مطالبہء اقلیت کا عالمی پس منظر

مطالبہء اقلیت کا عالمی پس منظر — Page 91

91 Mussalmans under their own rule۔" The Muslims were not welcomed into the service of the English East India Company۔It is stated that between 1852 and 1862, out of 240 natives admitted as Pleaders of the High Court, there was only one Muslim۔In certain cases, the British Government clearly stated that the jobs were only to be given to the Hindus and not to the Muslims۔The education policy of British Government was" responsible for the increase of unemployment and the closing of other avenues for the Muslims۔The economic policy impoverished the Indian Muslims۔In the Army, their recruitment was limited; in arts and crafts they were crippled and rendered helpless۔The result of these policies was the catastrophe of 1857, which no human policy could have averted"۔Even before the Mutiny of 1857, the Muslims had revolted against the British government under the Wahabi leaders۔It is true that the Wahabi Movement in India was primarily a religious movement, but it was also a proletarian and revolutionary movement۔The Wahabi leaders stirred the Muslims of India and a wave of enthusiasm swept over the whole country۔The Movement was ruthlessly suppressed by the British Government but it manifested itself in the form of the Mutiny۔The prime movers in the Mutiny of 1857 were the Muslims and those Muslim were undoubtedly Wahabis۔As the British considered the Muslims to be responsible for the Mutiny, they were treated very severely after 1858۔In 1871, out of total of 2,141 persons employed