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The gravest tragedy in human history is the partition of India and its aftermath.  Within a

few months, the great Indus civilization lay in ruins.  For the first time, the commoner

indulged in unheard-of atrocities at such a large scale.  In the name of religion, their

misdeeds would surpass the sins of most sadistic dictators.  Then, as expected, the

blame game began.  After decades-old lies are peeled away, three guilty names appear

Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi.  

 The worst culprit was Nehru, a sly excuse of a human being.  An inhuman without

scruples - a brown noser of the British.  Gandhi was also a puppet used to neuter the

Indians with a message of non-violence; so there wouldn’t be a repeat of the bloody

Indian Mutiny - when the English paid a heavy price to save their jewel in the crown.  He

was satisfied with his ego stroked by the attention received at home and abroad. But

Nehru wanted more; he had dictatorial ambitions and wanted absolute power.  After the

Indians fulfilled their end of the agreement to supply the cannon fodder for the World

Wars, it was time for the British to go.  An opportunity arose for a Brown master to

replace the Gora Sahib.

 In the ensuing tussle for power, Nehru met a nemesis, a better politician, Jinnah.  Their

ancestry is dubious and mixed.  Both came from privileged background and imitation

product of Anglicized culture.  Jinnah was popular and projected himself as secular, but

his secularity had limitations. For example, he disowned his daughter for marrying a

Parsi, though his family was of Hindu converts, and he married a Parsi wife.  Likewise,

Nehru’s family tree was grafted and rotten.  This is where the similarities between the

two ended.  

While Jinnah was loyal to his religion and stood for the rights of Muslims, Nehru

contrived to become the first leader of independent India at any cost and by any

means.  He had no sympathy for India or Hindus and would sacrifice both without

hesitation in his quest for tyranny.  He was a coward who used the ways of a jackal.

 Therefore, the only way for him to achieve his goal was to get rid of Jinnah.  It wasn’t

easy because the latter had a better reputation. 

Had India remained united, Jinnah undoubtedly would have been voted the first prime

minister.  Muslims accounted for at least one-fourth of the population.  They rarely

crossed religious lines to vote for a non-Muslim. Hence, they would have been the

largest voting bloc in the elections.  In contrast, more non-Muslims were willing to vote

based on a person's character, which Nehru lacked.

The Hindus were further divided by caste, creed, language, religion, and race.  Uniting

and juggling their loyalties would have been an impossible task.  Even if Congress could

form a voting coalition, Hindus would not have mustered a commanding majority.   

Nehru was aware of that and tried to placate Jinnah with a nominal or subordinate

position.  Equally ambitious, and knowing his prospects, Jinnah wasn’t about to play

second fiddle.

The Congress party, dominated by Hindus, quickly sidelined Jinnah.  However, that was

half the battle.  He was the leader of the sizeable minority united under a single banner.

 Historically, Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs had a troubled past of mutual mistrust. 

Though they shared a common lineage and lived peacefully as neighbors, a single

rumor or incident shattered the delicate harmony. Now and then, they temporarily united

to oust the British, but during the political circus and power struggles, the dissenting

cracks would reappear.  Overtly arrogant Congress members disregarded moderate

Muslim voices, further alienating them.  Their behavior reinforced the suspicions, and

Muslims turned to the sectarian Muslim League - notorious for exploiting religious

sentiments.

So, Jinnah played the only card he had left - the Muslim card.  It allowed the fanatics to

pursue their agenda.  Both sides hatched plots, and the contenders sharpened their

knives.  Even they had no clue how their myopic wrongdoing would torment millions. 

They were about to lead their people over the precipice into the fire of hell.

 Nehru and Congress readily agreed to a separate nation of Pakistan.  It meant giving

Jinnah what he wanted and seeing the last of him.  Jinnah had other ideas and was still

thinking about what was best for the Muslims.  He wanted to maximize the territory of

the new country.  That meant appeasing the tiny but significant minority - the Sikhs. 

Sikh princes, whose principalities broke the contiguous region to Delhi that he desired,

snubbed his diplomatic overtures.  The openly hostile Muslim League negated Jinnah’s

unsubstantiated promises.  Sikhs had reasons to be apprehensive about what was

unfolding at their doorstep.  They were going to be the worst losers in political chess.

 Nehru had a mole amongst the Sikhs - Master Tara Singh.  Like Nehru, he was a

cunning Brahmin; he had converted to Sikhism and became a de facto political leader. 

Either the conversion was a coincidence or a scheme to sneak an agent amongst Sikhs

for later use.  He did his part and denounced Pakistan in politically charged, tense

times.  In an orchestrated maneuver, Muslim League misused the incident to spark an inferno.