Here are the events that suggest the relevance of this day. It provided for two dominions states: India and Pakistan. King of Britain was retained as the head of the state until full transition to Republic state. The partition was painful and it created a rift on the lines of religion. Riots and mass casualties were the most unfortunate outcomes of the two-nation principle.
However, the two nations were a reality. He was given the powers and mandate by the British parliament to transfer the power to Indians by June 30, However, August 15, was declared by the Britishers the day of end of British rule. To this end, Mountbatten had said that he was ensuring that there will be no bloodshed or riot.
However, what happened in August is a recorded history, which proved Mountbatten wrong. The Indian Independence Act which was passed by the British parliament was based upon the Mountbatten plan of June 3, The Act clearly mentioned the date of independence, August 15, On August 15, , Japan announced the surrender to the Allies.
Therefore, this date became symbolically significant for the Britishers. I chose it in reply to a question. It is a glaring instance of the State doubting the patriotism of Muslims. It is just the kind of cue radical Hindu groups are quick to pick on.
Madhya Pradesh illustrates why suspicion and aggression have become the primary drivers of the politics of Hindu radicals.
Or why they think they are under no obligation to anyone or required to submit to authority. Their conduct is a manifestation of their ideological belief. As is true of other groups on the opposite side of India's ideological spectrum, Hindu radicals also believe India's Independence remains an unfinished business; it is just a milestone on the long path to making the nation a 'Hindu Rashtra'.
This fact has had Hindu radicals re-interpret "independence" and "independent". All their actions, from lynching to hate mongering, are part of a long struggle which they believe will make India truly independent. This will happen with the advent of the 'Hindu Rashtra'. It is altogether a different matter that their ideological gurus have not outlined the contours of 'Hindu Rashtra', beyond just venting anger and hate against some social groups and categories of people. Yet, behind this thought is a long political tradition, best represented by the actions and ideas of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the high priest of the Hindu Right, who coined the term 'Hindutva'.
Freedom from British rule was not always Savarkar's principal impulse. For instance, when the Congress ministries in provinces resigned in , in protest against the British unilaterally making India a party to World War II, Savarkar offered to work with the colonial masters.
Savarkar also pointed out to the viceroy that France and Britain had strong differences in the past, but came together to face Germany. Likewise, the "essential thing was for Hinduism and Great Britain to be friends, and the old antagonism was no longer necessary".
Given that Gandhi, Nehru, Patel — the triumvirate of the national movement — were Hindu, who were the Hindus that Savarkar wanted the British to befriend? Obviously, they were those who were not participating in the anti-colonial movement. They were the Hindus who had rejected the idea of territorial nationalism for cultural nationalism. Savarkar said so in as many words: "If India, because it was a territorial unit and called a country must be a national unit as well, then all of us must also be Indians only and cease to be Hindus or Muslims, Christians or Parsees.
So they, the leaders of those first generations of English educated people, being almost all Hindus, tried their best to cease themselves to be Hindus and thought it below their dignity to take any cognizance of the divisions as Hindus and Moslems and became transformed overnight into Indian patriots alone…". Savarkar asked Hindu Sanghathnists to "first correct the original mistake".
In other words, the struggle for Independence was not as important as the struggle to create the Hindu patriot — not the Indian patriot, mind you. Like Jinnah, Savarkar's idea, too, was anchored in the two-nation theory. His definition was exclusivist; it kept out Muslims from the Indian nation.
Savarkar's ideas, directly or indirectly, continue to inform the actions of radical Hindu groups. Happy IndependenceDayIndia! Independence is all about self-reliance.
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