Gurbachan Singh Talib citations

Gurbachan Singh Talib un érudit sikh et auteur , est né à Munak.

Il était un professeur au Sikh National College à Lahore. À Banaras Hindu University il a occupé le prestigieux Guru Nanak Chair of Sikh Studies. Il a reçu le prix Padma Bhushan en 1985. Il était aussi membre du Indian Council of Historical Research.

✵ 1911 – 1986

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Gurbachan Singh Talib: Citations en anglais

“The details of atrocities committed on Sikhs and Hindus given in these pages are not full or even a fairly large proportion of what actually befell. They are only representative episodes of what happened in a few villages and towns all over West Punjab and other West Pakistan areas. Imagine such things happening in thousands upon thousands of villages and hundreds of towns, and you will then be able to take in the proportions somewhat close to what the reality was-which, in the last analysis must, however, remain inexpressible in its full horror. The facts drawn upon are statements of sufferers of these horrors, recorded from complaints made to the authorities, from reliable press reports and from statements recorded with scrupulous fidelity and signed by those who made them, in the refugee camps in East Punjab.”

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Muslim League Attack on the Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab, 1947 (1950)

“In the history of the Muslim League War on the Hindus and Sikhs of the Punjab in 1947, Amritsar occupies an outstanding position. It was in this city, along with Lahore, though with an intensity even greater than in the latter town, that the most sustained war, lasting for over five months was waged on the Hindus and Sikhs, especially the latter, by the Amritsar Muslims. In the scheme of the Muslim League, Amritsar appears to have been Theatre of War No. 1.”

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Muslim League Attack on the Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab, 1947 (1950)

“All these happenings occurred at a time when in India, Mahatma Gandhi undertook his last fast to get better treatment for the Indian Muslims. That was the response in Pakistan to the Mahatma's gesture, and the faithfully carrying out of the Mahatma's instructions by Hindus and Sikhs. Exactly when Delhi was being made safe for Muslims, in Karachi 800 Sikhs were massacred, and all Hindus looted and despoiled, had to move into refugee camps.”

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Muslim League Attack on the Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab, 1947 (1950)

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