| Let us rewrite our history | | | | historians are at liberty to reinvestigate the |
| Dalip Singh Wasan, Advocate. | | | | events and must give proper place to all events in |
| Time has come when the people of India must | | | | history books. The present record is not correct |
| call historians to come forward and re-write our | | | | and had been disturbed by those who wanted to |
| history and they should be asked to give more | | | | give more shine to their own names and to their |
| time to investigation on the history of Indian | | | | own contributions. They knew that had subhash |
| freedom movement. It is on record that many | | | | Chandra come back in time, he would have been |
| people had been killed by he imperialists through | | | | our first Prime Minister. We all know that people |
| guns, thousands were sent to kalepaani, many | | | | Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru and Sukhdev could not |
| were sentenced to death, many were given life | | | | get proper entry in history books in 1947-48. |
| imprisonment, many were cane-charged and | | | | They could get the status of martyrs after two |
| many were given torture by he police. It is on | | | | decades. If we trace the history of these |
| record that many groups took up arms and stood | | | | martyrs, we shall find so many other wrong |
| face to face with the imperialists and many | | | | entries in books of history and there are chances |
| formed army units outside India and started their | | | | that some of the wrong entries may have to be |
| journey towards Delhi. When we read the present | | | | removed from our books of history. |
| entries in history books of India all these entries | | | | Even in text books there are so many wrong |
| are missing and some people sitting at Delhi | | | | entries and our student public is given wrong |
| started entering their own names and it seems | | | | information about history of India. All the people |
| they had been engaging historians for this work | | | | who had been ruling India at all the times had |
| and they could get suitable entries in their life time | | | | been giving shape to events as per their own |
| and if we have a look on important places, | | | | desire and this continued even after independence |
| important books and other records, the people | | | | and our historians had to ignore all the events |
| who were controlling and taking over from the | | | | leading to freedom and hey too ignore to locate |
| imperialists could get their own places and all other | | | | names of all those who had been fighting in war |
| entries had been ignored only because they were | | | | of independence and had been placing their lives |
| trying to establish that this independence had | | | | at the altar of freedom movement. |
| been got by them and that too through peaceful | | | | Therefore, through this small article, we invite |
| means. The people of India and even the | | | | attention of all the famous historians to come |
| historians remained silent and they were allowed | | | | forward and give us correct information about |
| to have their own entries and places. | | | | the freedom movement in India and they should |
| We shall have to re-write our history because the | | | | also locate, identify and recognize the real |
| present set of books is not giving the true | | | | freedom fighters and give them proper place in |
| records. It is an accepted fact that even in | | | | history and if some people could get wrong |
| partition of 1947 about 8.00.000 people had been | | | | entries and if some people could gather wrong |
| killed and about 11,00,00,000 people had been | | | | information and added that information with their |
| forced to migrate to unknown places. It is an | | | | name, those entries should be written off from |
| accepted fact that thousands of parents lost their | | | | books of history. It may also be found out |
| sons and daughters, thousands of women had | | | | whether the freedom movement in India was |
| turned widow, thousands of the children had been | | | | peaceful one or it was a great struggle in which |
| reduced to orphanage and many women had to | | | | thousands sacrificed their lives and then we could |
| face rape and assault. All these events had been | | | | get freedom. When they say that it was a |
| ignored and could not get proper entries in history | | | | peaceful struggle and we got freedom peacefully, |
| books and the people who did not allow these | | | | hearts of those who suffered during the freedom |
| entries in history books are identified people, but | | | | struggle and especially in partition of 1947starts |
| since the people are no more in this world, the | | | | bleeding and they feel pain. |