Re: Ancestors of Pakistanis were NOT Hindu!
SyedPK,
Rehmat Ali wanted many independent Muslim states (e.g. Bangladesh as a separate Muslim country called Bangistan) throughout British India. According to him Pakistan was to be created as a federation of NWFP, Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, and Kashmir… and then at a later stage have some kind of confederacy with other neighboring Muslim countries.
This is the map of Rehmat Ali’s proposal for Muslim states out of British India: http://www.zyworld.com/slam33/cra9.jpg
I live in the USA and most Americans that I know are very much aware of the differences between Indians and Pakistanis. They have different looks, manners, culture, etc. And even if a few foreigners confuse the two, so what! I mean to some Americans the Japanese and Philipinos might look the same… or to some Pakistanis the Russians and British might look the same.. but they are NOT! “Most” Pakistanis have a different race, language, culture, history, religion, etc. from “most” Indians!
Pre-1947 Karachi had many people from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa, etc only during the British rule as they came as opportunist immigrants to benefit from the newly created mega city Karachi which boomed economically under the British rule. The Negroid Baluchs (called Makranis) along the Makran coast are descendents of African immigrants (probably slaves) that came during the middle ages. They represent a small minority among Baluchs and even a smaller minority among Pakistanis (< 0.5%). Most Brauhis look similar to Baluch and Sindhis, but they speak a Dravidian language, however, they are also a tiny minority of Pakistan (< 1%).
I am not denying the fact that great injustice was done to Bengali Muslims (East Pakistanis) by Pakistanis and the Indian interference in assisting the Bengali separatists… but the differences in race, culture, geography, and language only magnified the injustices which our enemies exploited.