The Qadian Diary — Page 84
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 70 to Lord Mountbatten, Premier Pandit Nehru and East Punjab Government, to save their sacred town from destruction but without any result. ( c ) A deputation saw the India High Commissioner for Pakistan who said he had sent two telegrams on the subject but had had no reply. ( d ) Ahmadiyya deputations saw the Deputy High Commis- sioner for Pakistan about ten or twelve times. He wrote to the East Punjab Government saying that now that the whole of East Punjab had been cleared of Muslims Qadian was the only place which still had a Muslim population; that it was the religious centre of Ahmadies; and that Ahmadies wanted to stay at Qadian; what harm was there in leaving Qadian alone? But the correspondence had no effect. ( e ) Ahmadies went to Jullundur and saw the East Punjab Premier, Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargova and the Home Minister, Sardar Swarn Singh and they assured that Qadian will be discussed on 26th September at Delhi on high level. But the only result was stopping of convoys and attack on Qadian by Jathas lead by Police itself. (f) An Ahmadiyya deputation saw Gandhiji in Calcutta. Letters have been written to both Gandhiji and Union of India Premier Pandit Nehru from Lahore, but nothing resulted. ( g ) Sir Mohammad Zafrullah Khan met Lord Mountbatten and sent a telegram to Pandit Nehru, but to no effect. ( h ) Mrs. Vijaylakshmi Pandit cabled to her brother Pandit Nehru at the suggestion of Sir Mohammad Zafrullah Khan but nothing followed. We do not say that Gandhiji and Union of India Premier have done nothing. We think they must have done something though they have found no time to reply but there have been no results, as far as the situation at Qadian is concerned. Ahmadies