August 14, 1947, the largest migration in the history of the world

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00:00 Yes. What an amazing and noble speech.

00:04 -Let's talk about freedom. -Yes.

00:05 It's the spring of green, red and yellow.

00:07 But as I said, we have to re-live our history.

00:12 How is it possible?

00:14 -History is the biggest migration. -Definitely.

00:16 India and Pakistan were one country.

00:19 But in 1947, they became two countries.

00:22 The whole story and struggle behind it,

00:25 what wisdom and sacrifices were made,

00:28 it's important to remember it.

00:30 Definitely. If we don't remember it, how will we remember

00:33 the difficulties we faced?

00:35 Not everyone gets a free space.

00:37 -Do we have a report on this? -We have shown a report.

00:41 But we would like to talk about it in the studio.

00:43 We have with us, from Karachi University,

00:46 from the Department of History,

00:47 Assistant Professor, Dr. Muiz Khan.

00:50 We will ask him.

00:51 He has covered history very closely.

00:55 -He will tell us. Hello, Dr. Muiz. -Hello.

00:57 -Happy Independence Day. -You too.

01:00 It's been 75 years, but it's important to remind the younger generation

01:08 how Pakistan came into existence.

01:11 -And it wasn't easy. -Yes.

01:13 You are right.

01:16 Pakistan is a unique example of the world.

01:20 Because its existence and creation is very different.

01:25 Because this country wasn't like the European countries of the past.

01:30 Like France, where the French were in one area,

01:35 and then it became a country.

01:37 Like Germany, the Unification of 1871,

01:40 Italy, the Unification, and the Italian people.

01:43 This region was separated from the other regions

01:48 and got its freedom.

01:51 And the subcontinent, India, is a historical example.

01:56 When people became Muslims,

01:59 and they couldn't live their lives according to Islam,

02:03 they faced problems, political issues,

02:05 and then the movement of freedom started, and this country was created.

02:09 So, its creation is a unique example of the world.

02:13 And our founding fathers,

02:16 like Nikah-e-Azam, Ali Aqeel-e-Khan, Allama Iqbal,

02:20 and others,

02:22 who talked about the separation of nations,

02:25 and the two-nation theory.

02:28 So, this is a series of events,

02:31 where Muslim nationalism was first generated,

02:34 and then the political rights movement started.

02:39 And then we saw how Muslim political rights

02:44 started within India.

02:47 And when it was seen that within India,

02:50 we wouldn't be able to work with Congress or other political groups,

02:55 they said, "You have to get freedom."

02:57 It must have been very difficult,

02:58 because not only the British,

03:00 but also being separated from India.

03:03 Look, there were two aspects.

03:04 One was that the British left.

03:06 The British left because there was a movement in the world,

03:11 which you could call decolonization.

03:14 Colonization lasted for 400-500 years, and then decolonization.

03:17 In decolonization, the colonial powers were retreating.

03:23 Retreating because it was not manageable.

03:26 But the problem was that the Congress Party,

03:28 which was India's largest party,

03:30 had to be separated from the region.

03:35 Because even if the British agreed,

03:37 how could they separate them from Congress?

03:38 So, that movement,

03:41 the real sacrifices that our elders,

03:44 the Muslim elders of this region,

03:47 made in the name of their lives,

03:49 and especially in the case of migration,

03:52 that was the reason why they were separating.

03:54 Tell me one thing.

03:56 It is obvious that our journey

03:58 is less than that of other nations in the world.

04:01 Freedom is achieved with great difficulty.

04:04 Our journey, for example,

04:07 if you take the example of America or France,

04:09 the way they celebrate their freedom,

04:12 the way they celebrate their freedom,

04:14 or the places where they are in the journey of freedom,

04:17 how do you compare our journey to that?

04:20 Our journey has been very difficult.

04:24 The reason for that is that,

04:25 in the example of America, there is a very important point,

04:27 I want to tell you,

04:28 the public should know this from your point of view,

04:31 that when America was liberated,

04:33 they announced their freedom in 1776.

04:36 They were finally liberated in 1781 when the British left.

04:41 From that time till 1920,

04:46 that is, for about 150 years,

04:50 America adopted a policy,

04:54 which was later adopted,

04:56 but in the beginning, it was the doctrine of Monroe Doctrine,

05:00 in which they said that they would go on isolationism,

05:02 that they would not interfere in any world issue,

05:05 they would concentrate on their own development, stability, and economy,

05:10 and that they would not go anywhere.

05:14 After 150 years, after the First World War,

05:17 they came, but then they went back.

05:20 After that, from the time of the Second World War,

05:22 they have been on interventionism,

05:23 these are the theories.

05:25 The purpose of saying this is that they have been present in themselves.

05:27 With Pakistan, our ruler,

05:29 Azam Mahmood Ali Jinnah,

05:31 he said that we do not want to make friends or enemies,

05:36 we want to be neutral with everyone,

05:37 and we will be neutral,

05:39 so that we can also be ourselves.

05:42 With us, the policy is a different matter,

05:47 but the result was that we were immediately thrown into the international arena,

05:53 or we were pulled.

05:54 So, the grass got wet in the fight of those elephants.

05:58 Thank you so much for being with us.

06:01 Thank you so much.

06:02 The whole thing is that now the ruler is proving this right,

06:06 in the sense that the relations are not of friendship or enmity,

06:09 but of interests, and economic interests,

06:11 and mostly the world is driving on this.

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