Indian Holocaust My Father`s Life and Time: Fwd: Sindhis can Prevent Deletion of Sindh from Jana Gana Mana

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Fwd: Sindhis can Prevent Deletion of Sindh from Jana Gana Mana

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From: Ashok T. Jaisinghani <ashokjai@sancharnet.in>
Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Subject: Sindhis can Prevent Deletion of Sindh from Jana Gana Mana

Sindhis can Prevent Deletion of Sindh

From Jana Gana Mana

Some persons are again trying to get "Sindh" deleted from Jana Gana Mana, the National Anthem of India written by the great poet Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The Sindhi leaders can easily prevent the deletion of "Sindh" from Jana Gana Mana if they take one step, which I have explained below.

The main objection to the mention of Sindh in the National Anthem is the fact that Sindh is a part of Pakistan. At present, no part of Sindh is in India, though there are millions of Sindhis living in the country.

This objection can be removed if all the Sindhi leaders, living in India and other countries, jointly petition the Government of Gujarat to create a small district with the name of Sindh from the District of Kutch. I am sure that the large-hearted Kutchis will accept this proposal, just as they had welcomed the Sindhi refugees from Pakistan to settle in Kutch after the Partition of India in 1947.

Should the Sindhi leaders not send a petition to the Government of Gujarat requesting it to make the region of Adipur-Gandhidham in Kutch into a separate District of Sindh? The Sindhi leaders from all over the world must send such a petition as soon as possible. The majority of the people in the Adipur-Gandhidham region of Kutch are Sindhis, whose parents and grandparents had migrated to India from Sindh after the Partition of the country.

Once we are able to get a very small District of Sindh anywhere in India, there will be no need for the Government of India to delete the name of Sindh from Jana Gana Mana. Even if it is very small, the new District of Sindh will be known as a part of India. Jana Gana Mana will then require no correction, as far as the mention of Sindh in the National Anthem is concerned.