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PARTITION: Tape 38 (cont) 255MODEM 255MODEM Mar 09 14:29
Side B (cont)
NOOR MOHAMMED (MUGLOO)
- interviewed at his home in Srinagar on 9 March 1997; asks that
'Mugloo' part of his name not be used (it denotes descent from
Mughals)
a retired businessman, now providing free spiritual advice to
local people (and a wood carving/knife workshop on fllor below);
ardently pro-Pakistan; bearded, cheerful, not too good in English
born in May 1923
side B from 210
212 - re Jinnah's speech in 42
215 > IN URDU, re ML demand for Pakistan
225 - [re approack of raiders in Oct 47] 'we were very happy
... that our brothers have come, but Sheikh Abd and
his party with the support of India was against us ...
they came that K must be azad, free, ad we did not
want to join India'
235 - [re tribesmen came just to loot] ’it was entirely wrong
... they will not eat anything from people until they
gave them cash ... they were not looters'
243 - was a member of M Conf; all leaders gone to ? Poonch and
Muzaffarabad; 'we were only waiting'
248 - [re accession to India] ' we were against that, the
people were against that, those who had profit in it,
they were in favour of that ... 75% were in favour of
Pak, and less than 25% in favour of India'
260 - if plebiscite, 'we wd have then been part of Pak'
273 - 'S soldiers were esp brought here, tall Sikhs and
entirely black Ss with guns pointing to the people
to threat them that they must not say anything ...
they were passing the way in trucks, ... show of
strength'
283 - [people frightened?] 'yes, because they have not seen
before that arms 1
288 - 'neither Sikh troops welcomed nor Hindus welcomed'
292 - story of five people kiiled by Sikh troops in Rambagh
and buried under bank of river
295 - [re S soldiers] 'on planes they came here, road was not
safe in those days'
304 - [re Mah Hari Singh] 'he was some better of the Dogras,
but he was a H, at first he did not want to join I,
... but he was compelled, ... and when Mujahideen
came to the door of Srinagar, Mah's wife went to
Jammu and wept there'
317 - story of Dogra massacres of Muslims in Jammu, 'thousands
of people were killed'
325 - during struggle with Mah, 'no H was killed in Srinagar'
329 > re contemporary situation
338 - saw Jinnah in Srinagar: 'he was a noble person, in my
opinion he has never told a lie ... I think he was
a pious man' |
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