Junaid Ahmad - Creation of Bangladesh: Myths Exploded

First published in Pakistan in 2016 by AJA PublishersNMC Enterprise
Copyright 2016 by Junaid Ahmad
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would like to dedicate this book to the memory of myfellow countrymen who laid down their lives for thecreation of Pakistan and its unity. Quran says, But donot think of those that have been slain in God's cause as dead. Nay, they are alive! With their Sustainer have they theirsustenance, (AlImran, 3:169).

There is no doubt that RAW played a vital role during our liberationwar, but their motive was to divide Pakistan at any cost to weakentheir arch rival [Pakistan]. Their hidden objective is to establishundivided India, which they call Akhand Bharat Mata.

Regular Indian soldiers disguised as the Mukti Bahini have beenfighting the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan from April till December1971 when after losing 5,000 men in covert operations, Indira orderedopen war.

Indian soil was made available for training camps, hospitals andsupply depots for the Mukti Bahini of the Bengali resistancemovement India was in fact waging a proxy war against Pakistan.

Archer Blood, American Consul-General to Dhaka, The Cruel Birth of Bangladesh Memoirs of anAmerican Diplomat

In 1971 Indiraji decided to help Sheikh Mujibur Rahman carve outan independent Bangladesh for the Bengalis of East Pakistan wasshe also simultaneously thinking of an operation in West Pakistanaimed to achieve two major objectives, namely to Balkanize WestPakistan, and to liberate Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

I am most grateful to my parents who brought me up as a Muslimand a proud Pakistani, having complete faith in Tauheed, love for ourbeloved Prophet (PBUH), and the Two-Nation theory which led tothe creation of Pakistan.

The guidance, support, and advice given by my respectedcolleague Mr Mahboobul Hasan, enabled me to complete thisdaunting task expeditiously and efficiently.

Fellow researchers including Hammal Ikram Kashaney, KhurrumAhmad, and Mir Behroze Noor played an important role in collectingdata, its analysis and preparation of theworking drafts. Admirable staffand secretarial support was provided by Muhammad Aftab, WaseemAhmad, and Syed Zahir. A special thanks is due to Ms Tara Kashif fordoing a great job of editing the text. Her work has made the bookreadable.

Bhutto arrived in Dhaka in July 1974. I drove to the airport throughdense crowds lining both sides of the streets resounding withslogans like Bangladesh-Pakistani matre (friendship) Zindabad and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Zindabad All the heads of the diplomaticmissions were lined up at the tarmac. Bhutto descended from aspecial Air Force aircraft I was introduced when he reached me inthe reception line. Shaking me by the hand, he turned to Mujibur Rehman and said: So, he represents the country which re-arrangedthe map of the subcontinent in 1971. Then, addressing me, he said: Maybe he (would) help us a second time in re-arranging the map by resolving the Kashmir problem which has been pending for such along time It was the journey back from the airport which was a politically and emotionally disturbing experience for me. As themotorcade moved out, the frenzied enthusiasm of the masses of the people lining the route reached a high pitch, with slogans andshouting in favour of Bhutto and Pakistan I was told later thatpeople threw garlands of shoes on Sheikh Mujibur Rehmans car onhis journey back to the Presidents house. My flag car was vandalizedand the Indian flag tampered with by the crowds Abusive sloganswere shouted against the Indian High Commission and theGovernment of India. I have to confess that I had tears of anger inmy eyes when I returned to my office and sat down to draft mytelegram reporting on the arrival ceremonies.

A passage from the book by former Indian Foreign Secretary, J.N. Dixit, on the first ever visit to Bangladesh by a Pakistani Prime Minister, Zufliqar Ali Bhutto, in July 1974)PROLOGUE