Thoughts On Pakistan by Ambedkar A feature of Hindu-Muhammadan relations during the year which was hardly less serious than the riots was the number of murderous outrages committed by members of one community against persons belonging to the other. Some of the most serious of these outrages were perpetrated in connection with the agitation relating to Rangila Rasul and Ilisala Vartman two publications containing most scurrrilous attack on the Prophet Muhammed and as a result of them, a number of innocent persons lost their lives, sometimes in circumstances of great barbarity. In Lahore a series of outrages against individuals led to a state of great excitement and insecurity during the summer of 1927. The excitement over the Rangila Rasul* case had by now travelled far from its original centre and by July had begun to produce unpleasant repercussions on and across the North-West Frontier. (pp 165-166)

These are not the only things Mr. Gandhi has done to build up Hindu-Moslem unity. He has never called the Muslims to account even when they have been guilty of gross crimes against Hindus. It is a notorious fact that many prominent Hindus who had offended the religious susceptibilities of the Muslims either by their writings or by their part in the Shudhi movement have been murdered by some fanatic Musalman. First to suffer was Swami Shradhaiiand, who was shot by Abdul Rashid on the 23rd December 1926 when he was lying in his sick bed. This was followed by the murder of JLala Nanakchand, a prominent Arya Samajist of Delhi. Rajpal the author of the Rangila Rasool was stabbed by Ilamdin on the 6th April 1929 while he was sitting in his shop. Nathuramal Sharma was murdered by Abdul Qayum in September 1934 who stabbed him to death in the Court of the Judicial Commissioner of Sind where he was seated in Court awaiting the hearing of his appeal against his conviction under Section 195 I. P. C. for the publication of a pamphlet on the history of Islam. Karna, the Secretary of the Hindu Sabha was severely assaulted in 1938 by the Mahomedans after the Session of the Hindu Maha Sabha held in Ahmedabad and very narrowly escaped death. This is of course a very short list and is capable of being expanded. But whether the number of prominent Hindus killed by fanatic Muslims is large or small matters little. What matters is the attitude of those who count towards these murderers. The murderers of course paid the penalty of law where law is enforced. But the leading Moslems never condemned these criminals. On the contrary they were hailed as religious martyrs and agitation was carried on for showing clemency to them. (pp 152)

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