"I have known no distinction between relatives and strangers, countrymen and foreigners, white and colored,Hindus and Indians of other faiths whether Mussulmans, Parsees, Christians or Jews. I may say that my heart has been incapable of making any such distinctions.' 'By a long process of prayerful discipline I have ceased for over forty years to hate anybody.' All men are brothers and no human being should be a stranger to another."
-Mohandas K. Gandhi
"Gandhiji was also against the partition that took place with the independence of the country. He tried his level best to avoid it and even advised the Congressmen to reject the proposals that were put forward by the Cabinet Mission. But the Congress leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru tried to pacify Gandhiji by explaining that partition was the only way by, which a civil war between the Hindus and Muslims could be avoided. But in spite of this Gandhiji vehemently opposed this approach to freedom. Unfortunately, under great pressure from various sectors of the Congress Party and also from all parts of India, Gandhiji had to give his assent. But from his heart Gandhiji could not accept this and that troubled him till the last day of his life."
-"Nehru and Ganhiji" at MapsofIndia.com
How did Mahatma Gandhi's Philosophy Constitute to his Opposition?Gandhi believed strongly in the idea that there is no distinction between any human being, and that despite one's religion, ideals, race, etc. all men are brothers. This idea is a major reason for his opposition to the partition, for he believed there was no distinction between Hindus and Muslims, thus there was no need for two distinct nations.
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“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.”
- Jawaharal Nehru, “Tryst With Destiny”
http://postcolonialstudies.emory.edu/partition-of-india/#ixzz2O5su2Vf5
Jawaharlal Nehru:
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"Mr. Savarkar... insists that, although there are two nations in India, India shall not be divided into two parts, one for Muslims and the other for the Hindus; that the two nations shall dwell in one country and shall live under the mantle of one single constitution;... In the struggle for political power |
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian revolutionist and politician who greatly opposed the partition of India, an idea proposed by Allama Iqbal at the Lahore Resolution.
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