Siblings separated during partition reunite

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GUJRANWALA: A family in Maju Chak is celebrating a tearful reunion with one of their sons separated at the time of partition in Rajuri in Indian held Kashmir.

A family after migrating from India in 1947 settled in Maju Chak of Gujranwala district along with their four sons and two daughters. However, the family lost their fifth son in India.

A man who knew the family of the separated boy told Salmat Hussain Gujjar of Maju Chak that their lost brother (Ghulam Hussain) was living in India.

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The two brothers got in contact with each other and Ghulam Hussain made a journey to Gujrnawala to meet his family after 65 years.

Ghulam Hussain said that he was born on July 1, 1947 and got separated from his family when he was only seven-month-old.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2015

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PAK

Dec 09, 2015 08:50am

Same blood yet so much hate!

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Arif

Dec 09, 2015 09:06am

God knows how many more cases like these exist. What a shame!

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FutureWizard

Dec 09, 2015 09:31am

Terrible cost of partition..:|

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ibnarastoo

Dec 09, 2015 09:46am

The Muslims of India love Pakistan because we care for them more than the Indians. We are different from India religiously, ethnically, racially, linguistically. Though we respect and appreciate them for being our neighbors.

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Selvraj

Dec 09, 2015 10:00am

Only 20% north Indian Hindi speaking states have interest in pak , rest 80% India, north east, south have no language or cultural similarities with pak

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Ayaz Munir

Dec 09, 2015 10:06am

These are the unknown cases but what about the known relatives who cant meet each other due to Political conflicts between Pakistan and India. My friends, give Kashmir its right, and the Indo-Pak conflict ends with no more conflict and hatred for the future

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Ahmed

Dec 09, 2015 10:29am

For Freedom, you have to pay a price, everyone of us did that.

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Ash, India

Dec 09, 2015 10:39am

Even if partition was must, it was handled very badly by then leaders. People are bearing cost for generations.

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wellwisher

Dec 09, 2015 11:21am

Some members of cricket player Kapil Dev,s mothers family live in Pakistan.

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parveez

Dec 09, 2015 11:23am

When the British left they left a mess, look around the world

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rehan

Dec 09, 2015 12:16pm

Let us not discuss how "bad" Partition was. Let's focus on the present and work in order to create a better future for our children.

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M.Saeed

Dec 09, 2015 12:53pm

It is surprising how an infant of 7 month could remember all details of the family and under what circumstances and by whom he was raised while in India?

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Saqib

Dec 09, 2015 04:02pm

India needs to grow up and resolve Kashmir, it is an unfinished agenda of partition. Than, we can start living like 3 brothers, Pakistan, Indian and Bangladesh.

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KARACHI WALA

Dec 09, 2015 04:03pm

@Selvraj "Only 20% north Indian Hindi speaking states have interest in pak , rest 80% India, north east, south have no language or cultural similarities with pak" .....rest of 80% have no similarities with 20% of north Indian Hindi speakers either???

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Khwarezmi

Dec 09, 2015 04:16pm

Terrible story with a good ending. Our elders tells us horrible tales of mass slaughter of Muslims in East Punjab and Jammu down to the last child, river Beas filled with dead bodies, trains to Lahore being highjacked and whole families slaughtered down to last woman and child. I know people who saw their entire village of thousands of people being killed and only a few escape. Atleast in Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam ordered the Pakistani Amry to escort the Sikh and Hindus who wanted to migrate to the border. Nehru never gave such orders.

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Noor

Dec 09, 2015 06:51pm

@Selvraj ... its obvious u dont know much about Pakistan. . Even all of Pakistan is not similar. . Different languages different races .. but what common is that we can understand each other hindi and urdu almost are same hence the point. . Both countries aren't much different

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Zak

Dec 09, 2015 07:31pm

@PAK blood is same all over the world. But many different nations and problem starts when one nation Gujarat starts dictating to other nations Kashmir, as to what they can or cannot do.

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Kuku Patialvi

Dec 09, 2015 09:45pm

@ibnarastoo So you live in India but do not love your country? You should go to Pakistan because that is where your love and loyalty is. This proves the point that ruling party in India has been trying to make; that Indian Muslims are not loyal to India. By the way most of Indian/Pakistani Muslims were converted to Islam during the Muslim rule in India. Millions of them did not come from Arabia/Persia as many of you think you did.

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Sumit mazumdar

Dec 09, 2015 09:51pm

@Khwarezmi There were identical slaughters of Hindus, which OUR elders talk about. Read for example ``Freedom at Midnight''. Or read about ``Direct Action Day'' and what happened in Calcutta. The point is, the victims on both sides could see only what was going around them, they could not have seen what was happening where people of their religion were the majority at the time of the violence.

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Pray&Prey

Dec 09, 2015 09:54pm

@PAK : The brothers or family did NOT hate each other. You spread the hate.All for territory.

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Something Fishy

Dec 09, 2015 10:07pm

@parveez "When the British left they left a mess, look around the world" no sir, they did not left a mess. they deliberately sown seeds of hatred. Mess can be cleaned up at some cost and is not deliberate.

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faisal

Dec 09, 2015 11:17pm

What a grand reunion that might be!!!

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Anil Pinnala

Dec 09, 2015 11:20pm

@Khwarezmi We heard exactly opposite. I am not sure if you have heard what Razhakars did in Hyderabad/India. Just as an FYI, my close relatives(men) were murdered before their wives.

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Hassan Sharif Manj

Dec 09, 2015 11:24pm

Torment of partition!

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Mustafa

Dec 09, 2015 11:35pm

It's quite late but never the less good for the family to reunite. I hope more are reunited.

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Dec 09, 2015 11:38pm

I think the only real solution is a reunion. What is the big deal if one part of my nation India is a Muslim majority area ? Present Pakistan territory can remain a Muslim majority area and over the next 50- 100 years normal human intra nation migration activity can take over. All of India and Pakistan should be one.

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Nasir

Dec 09, 2015 11:42pm

How he survived being seven months old? My bad things have happened in the name of Religion & Race in this world.

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Khan

Dec 10, 2015 01:15am

A metaphor for the entire subcontinent.

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Ahmer

Dec 10, 2015 03:19am

@Selvraj So what? Let me tell you a striking similarity, it is known as Humanity. We all are same.

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Asma

Dec 10, 2015 04:15am

@ibnarastoo you are wrong, we are not different from Indians religiously, ethnically, linguistically or racially. India has millions of people who have same religion, same ethnicity, same language and same race as pakistanis have.

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Asma

Dec 10, 2015 04:18am

@Ahmed what freedom?

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Ajay

Dec 10, 2015 06:32am

Sad. What pain the parents must have endured for all these years. Peace is a win win situation. War and hatred are lose lose situations. Indians and Pakistanis are the same people. We should work together for Peace.

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Bye Bye

Dec 10, 2015 06:44am

@wellwisher So what?

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Caspase

Dec 10, 2015 07:03am

@Khwarezmi Isn't story telling fantastic?

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Steve Boston

Dec 10, 2015 08:32am

@Khwarezmi it is nice to live in faiiry land

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Ajay vikram Singh

Dec 10, 2015 08:50am

@KARACHI WALA - No. No similarities whatsoever.

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Utpal

Dec 10, 2015 09:35am

@ibnarastoo : Then why no. of Muslims are much much higher in India!

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