![]() They collectively work on similar goals and very united esp on israel. Jewish comparison (which i used to all the time say this model we should follow) make me laugh now. ![]() Or would Sikhs have been better off as a large minority in a larger state? Would Sikhs have benefited from being the "king-makers" in all state elections (the way Hindus do in present-day Punjab) more than they benefit from being a divided majority in present-day Punjab? Would Sikhs have disproportionately benefited from being part of a larger state with more resources and more influence? Would Sikhs have gradually settled in larger numbers in what is now Haryana expanded the region where Sikhs have influence and power (similar to what happened with Sikh settlements in the "canal colonies" of West Punjab in the early 1900s)? Would it have been more difficult for the central government to isolate and "punish" Sikhs if they were part of a larger Hindu-majority state? Were Sikhs better off as a majority in a smaller state with Punjabi as the official language? It is worth considering whether the division of Punjab into present-day Punjab, Haryana and HP benefited or hurt Sikhs: Similarly, people from present-day Haryana benefited disproportionately from the division of Punjab. In other words, people from what is present-day Punjab benefited disproportionately from the existence of the enlarged Punjab. My father told me that the vast majority of government jobs in the enlarged Punjab (before it was divided into present-day Punjab, Haryana and HP) were held by people who were from what is present-day Punjab. Yeah most articles and videos seem to be praising him, but media opinion of a political figure normally is the complete opposite of what the Sikh opinion of the person is. However, with such cruel hakumat, he was severely reprimanded by not giving him the promotions. ![]() However, my relative ignored and he did as per rule and proud to do that. SADLY, They were told strictly not to follow this rule. For example If the person say, my mother tongue is Hindi but if he communicates in punjabi then the peson taking poll must write punjabi rather than Hindi as his language. They had this hidden official rule which allows them to list the language that the person will communicate with pollster. One of my distant relative was in charge of one district to take that survey of taking manual voting on the Language speaking (Punjabi suba) by going door to door. ![]() People have now started to speak of him as some kind of visionary who if he had got his way the Punjab would have been much larger, Yes it would have been much larger but it would have been a state where Punjabi would not have had much of a status and it would have been a part of the Hindi belt. After the Govt conceded Punjab Suba with some Punjabi speaking areas left out due to the biased 1961 census being used to determine Punjabi and Hindi speaking areas there has beena lot of revisionism about Kairon. Had there been no Kairon, Punjabi Suba would have been formed a decade earlier. He was able to convice Nehru that he could handle any agitation of the Akalis and this was enough for Nehru to ignore the Punjabi Suba demand. He was the first for many 'sikh' Chief ministers of Punjab who were prepared to oppress their own people in order to please their masters in Delhi. Kairon was a tool used by Nehru to deny Punjabi Suba. ![]()
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