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| Nehru was in Srinagar on October 25 ! | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Oct 25: Nehru undertook the Kashmir journey three times before state's `accession' to India. The first visit in 1916 was insignificant. Second time he visited the Valley on Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah's invite in 1945. The third visit could not materialize initially because the Dogra monarch, Hari Singh did not allow him to enter the state. Nehru wanted to appear as a defense counsel for Sheikh Abdullah following his arrest after launching the Quit Kashmir Movement in 1946. However, he later visited Kashmir and published Sheikh Abdullah's statement which he gave in the court.
This is what the people know. And what they do not know was unveiled by Dr Jagat Mohini during an exclusive interview in December 2007. According to her, Nehru landed on Kashmir soil for the fourth time either on October 25 or 26, 1947. He was accompanied by a person who vehemently opposed New Delhi's military adventures in Kashmir. Yes, he was free India's first Home Minister V B Patel. Dr Jagat Mohini, 84, popularly known as Mummy in Srinagar was born and educated at Lahore. Her parents wanted to get her married in a well-off Punjabi family. But, Mohini having just completed her MBBS, wanted to serve the poor and the destitute. She turned down many a proposal. A family friend informed them about a Srinagar-based doctor, Umkar Nath whose first wife, Rattan Rani had recently expired. Mohini gave her consent and this is how she landed in Kashmir. The marriage was solemnized during the fateful days of 1947. Umkar Nath was a political activist. The National Conference workers called him Pakistani Bata (Pakistani Pandit).
Communal clashes broke out in whole of sub-continent following Partition of India. Massive migrations took place on both sides of the Redcliff Line. Mohini's parents also had to migrate from Lahore. They entered the state of Jammu Kashmir via Kohala and stayed for a few days with their daughter. The government of India arranged special aircrafts for lifting the refugees to various parts of India.
Dr Umkar Nath went to see off his mother-in-law to the airfield. In wee hours next morning, a jeep came to a screeching halt outside their Mandir Bagh residence. Umkar Nath entered and what he narrated to his wife unveils an unexplored chapter of Kashmir history.
He told his wife: "After seeing off your mother, I saw G M Sadiq talking to a group of persons. As you know Sadiq is a good friend of mine, I approached him and was surprised to see Jawahar Lal Nehru, V B Patel and Maharaja Hari Singh involved in a serious discussion with him. Neither Sadiq nor anybody else objected to my presence. Patel told Nehru he was not doing the right thing. Nehru told him Sheikh Abdullah was secular and 'we must help him.' The meeting ended. It was 4 am and I requested Sadiq to drop me at my place. On the way to Srinagar, Sadiq told me 'we had signed an agreement and Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah will take over the government'." (SIC)
Dr Mohini does not remember the exact date of this extraordinary meeting. "It was either 25 or 26 of October," she said. She passed away last year. |
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