I was watching a drama 
and i realized that there are so many partition stories to be told…i want you guys to share the partition stories that you have heard so we can feel patriotic about our country at this time when things might not look so good.
please share
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I wasn't born then , but it was bloody . So many people died for Pakistan . I hope its worth it , and one day we can truly say that how proud are we of this country of ours . Till then its a long way to go .
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I’ve heard stories of the war 1965 but can’t tell any story about 1947. My grand parents used to tell me li’l about their migration but they didn’t tell anything about the sacrifices they saw, I’m sure they witnessed the brutal killings of so many muslims done by the sikhs. My nana abbu and nani ammi got married when they were migrating from india to pakistan, their marriage was arranged in refuge camps 
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I wasn't born then not even my parents were but my grandfather told me that his two brothers died during the partition. It was very bloody, if my grandfather was still alive he would have probably regret his decision to migrate to Pakistan.
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Sorry this is a bit off topic but I've heard so many stories of Sikh girls being thrown (or themselves jumping) down wells to 'save' them from the oncoming Muslims (funny, how the boys never got thrown, isn't it), does anyone know if this went on in the Muslim communities back then as well?
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if my grandfather was still alive he would have probably regret his decision to migrate to Pakistan.
Regret due to conditions in Pakistan, or regret due to losing brothers?
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Current conditions, people didn't leave India to face loadshedding, insurgency etc. The millions of people that left India so they can live in a place they can call home in peace.
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My grandfather used to work in Surajpur, away from his family in Pehersar near Bharatpur. My grandfather was coming to Pak along with his Muslim colleagues in a bus. The bus was ambushed by Hindu mobs. Everyone in the bus was slaughtered, including him.
Pehersar was a predominantly Muslim town for about a thousand years. It was also attacked by Hindus, with tacit approval from Bharatput Maharaja. But thankfully no one else from our family was killed. However, almost the whole population of the town left for Pakistan. It is now a different town with all new Hindu population.
Ali Sardar Jafri, Indian poet, is also from Pehersir. He quotes a writing which he saw at that time:
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?203604
“Maadre Hind ke chehrey pe udaasi hai wahi
Khanjar aazad hain seeney mein utarne ke liye
Aur maut aazad hai laashon pe guzarney ke liye.”
(Hindustan’s face is sad, ravaged, still
Daggers are poised to pierce hearts, still!
And death’s shadow waits to loom over dead bodies, still.)
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Current conditions, people didn't leave India to face loadshedding, insurgency etc. The millions of people that left India so they can live in a place they can call home in peace.
But keep in mind the condition Muslims are in India. They are blacks of India. Most of them are poor and live in ghettos. This is why most criminals called 'bhais' are Muslims.
Pakistan with all its problems is still better than India. At least in my opinion.
I hope Sindhis in interior Sindh can develop more. It will relieve some burden from Karachi.
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I agree there are cases where muslims in India are discriminated against. The media has done a good job of making them look like criminals but all those Indian muslims are still patriotic to India. I have a lot of family in India and they live in good conditions. My uncle is a famous politician in UP and a lot of my other family members have gone on to live great lives in India so I don't think it's all muslims that are discriminated but there is a percentage of them.
Yeah interior sindh could be more developed, Zardari can make that happen. There's a hypermarket coming to Larkana cuz of Zardari and he also has a hand in an under construction skyscraper in Karachi.
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Sorry this is a bit off topic but I've heard so many stories of Sikh girls being thrown (or themselves jumping) down wells to 'save' them from the oncoming Muslims (funny, how the boys never got thrown, isn't it), does anyone know if this went on in the Muslim communities back then as well?
Muslim women also jumped into the wells to save themselves from Hindus/sikhs...My mom was told by her dadi that when some women from India arrived in Pakistan, they had poison packets in their hands or in a knot of their dupatta and were told by their parents to eat poison in case the bus/train was attacked by Hindus to avoid being raped and killed by them!
My great grandfather lived in a predominantly Muslim village in Pakistan and when the partition was announced and riot began, he gave shelter to all Hindus/sikhs in his village and had his guards stood at the front of the door so Muslims couldn't access them until the army vans came to pick them up to take them across the border.. my nani herself packed food and drinks for their journey!
In a nutshell, there were good and bad people on both sides of the border at that time!
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During that time, there was a lot of hatred on both sides of the newly-defined border. And both people committed atrocities against each other. I'm not going to get into a debate of who started it and how it ended and all that. I know people on both sides who died. So allow the useless arguments.
My great-grandfather during his time was very influential personality in our native town. My Nana Abbu tells us now, at the time of the partition the locals were attacking Hindus in retaliation for massacres of Muslims leaving India. He gave shelter to the entire Hindu population in the mohalla in his dera and then with my grandfather, they stood at the dera with rifles, to deter anyone getting any ideas about harming these people. After the initial frenzy had subsided, he gave a talk to his mohalla and after he was done he had managed to convince the people to help him in the cause of protecting these people who had been friends or associates or neighbours just a few months ago! So then armed to the teeth, a group of people including my Nana Abbu and great-grandfather escorted the Hindus to one of the caravans enroute to India.
While in the UK, I met an Indian businessman who is a very wealthy shipping tycoon of sorts. So we got talking about Pakistan and India (As it always happens lol) and I told him about my background and he told me about his and guess what! The guy started kissing my hands and gave me his card and said he wanted to get in touch with my Par-Nana (Allah bless his soul) or Nana-Abbu if he was still alive (MashaAllah he still is) and that if my family ever needed any help or support in anything I should contact him. I was overwhelmed at his behaviour and I called up my Nana-Abbu and got those guys in touch because the families were infact 'friends' of sorts in the town.
He was one of the children in that caravan and had grown up hearing that story from his parents. I always thought it was such a beautiful incident. A story that transcends hate and fundamentalism. Islam does not encourage retaliation against unrelated persons or groups or communities. Justice must be fair and served with a cool head.
And when we had Muhajir brothers migrate from across the border into our town, my Par-Dada gave away most of his lands to accommodate and provide for them. A lot of those families are now our good friends.
I hope our people get some sense and see our religion for what it is. I am proud to call myself a Pakistani and belong to a family who truly honoured the foundation of my country.
Long live Pakistan!
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Wow Gemini, I just finished posting my incident and I saw your post! Amazing, this is so trippy!
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My dada jaan was the manager of the transport industry in Shimla and Kalka in 1945. He arranged Quaid-e-Azam's transport for that Shimla conference. My Taya Jan told me that he was around 5 at that time and was with my dada. The humble person that Jinnah was, came out to thank my dada jan (an ordinary person) for arranging his transport.
My phupho told us that they were on one of those last trains that came to Pakistan with alive people.
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Khoji bruh, I said that to send a message that this thread isn't about arguments, its about stories from that time.
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Lusi, nice story. Both my Great-Grandfathers and Grandfathers have met Quaid-E-Azam. What they remember is his humility and simplicity. Probably the one most desirable trait in a leader.
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Khoji bruh, I said that to send a message that this thread isn't about arguments, its about stories from that time.
Ok. I take my words back. :)
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Peace brother!
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What they remember is his humility and simplicity. Probably the one most desirable trait in a leader.
In the following shayr of Ghalib, replace 'kulkutta' with 'Quaid e Azam'.
kulkutta ka jo zikr kiya tu ne ham-nasheen
ik teer sa hai seenay mein mara k hai hai
کلکتہ کا جو ذکر کیا تو نے ہم نشیں
اک تیر سا ہے سینے میں مارا کہ ہاۓ ہاۓ
Quaid e Azam was a giant. A true leader. Pakistan was ruderless after him.