The Qadian Diary — Page 14
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 14 Mirza Munir Ahmad. He is detained in Batala for two days and is witness to the horrors that take place there. By the grace of God no harm comes to him and he arrives in Lahore on the third day. A truck is also set on fire. Several people are injured and others are missing. The claim that the road to Qadian is under repair is false. It seems from this that an attack on the Ahmadis of Qadian is imminent, and in preparation for this measures are being taken to prevent there being outside witnessess to any massacre. As events unfold, Qadian experiences the worst of the violence of these disturbances in the following days. 1 October 1947 The military in Qadian takes forcible possession of Bait-ul-Hamd , a home belonging to the head of the Ahmadiyya Community where several of his children live. 2 October 1947 The authorities close down all Ahmadi owned flourmills in Qadian, causing thousands of Ahmadis, including elderly men, women and children to survive on boiled wheat. These conditions last for several days and many people are struck by diarrhoea. Ahmadis are turned out of the Talimul-Islam Degree College and the Fazle Umar Research Institute. Property and apparatus worth a significant amount is forcibly confiscated by the military. With the help of the police, Sikh militias attack Mohalla Darul Raahat. A group of them even force their way into Mohalla Masjid Fazal and engage in widespread pillaging. Here it ought to be noted that Darul Raahat should not be confused with Mohalla Darul Rahmat. The former is adjacent to and situated