The Qadian Diary

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad

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The Qadian Diary — Page 104

Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 90 7. To crown all, our public buildings built by our own money at Qadian including the Talim-ul-Islam College, the Talim-ul-Islam High School, the Fazl- i-Omar Research Institute, the Noor Hospital were forcibly taken possession of and our men ejected and even patients driven out. This was followed by the forcible sealing of our Press and our Central Library owned by the Central Ahmadiyya Organisation. 8. Against all this tale of loot, killing and abduction (not to speak of our forcible ejection from our own buildings) no arrests have so far been made of any culprit which is sure proof of the Police itself being accomplice, while in contrast to this about a dozen responsible Ahmadies have been arrested some of whom are still in goal. 9. One thing more I beg leave to mention though it may perhaps pain you the most. We have been sending (beside oral representations) written representations through post and telegraph to the East Punjab Government and their officials as well as to the Central Government (Pandit Nehru, Mr. Patel and others) at New Delhi but with no practical results and even no acknowledgment. Major General Thimaya visited Qadian along with two Pakistan Brigadiers and one representative of the Ahmadiyya Community who was invited by General Cariappa himself to accompany the party and though Major General Thimaya agreed to what had been placed before him by Ahmadies at Qadian, yet, what is still a mystery to us, the All-India Radio, Delhi, later attributed to him the view that no attack was ever made at Qadian and that everything