"We cannot live in the same country with Hindus; we want a separate Pakistan for Muslims; otherwise, we will divide India and run away in bloodshed," Muhammad Ali Jinnah vowed.

The year is 1946. The rule of the Christian white aristocracy, which had bound Mother India in the shackles of slavery for almost two hundred years, is coming to an end. The Hindu community, which loved this holy land more than its own life, is shedding blood and kissing the gallows and is fighting the last battle for the country's independence. But some fanatics who had come here centuries ago with invasions from desert countries to plunder this soil and settled here have hatched another conspiracy. "We cannot live in the same country with Hindus; we want a separate Pakistan for Muslims; otherwise, we will divide India and run away in bloodshed," the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah vowed.
In fact, that conspiracy did not start with Naukali. Ever since the seeds of hatred were sown for a separate state, Hindu blood has flowed on Indian soil. In 1921, when the 'Moplahs' in Kerala massacred thousands of Hindus in the name of Khilafat and filled wells with their corpses, that fanaticism first showed its poisonous fangs. Then, on August 16, 1946, in the streets of Calcutta, thousands of innocent Hindus were slaughtered in just three days, in the name of 'Direct Action Day', with the support of the then Muslim League government. That smell of blood did not stop at the country's borders until Holi was played with the blood of children in Rawalpindi and Multan in Punjab. As part of this series of massacres, Naukali in Bengal also fell into the hands of that fanaticism.
Naukali in East Bengal is a very peaceful village. On that land, dotted with green paddy fields, canals and ancient temples, Hindus have lived for generations, doing agriculture and business. However, while Muslims are in the majority there, Hindus are only eighteen per cent and live in a complete minority.
October 10, 1946. The 'Kojagari Lakshmi Puja' festival, which is considered the most sacred in Bengal, falls on the full moon day of Ashvayuja. Every Hindu house is decorated with garlands, lights, and lamps; children wear new clothes and worship the goddess. The entire village is lit up with spiritual beauty, with the sound of bells and mantras. At the same time, on that sacred festival, Muslim League leader Ghulam Sarwar and his followers went around and made hate speeches against Hindus. Within minutes, thousands of Muslim mobs attacked the villages with swords, axes, and firecrackers. The evening, which was supposed to be filled with bhajans and the ringing of prayer bells, was filled with the cries of the victims. They looted and set fire to Hindu houses in rows. They surrounded the house of Rajendralal Roy Chowdhury, a prominent lawyer and village elder, and not only brutally beheaded him, but also presented his severed head on a silver platter to their leader, Ghulam Sarwar. The brutality of the mob revealed the demonic nature of the mob. From infants to the elderly, they beheaded everyone. Thousands of women were abducted and sexually assaulted. To protect their chastity and honor, mothers, clutching their babies to their hearts, cried and jumped into wells and committed suicide. They put a single condition before the Hindus, who held their lives in their hands—"Convert to Islam or die!" They forced the Hindus to eat beef, cut off the hair on their heads, and wiped the vermilion from the foreheads of the women and converted them. They razed the idols of gods in village temples. Thus, more than 50 thousand Hindus lost everything and fled through the forests in fear for their lives, wearing bandages.
Almost a month after this bloody massacre, on November 6, 1946, Gandhi left Calcutta for Naukali in the name of a peace march. He walked barefoot in those villages for almost four months. But the Hindus there gained nothing from the tour. The looted properties were not returned; the abducted women did not return to their homes; the forced conversions did not stop. Gandhi's visit failed to change the thinking of the Muslim masses there.
The worst of all was the message Gandhi gave to the Hindus at a prayer meeting held on May 1, 1947, after these atrocities. He said—
"If the Muslims come to kill you, do not be afraid; do not fight back. Give your lives happily at their hands. Even if the Muslims take your lives out of anger, do not show anger at them. Only when you die laughing with non-violence will true freedom come."
Gandhi's words, which claim to always carry the Bhagavad Gita in his hand, are completely contrary to the duty Lord Krishna teaches in the Gita. When Arjuna fell on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, out of greed and cowardice, seeing his own people, and said, "I will not fight," Lord Krishna did not tell him to fold his hands in the name of non-violence. "Klaibyam maa sma gamah Partha" he said, tearing apart the cowardice in Arjuna. "Paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha duskhritam" — The Gita's teaching enjoins that the Kshatriya dharma is to take up arms to protect the good and destroy the bad, and that self-defense is the supreme dharma. Gandhi's words took away the weapon of self-defense from the hands of Hindu society, leaving them helpless.
The Naukali massacre is not just a tragedy of the past; it is an eternal warning to today's Hindu society. Naukali is a direct testimony to the destruction that can befall us if we divide ourselves in the name of caste and region and neglect self-defense. Kindness, peace, and tolerance are never the qualities of the weak. No matter how virtuous and wealthy a society is, if it lacks the strength to defend itself, it is bound to fall victim to the hands of brutal mobs. No one listens to words of peace from the mouth of the weak; peace is secure only in the hands of the strong.
That is why today's Hindu children and youth must wake up from the bloody lessons of Naukali. We must wipe out caste differences and stand as one society. We must build our physical strength and courage through exercise, yoga, and daily self-defense education. Society will be safe only when we have scientific knowledge and the ability to protect our dharma. The true tribute we pay to the thousands of martyrs who sacrificed their lives in Naukali is to always remain united and ready to protect our religion, culture, and nation.

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