The Qadian Diary — Page 6
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 6 injured. The remaining residents of the village are forced to flee their homes. 22 August 1947 An Ahmadi missionary, Major Chaudhry Sharif Ahmad Bajwa LLB is arrested on false charges under the Safety Ordinance. 23 August 1947 In the presence of the military and police, a militia of several thousand Sikhs attacks the Ahmadi village of Faizullah Chak, situated to the north of Qadian, where the Muslim residents of several surrounding dwellings had taken refuge. Many Ahmadi and non-Ahmadi Muslims are killed in the attack and a great number of Muslim women are abducted. The entire village and the surrounding area is cleansed of Muslims. The driver of an Ahmadi who went to the village to gather information is shot and injured and the automobile is seized. 25 August 1947 Ahmadi women begin to be evacuated from Qadian for Lahore. The first convoy to leave Qadian today includes Hazrat Ummul Mu’minin (the Mother of the Faithful), and a number of other ladies belonging to the family of the Promised Messiah as. Two private planes belonging to the Ahmadiyya Community, which have been making flights from Qadian to Lahore, are banned from flying over the Gurdaspur area without due reason. These planes were one of the last means of communication between Qadian and the outside world.