s first woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Patel was given the title of Sardar by the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Both are the pride of the nation. Patel tried to unite the country in one thread. At the same time, Indira Gandhi gave a befitting reply to the Khalistani terrorists by taking on the divisive forces of the country. End terrorism by eliminating Bhindranwale, who was hiding in the Golden Temple in Amritsar, by a section of Sikhs demanding the construction of ‘Khalistan’ on the lines of Pakistan. But he was assassinated on the same day by the Sikh bodyguards. He protected the integrity of the country even by giving his life, salute to these two personalities!

After the independence of the country, the attempt to give the form of a nation by bringing the country’s 225 princely states and princely states into the Indian Union was, by the way, the decision of the Nehru cabinet and the Congress party. But being the Deputy Prime Minister and in charge of the Home Ministry, this work was carried out under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. By the way, princely states like Manipur and Tripura merged with the union after independence. But after the merger of these princely states, the first big princely states like Mysore, Jaipur, Gwalior, Indore, Travancore, Cochin were given the status of Raj Pramukh in the initial period for the merger of these princely states, which was equivalent to the governor. . This position was shared in the princely states of Jaipur and Udaipur in present-day Rajasthan. That is, one for six months and after that the other was given this post. The reason was the lack of ease in the relations between these princely states.
Well, Patel was instrumental in uniting this land made up of British India and princely states. For this merger, he had to adopt various measures. They have been described in the memoirs of the then Union Secretary Menon.

2. After Independence
The present nation was formed after the States Reorganization Commission. Then Sardar Patel had left the political scene. All this happened during the time of Pandit Nehru. The partition of Bombay and the rise of Madhya Pradesh also took place at this time. The merger of the Portuguese territories Goa-Daman-Diu also took place during the Nehru period. The French colony – Pondicherry and Mahe also became part of present India and the map of today’s India emerged at the same time.

3. Indira Gandhi Era
Indira Gandhi also spread the borders of this country, who was killed due to the fight against terrorism, that was an incident after the assassination of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, which filled the country in anger. There was some violence as well. If the Marathi Brahmins had to face the wrath of the public for the assassination of the Mahatma, then the mass outrage over the assassination of the country’s first woman Prime Minister spread to the Sikhs in different parts of the country. It was a very sad time.

Indira Gandhi also merged the state of Sikkim in the map of the country. Which at the time of independence was an independent princely state similar to Bhutan. His second important contribution was to build Bangladesh. After independence, the Muslim majority area of ​​Bengal emerged as East Pakistan. Which held the status of a province of the government of Islamabad. But the Muslims of Bengal were exploited by Punjabi and Pathan Muslims. Efforts were also being made to destroy their language and cultural heritage even their “race”. In such a situation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of the Awami League party raised the voice of independence. The military rulers of Pakistan put him in family jail. Then the fighters of Muktiwahini took up arms against the military rulers and army of Pakistan. The President of Pakistan, General Yahia Khan, accused India of helping the liberation of Bangladesh. In his attempt, the then President Nixon threatened the visiting Prime Minister Indira Gandhi – America will not keep silent in case of an attack on Pakistan. Indira Gandhi’s befitting reply to the US President has been written by the then Security Adviser Kissinger. Indira Gandhi canceled the White House joint press conference. He had said that we may be a developing nation, but we understand the power of the people of our country.
In the war under the leadership of General Manik Shaw, in just 13 days, 90 thousand soldiers of the entire Pakistani army had surrendered with weapons.

According to some of the most intelligent thinkers and column writers of today, Indira ji should not have accepted surrender! Then what was the option? Would they have all been killed because they were Muslims? Wouldn’t this be atrocities like Hitler’s extermination of Jews? They forget that the bodies of 90000 people would have destroyed Bangladesh by the epidemic, but our country’s Bengal-Assam etc. would also have been plagued by terrible epidemics. At the time of the Simla Agreement, it is claimed that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto threatened to break the negotiations by saying that – if the conquered territories were not given – India should keep the prisoners of war. I would like to ask these thoughtful people that if the prisoners of war were not brought back, could they have been safe in their country? However, later his end was only due to the army general.

Finally, on this day, 31 October, the initiative of the Modi government to remember only Sardar Patel is good, but ignoring the martyrdom of Indira Gandhi in the fight against terrorism is not only an insult to the personality that Modi ji’s leader and former Prime Minister Atal Patel had. Bihari Vajpayee said “Durga after the victory of Bangladesh in the Lok Sabha.

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