PM urged to highlight India’s occupation of Junagarh
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ISLAMABAD: Nawab of Junagarh Muhammad Jahangir Khanji on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to become an ambassador of Junagarh as he did in the case of Kashmir and highlight the issue of liberation of the state from Indian occupation at all international forums.
Addressing a press conference, he said a secretariat of Junagarh should be established in Islamabad to bring the princely state closer to Pakistan.
He said Nov 9 was observed as a black day as on this day in 1947 India occupied the territory of Junagarh. The occupation was against the international law and norms, he added.
Nawab Khanji said that a living nation should remember its history and act accordingly.
Junagarh, he said, had a territory of 4,000 square miles and a 100-mile coastline along the Arabian Sea with many ports. Among the 562 princely states in the Sub-continent, Junagarh was the sixth richest and a welfare state which provided free education to its citizens and took responsibility to provide healthcare facilities to all of them, he added.
He recalled that in October 1947, during his visit to Pakistan his grandfather Nawab Mahabat Khan signed an agreement of accession to Pakistan. During the visit, his grandfather held a meeting with Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and decided to accede the state to Pakistan. The treaty of accession was ratified by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan.
In the absence of his grandfather, India landed its troops and occupied the territory of Junagarh on November 9, 1947, he said.
The Nawab said that after the creation of India and Pakistan, the sovereign rulers of the states were given the right of choice to stay independent or accede to India or Pakistan.
He said that Pakistan took the case of occupation of Junagarh to the United Nations Security Council.
He vowed to continue struggle for the liberation of Junagarh.
“I will not rest and will not stay quiet till I have achieved my goal of the liberation of Junagarh,” he said.
The Nawab said that Junagarh was part of Pakistan and it would remain so.
He said that Hindu and Muslim communities in Junagarh still expressed their loyalties to the Nawab of Junagarh. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should know that Junagarh would be part of Pakistan, he said.
He said it was a dream of the Quaid-i-Azam and his grandfather that Junagarh should be part of Pakistan.
In reply to a question, he said 2.5 million people belonging to Junagarh lived in Pakistan.
He said his grandfather never claimed any property or benefits in Pakistan.
Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2020
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Nov 10, 2020 09:04am
Joke of the century
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Nov 10, 2020 09:19am
Waste of Time. Use the money and time for current Pakistan. Status quo of Junagarh and Kashmir is not going to change.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:19am
Futile efforts. Nawab of Junagadh should donate all his wealth and assets to the treasury of Pakistan to allivate the sufferings of Pakistani people
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Nov 10, 2020 09:25am
Who's this guy?
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Nov 10, 2020 09:29am
A secretariat of Junagadh in Islamabad is a good opportunity.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:30am
Ok
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Nov 10, 2020 09:34am
Where is Junagarh? No one in India knows about it
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Nov 10, 2020 09:37am
His grand father loved dogs more than his subjects. In the plebiscite more than 99% of his grandfather's subjects voted for merger with India.So this person is only propaganda .
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Nov 10, 2020 09:38am
He is correct.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:39am
Sure make the lives of 20 Crore Muslims in India more miserable. Pakistan may not get an inch of territory but as Shibli Faraz recently said in a seminar in Islamabad, India sure can create a huge refugee crisis for Pakistan. Learn from India's neighbors..Myanmar, China, Sri Lanka, China who resolved their Muslim issue without giving Muslims Pakistan or Junagarh.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:40am
Never heard about this gentleman !!
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Nov 10, 2020 09:41am
Just another dreamer wanting to get his face in the media. Dont they have better things to do?
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Nov 10, 2020 09:43am
Junagarh is an integral part of Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:46am
@John The Baptist, junagarh people r loyal to him he says.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:47am
"The Nawab said that after the creation of India and Pakistan, the sovereign rulers of the states were given the right of choice to stay independent or accede to India or Pakistan."
By that logic, Junagarh belongs to Pakistan and Kashmir belongs to India.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:48am
"He said that Pakistan took the case of occupation of Junagarh to the United Nations Security Council." Didn't know that. So what happened then?
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Nov 10, 2020 09:49am
What an innovative way to grab media limelight !!!
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Nov 10, 2020 09:50am
@John The Baptist, This guy is a heir of Junagarh State, living comfortably in Karachi Pak with many more family members, there are thousands of Junagarhians living in Pak, with full respect & integration.
And for your information there’s one more forgotten Manavadar State, also under occupation of India. Their case is identical, some heir from Manavadar State must meet PM Imran Khan, and forward similiar application.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:53am
Pakistanis should understand and study how india was divided in 1947. All british regions were divided based on religion thats how east n west pak were created. Pak was muslim nation but india was secular. Secular doesnt means hindu majority. It means secular. So india can still.have muslims majority regions of any princely states. Secularism.is not that india will have only hindu majority places only. Pakistan being islamic state cant have hindu majority areas as it wud be bad for the hindus.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:54am
State sponsored social diversion from severe economic challenges the country is facing.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:55am
Why not? It is part of the official map of Pakistan after all! High time PMIK raises it in the UN.
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Nov 10, 2020 09:58am
If that's true, why we keep bringing up only Kashmir and not junagarh?
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Nov 10, 2020 09:59am
And why indian government treats junagarh issue differently from Kashmir dispute? How many indian troops are currently stationed in junagarh?
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Nov 10, 2020 10:03am
@Zak, agreed
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Nov 10, 2020 10:05am
With 90% Hindu majority in Junagarh and at the centre of India, how will we get Junagarh? We should spend our energies on genuine Kashmir struggle and internal problems of food and hunger. This is a waste of time, nothing more. I can understand the nostalgia of Nawab e Junagarh and empathize with him but we have to live in reality.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:05am
Looks like guys don't have much work to do.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:07am
Inshallah we will take Junagarh from India. What he said is a fact,
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Nov 10, 2020 10:09am
Go for it.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:10am
Pakistan should listen to Nawab of Junagarh & recognise this nation & advise its allies also to accord recognition & also establish an embassy of this nation in Islamabad. Likewise Hyderabad also should be recognised as a sovereign nation & establish an embassy for it too.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:13am
IK is more worried to protect and survive with existing boundaries...
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Nov 10, 2020 10:29am
This generation has been kept ignorant of its history!
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Nov 10, 2020 10:31am
Why waste country's precious time, energy and money to promote a dead narrative when more solution for urgent problems of economy and food remain. Focus on what people need and not rhetorics.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:32am
What a joke
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Nov 10, 2020 10:32am
If instrument of accession for Kashmir is valid than so it is for Junagarh.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:35am
Keep on dreaming
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Nov 10, 2020 10:35am
That’s funny and shows their priorities towards their people, all comes second only those issues are top priority which help them to be in limelight irrespective of useful or not.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:44am
With the independence of India in 1947, the princely states were left by the British to decide whether to accede to one of the newly independent states of India or Pakistan or to remain outside them. The Constitutional Advisor to the Nawab, Nabi Baksh, indicated to Lord Mountbatten that he was recommending that Junagarh should join India. However, upon the advice of Dewan Bhutto, on 15 August 1947, the Nawab announced that Junagarh had acceded to Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:48am
Bangladesh was once called east Pakistan
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Nov 10, 2020 10:54am
Seems Nawab woke up from Deep slumber as like as Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 10:56am
time to revive this lost land which is occupied by Indian hindus
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Nov 10, 2020 10:59am
I am from junagadh &we are happy with India
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Nov 10, 2020 11:02am
90% India is constituted by oppression. Punjab (Khalistan), Hyderabad Daccan, Kerela, Jonagrah, Kashmir, UP etc. and the list goes on.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:04am
People of pakistan are with you. We love junagarh.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:05am
Its time Pakistan should stand for Junagarh like it stands for Kashmir. More funds should be made available for Pakistan army.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:12am
The Nawab is right. Junagargh and Manabao should be part of Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:13am
Junaghar occupation will end soon.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:14am
@Zak, 'Waste of Time. Use the money and time for current Pakistan. Status quo of Junagarh and Kashmir is not going to change.'
Don't be so, sure about Indian union. That's what they said about Soviet union, but not only did it change but it disappeared.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:15am
@John The Baptist, 'Who's this guy?'
Ruler of state you occupied.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:19am
Good, keep beating stick near the bush.. keep engaging public...
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Nov 10, 2020 11:27am
That accession was never approved by Britain and declared illegal as it has no border with Pakistan. King argument is that it can be accessed via sea. The case can be filed in ICJ. Also, it was left to India via Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto. Kashmir issue can be solved as per the Independence Act. If Pakistan wins Junagarh case legally then should exchange/extract the same amount of land from the Princely state of J&K. After removal of article 370, demanding plebiscite is not the right approach.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:35am
@Abdul Sattar, thanks for the latest information ,As an indian and as a person living in one of the state mentioned above this is new information to me ,thank you SAt -ar .As internationally known I have heard Balochs ,Sindh people ,and Pakistan occupies Kashmiri want freedom from Pakistan.Thank you
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Nov 10, 2020 11:41am
Junagarh is part of the pakistan map, then why worry?
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Nov 10, 2020 11:42am
@Abdul Sattar, If 90% of India is constituted by oppression, who is the oppressor? You basically named all of India's most influential states!
And do note, if you believe that India needs to vacate Junagarh, remember, the circumstances mirror Kashmir. Pakistan will have to leave Kashmir on the same principle.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:42am
Are we in 1947?
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Nov 10, 2020 11:46am
Apply the same concept to Kashmir ruler too. Self goal!
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Nov 10, 2020 11:47am
This is one aspect of the India, oppression and suppression all around, from Kashmir to Punjab, and the list goes on.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:47am
add junagarh in your map also
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Nov 10, 2020 11:53am
What he was doing for 70+ years? In deep slumber?
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Nov 10, 2020 12:02pm
Time to take this matter to the UN
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Nov 10, 2020 12:06pm
Navab has forgotten that 99% voted in favour of India in fort plebiscite.
Anyway, it's nothing but a publicity stunt.
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Nov 10, 2020 12:15pm
Completely agree...... Imran must take this on his agenda immediately..........
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Nov 10, 2020 12:19pm
Nawab Jahangir Khanji is right . PM Imran must understand that Pakistan has no claim whatsoever on Kashmir as the late Maharaja Hari Singh II acceded legally and formally to the Republic of India in 1947. On the other hand , late Nawab Mahabat Khanji of Junagarh (grandfather of the present Nawab) acceded to Pakistan and our legal claim is very much there.
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Nov 10, 2020 12:33pm
Keep up your good work!
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Nov 10, 2020 12:34pm
Do Pakistanis realize that Junagarh and Kashmir are exactly opposite cases. Pakistan has been saying all along that Kashmir accession to India is illegal as the maharaja signed it without the consent of the people. In Junagarh case the Nawab signed the accession with Pakistan whereas the people wanted to go to India as a plebiscite was done there and more than 90% people voted for India. Supporting Junagarh will weaken Kashmir case for Pakistan ...think about it..
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Nov 10, 2020 12:37pm
Keep raising more and more baseless issues to waste time, money and energy. Better focus on development, literacy, health care to uplift country.
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Nov 10, 2020 12:37pm
The irony of the century is that since gaining independence from Britain on August 15, 1947, India militarily attacked, shamelessly invaded, ruthlessly occupied, spinelessly held, gutlessly abused and hopelessly annexed Hyderabad Deccan, Junagarh, Manadhir, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Sikkim and Siachen Glacier and still calls itself a democracy. What else is called "Joke of the century?"
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Nov 10, 2020 12:55pm
Lovely strategy. The people are Junagarh are protesting day and night to merge with Pakistan and waiting with all eyes for Imran Khan.
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Nov 10, 2020 01:04pm
what now ? :)
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Nov 10, 2020 01:19pm
..why don't you concentrate on education, upliftment of poor and other current state of affairs including terrorism..always finding a way to incite public sentiments against India is not going to better Pakistan....please bridge the chasm between the two countries by not airing the things which are practically impossible. People are doing this just for the political gain...and further impairing the relations..please wake up..thanks
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Nov 10, 2020 01:33pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, If not careful it will Pakistan soon.
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Nov 10, 2020 02:02pm
What was he doing for the last 70 years?
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Nov 10, 2020 02:12pm
Pakistan does not want Junagarh but we must build a narrative to highlight and expose India’s double standard since it’s inception, how Nehru had different standards. Does India ever accept Pakistan existence? No.
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Nov 10, 2020 02:24pm
Please do as this man suggests otherwise..
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Nov 10, 2020 02:24pm
Wow !!! Where is Junagarh now.
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Nov 10, 2020 02:25pm
Nawah of junagarh?? Who ??
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Nov 10, 2020 02:48pm
Sketch has drawn
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Nov 10, 2020 02:48pm
both country have taken 562 princely states into their fold in similar fashion.. No point to cry for that now..
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Nov 10, 2020 02:48pm
If we were to listen to past rulers or their newer generations why don't we respect Maharaja Hari Singh's decision
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Nov 10, 2020 02:51pm
brilliant strategy...he must be inducted in the cabinet..
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Nov 10, 2020 02:55pm
@Kr, people understimate superpower pakistan!!
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Nov 10, 2020 03:04pm
@Yaseer, forget about love. When did you hear the word Junagarh?
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Nov 10, 2020 03:11pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, we do have free and fair elections unlike your country
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Nov 10, 2020 03:12pm
@Bambu, Please explain in which or on what grounds Pakistan is Super Power? Is Pakistan above western countries? Has Pakistan huge reserve?
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Nov 10, 2020 03:14pm
He forgot to mention Hyderabad..
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Nov 10, 2020 03:25pm
Pakistan needs to reassert its claim to the state of Junagarh and other Muslim majority states. The disintegration of India is a possibility and having an active claim to these territories will provide Pakistan the framework to unite these illegally occupied states with Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:26pm
Khanji should be given the new map of Pakistan where Junagarh is part of Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:29pm
New Pakistan map print order has gone out from FO.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:29pm
It's just on paper (map). Take it.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:30pm
PTI cabinet is full of magicians, they make common people forget their miseries by preforming party tricks.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:30pm
It's is part of Pakistan and illegally occupied by India, Pakistan should highlight the issue at every international forum
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Nov 10, 2020 03:53pm
Ummah is one
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Nov 10, 2020 03:54pm
There is no end to such controversies if everyone digs China has to vacate Tibet and Taiwan as it was occupied forcefully Pakistan has to restore independence to Balochistan there are peoples who do not accpet the ceding of Balochistan to Pakistan and so on.IF pakistan is going to raise such issues seriously, then one thing can be assured, that, pakistan will remain as an underdeveloped country as it wil spend another century thinking that it can merge junagarh with pakistan similar to kashmir.
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Nov 10, 2020 03:55pm
We need to find successors of Raja Dahir
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Nov 10, 2020 04:04pm
Waste of time
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Nov 10, 2020 04:33pm
I didn't even now that Junagarh existed but now that I know, it must be returned to Pakistan. Even Delhi and Bombay belong to Pakistan, given how they have been destroyed by India with extremely poor people dying on the roads and trash everywhere. On second thought, we do not want smelly Delhi and Bombay, we'll just take Junagarh.
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Nov 10, 2020 04:36pm
lets have a plebiscite there and see what the people want remember 16.46% of population are muslim rest non muslim
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Nov 10, 2020 04:53pm
“I will not rest and will not stay quiet till I have achieved my goal of the liberation of Junagarh,” he said.
Well said Nawab Sahib! Also people need to be educated about the history of Junagarh; how it was captured by Sardar Patel!
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Nov 10, 2020 04:54pm
@Qabootar, What about Pakistan?
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Nov 10, 2020 05:04pm
What are they Taking in Pakistan Nowadays,??
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Nov 10, 2020 05:13pm
@Ali, there is no such instrument of Junagarh
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Nov 10, 2020 05:23pm
@JB, the most famous persons from Junagadh are Salim Durrani and Parveen Babi.
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Nov 10, 2020 05:25pm
@rahul, It is in Gujarat, part of India.
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Nov 10, 2020 05:45pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, You
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Nov 10, 2020 05:53pm
@Vineeth, that's true. The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu acceded to India and the Nawab of Junagadh acceded to Pakistan.
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Nov 10, 2020 05:54pm
@AinOther, you are right
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Nov 10, 2020 07:00pm
Soon he will demand the return of Bangladesh too.
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Nov 10, 2020 07:21pm
@rahul, I am from Junagadh, do not say no one knows where Junagadh is, if you don't know that doesn't not mean no body knows.
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Nov 10, 2020 07:28pm
@Joseph Illinoisan, Famous pak cricketers Hanif Md, Mustak Md. Sadiq Md. are from Junagadh, Bilwal Bhutto 'S great grandfather Shahnawaz Bhutto also from Junagadh.
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Nov 10, 2020 07:49pm
@Ayesha Sadozai, So shall we exchange both the areas?
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Nov 10, 2020 08:36pm
@JOY, In Pakistan's map.
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Nov 10, 2020 11:10pm
@rahul, U r ignorant , see map of Gujrat
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Nov 11, 2020 12:13am
Keep trying!
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Nov 11, 2020 12:45am
Agreed with the Nawab Sahib.
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Nov 11, 2020 01:00am
Junagarh was handed over to India in the expectation that, the good gesture would be reciprocated in Kashmir, on the same principal.
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Nov 11, 2020 08:09am
@Abdul Sattar, you should enlighten the world on this matter.
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Nov 11, 2020 08:19am
@Ayesha Sadozai, would Pakistan be willing to implement the two accessions?
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Nov 11, 2020 08:39am
It is smaller than Aksai chin.
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Nov 11, 2020 10:00am
The Nawab said that after the creation of India and Pakistan, the sovereign rulers of the states were given the right of choice to stay independent or accede to India or Pakistan"
In that case what did Maharaja Hari Singh og Kashmir raisat did?
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Nov 11, 2020 10:59am
The Nawab should concentrate on improving the status of Mohajirs who still find themselves neither here nor there.
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Nov 11, 2020 10:59am
Pakistan should create separate secretariat and other offices in Pakistan and in UN also for Kashmir, Junagarh, Indian Hyderabad, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Maosit affected areas in India, opposition ruled states in India, and so on. Let us allocate good budget for these so that some good work can happen. Without budget it will be useless. Also, very important is to have one black day allocated in a year for every area as holiday for whole Pakistan.
Are karna hai to shaan she karo!
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Nov 11, 2020 11:44am
@Vineeth, So may be at least return Junagerdh to Pakistan?
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Nov 11, 2020 12:31pm
Some Historical Facts:
Pakistan Got Only 91 Votes !!!
A plebiscite was held on 20 February 1948, in which all but 91 out of 190,870 who voted
(from an electorate of 201,457) voted to join India,
i.e. 99.95% of the population voted to join India.
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Nov 11, 2020 12:32pm
A Lesson in Geography:
Junagadh Does Not Share Land Border with Pakistan.
Do Not Waste Time.
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Nov 11, 2020 01:54pm
Its a catch-22 situation for IK. if he goes by junagarh logic and supports then he will have to forgo J&K claim as the king their accessed to India. If he goes by J&K logic then Junagarh is part of India. anyways it does not matter as India doesn't give it a damn. IK should only bother about saving his PM ship by listening to army
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Nov 11, 2020 04:24pm
Pakistan could not keep Bengal, making Junagarh a part of Pakistan is not real.
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Nov 11, 2020 04:25pm
@Karachi_Buiscuitwala, Jinnah had once said he was ready to leave Kashmir but would not leave Junagadh.
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Nov 11, 2020 04:26pm
Pakistan has already included Junagurh in New Pakistan Map.
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Nov 11, 2020 04:29pm
@RKDubey, Oh so India was in a hurry on conduct plebiscite in Junagadh but no similar urgency in case of Kashmir. I wonder why!!
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Nov 11, 2020 05:10pm
On 7 November, Junagadh's court, facing collapse, invited the Government of India to take over the State's administration. The Dewan of Junagadh, Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, the father of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, decided to invite the Government of India to intervene.
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Nov 11, 2020 06:13pm
The self styled Nawab has nothing better to do.
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Nov 11, 2020 06:15pm
PMIK is “all talk and no action” So, talking about Junagarh may be a good job for him.
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Nov 11, 2020 06:22pm
This Nawab has poor knowledge of Junagarh’s history. The educational system and healthcare were non-existent at that time. Free education and healthcare? Who is he trying fool?
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Nov 11, 2020 07:45pm
@rahul, junagadh everyone knows but who is Nawab nobody knows.
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Nov 11, 2020 07:47pm
It is so easy , just put on map and be happy. Why so interest in Junagarh after so many years.
Is Pakistan learning from China to claim other countries land?
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Nov 11, 2020 08:11pm
Nice try. not going to happen
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Nov 11, 2020 09:34pm
@Mak, these things have symbolic value, everything does not have to conform to utilitarianism
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Nov 11, 2020 11:53pm
@Qabootar, if that is so , what is the problem ?
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