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Dees et, i Me ware asked by the Govarnuent of Inte to nesonad ta fyderubad state on a goodetil mission : ‘She aetagetion constat tot bag tn extntt our Boport. see eh of Pe,Fundartet gery Cart ibaul chatter end Mate lena Sbdutle Sent axrixed in Fyterabed on the tH of Fovanber 962 and left for Tass on the th Be comber 1348.0uring i= pariod my toured tnrongh 9 out of the 18 diatelots of the state, visttine 7 Tstrict Nead-querters,21 tupartans tows and 22 Ln asdition we gat over $00 Amportant yitLer deopte from gaan 209 villages which ve hed not viele Porther,thirtyone public aectings and 27 prixate ethertngs tmereraserssety 2 aay SERRE oF Hindus Must tme, conf men, étteteLe,tsaters of ‘the Jantat-otamnenafot the Tttehae-ulsituscnioen, tie ctaffe wot stovente of many Blustionsl tnatttuetone ‘embers of the Srocreastve WsSters! lexoetetion end the Miniuctent eracher Pabhe eter rere ascrabeed oy the embers of the Weston. dmonget the tnportant nersonuges Wot and intor- ‘Yionod by us may Se outioned HER, the Rize, sM sma Pronos of Sorky,Evard, Tananahd ‘Tirthu, Senorel J.¥.Chavthart,tir,t.£,Bekinle the Ghier cits] Admini stator Dr.tlitkote Messrs, Asuchander Rao, Ramgohart .VE0YS,Yanlent Bao, fall there mostinge,gatnorings and snterviens fre sofa theme wae Ohe prmmattonrasrasenexbceereeny beteepertiesrenmaitionvand Diesmasxeanam Of cor tel relations betvets/inen:preals wore sede to tthe poopie to for¥et the past and to wos un Fah tt (not oousting Ntrofai-balae 1u6.tgeesabad site saturbel Ingty forthe eetubiisinent of pence and arse anongst theeen.the ats bd poltey of te Tian! Ton was alwe fly exlalned to then a wopee 18 at someon! that the obiective me to pron for | the gwope of Berube « ateular govetnent whlch a1 of theylPeepestive of rtiston,futth or ered TAAL enjgy equ freedom ang ctv rights aud wld have snfSGfortnttien for developnent at preerest, TH sus ode poco aleas shag auuieary atandgire urmaiy tion bad toon chart witb the diy of cut? fn oot Oat poltey tn acbal prctice, Me tersied tt perfectty an pointedly made 1 jist steoit7ours wae clentsuhenaser opportuntty present: gation oF Tnoutry into events preceding ar fotiontng the Police setion. A the sameyvhat we aux end what we were told whilst ot nas four wind o> Inportanoe of thetz om and we feel t “not be aging. ve woul beriamatagstal ita our duty werent to ‘tmertagx on our toure and tn Fyterabad sts See reee recstemmne: peas ethan tem ere fete ‘ten during the repriesle that followed the eotisy of that arganteation.in another 4 the troute hat been more serious but nothing tke the tereibie nevoe that ovantock the other 8. Oat of these,four had beon the worst sufforors,nanely Orsanabos;cubarga,Bider ‘punber of people Filies ia" Santor in"Whish theAaaasaioadie tering the tee Alsturbances during ant after the Police action was eh erininty nol/iese, sam Lf not wore, then 38,000.20, the other 4 Dhetetets of surangabad,Tix,Katgunds end Mendak sharwebar those ho Loet their Liver umber Dbetwoen $,500 t9 4,000.60 that out of the totar of 2% 20/00 ent edo 6 er conseratiy ey che ruste 12 4 cafe figure of killed in the whole state, these 8 Dhetstets ecoasnt for not Lee than 90 per canton areivel tn fydersbad we were told ty the autho Pitter that these wore the worst aftected dtetstcte & needed most the good offiear of our deleration.xe there ‘and susesesedy consontrated on these,REHhgI? we EIGHT SEY 50,t0 & not inconetanrable extent tn atepetling the etmosphere of otual hostility and atstruce. Ye Aafrery stgatttoant fact thet out of these 8, the 4 worst aefected @ Districts (Osmarebad,Culbarga, rest strongholds of the ‘de wegse hand the people. Rerskars sndvahe/seayherakerekm Ainiurrtiess ned utter to the greatest ertent in the whole stete-IXIS Thx Tn the tom of Later - the hove of Kaci Rizvi ~ which bhed been = big business ceatre with rich Kutshht Muslin serohante the Kilisnge continved for 90 aaye.0ut of « povuletion of shout 10 thousand wuelins,bamaxy we found berely € still thene.tHe to three thousand had boon etled and the rest ned run evay ax escaping with i128 Decides their Livws gnd ruined finsnolelly Sevahens In those Dinertote ap ovoryehere else tn che ‘sefeated reas of the state,communal frensy aid not ax out Ateol? in murder slone--nurder witch smu does ot sonear to have spared women oF chtldren.e Loot, aro Gocecretion of Mosques, ForetbletConversions' Rape, Abdue~ ton of momen (somstines out of the state) seizure of houses and Lange foltoven or accompanied the KiTLingd.Me ene of otorer north of property har been looted, aestroy syrhere were the Huetine ~ ta/hopelnes sinortty of nearly 2 to ed oF seized fron their omare.tne eufterers En so.the perpetrators of there atnacities ware unfortunate sy not skied to tse who bed suffered ofthe Mande 1 Ranorersy0or/to she ssxsysHinfapabatian/ac fydenebed . TeATSIGIate e tonts oe pent statesthese Latter nere atced eid abetved fy umbarviéh ough and without arms,nmm who ha dnetitrated saaasaseomeEe tas Pray fine she Todten territory setose the Donder.¥e found definite indiestions thet Sn the wake of the 8 number of armed and trained men Belonging to « well-knom (2 notorious) comtinal (Htnta) organisa ‘tion £00 Sholapur and other towne ox the Tadlen Ge of the tonder,ae Liss/18ce! ah outetde Comm lets amhurhay partictpeted end in some cases tax vex mutsaniyveneauverniviy actually lod the riot oreykillers and abévevers,Duty compels ue to add ‘that we were {nforaes ty watapeachsble end tndepen= Gent narstesyof instances ~ hepptly {solated ones ~ 4h ten shmen belonging to the Indian Ay and the’ Local Police were ston taktie vert end ehering the foors ve might by our Last statement smern inot sueriasiizantasens bo ondenstons/eo tuply & slut on the Indian srmy we hasten to record hners and now out considered opinion of the Tnsten ” jeay fin yderebech avaxmhate end of 1ts officers Dheaded ty thet capable Chtefytisgor General Chania, Taiged in the Latter we foind © sen without the slightest tinge of cosmunel prefudiee. te found tia genuinely anvines and going ail out to eerry out ue sottlod and declared, policy of Ate Government for the, stablishnent of peace snd heraonj betroen ‘the conmnities and for the suppre: fon of all Lew closeness with 4 f10m hind and ae sutekly ee humen= ty apeetbteste end ofticers end the Indian sexy fon the wiole are'unreaitting in thelr efforts to ‘teat ond.tnder nis able direction and the co-oper! thon of hts officers ty far the largest portion of ‘the Lonoveable property of which the sustine were Gentived and a vast aefority of abeucted women have elready boon recovered and seetored to the rightful omore and guerdtans.the work {2 still go- ng on space.The Uslitary Governor & the Chist at officers end svbontinstes are deine their Level best to Hold the eles oven between the commun tier.co ter sefay with then they have succeeded ut ne neve ng doubt {peve done splendtety eremnanaiabans aaa & tection in the Army itzert aot yore there ecuslty/from cosstne? hostility - partiouierly here {t was bore of aitex eurferings & caleni~ thes atnantiayiatNietmd {nf listed atrectiy or @ sntrectiy on neat and dese ones in Paiktaten. that ste hostinsty aid f4nd vent in ortminsl gets cexwchonscevanstaw, cond hardly be questioned = fae Little perhaps se the Anetdente could be mts ee Anconsery Fran this sonra depressing ofeture we torn to tnetdents,not many unfortunately, taat 60 | stand for the ef1ver Lining to the very asic clowte.te mene given instances by Muslins where ‘Hindus ha defended and given protection to Yus~ ie sen one woken at gaevasrzintysasihumenives the gost of their om an Liver The Hinde weavers Xx Xoaake fovariebly Sefeodad Yuslim vesvers areinet Findus and orotected enem nften at/tery heavy 20st (ineluding the Lost of J4f0) to thomselver.ttany Findus netped and soe operated An the recovery of sbductad Melt 0 Before concluding any sake tho ehwam suanary of te story of the stesetties comaittad on the Muphine,we wost affine that wo ye got made say of the above etatononts Lightly oF without reals tng mux to ths ful, our own responsttity fm sie Ang then.that we have een with our om ays and what we were told by aot only by the sufferers sed thetr frlende but by reliable partion both Hindus & Moeline,ty the/iltadu cupporvers of the poate sores ap gals Senet ot tn tage g i sian Sonate a ax tabyaasers Borsanes gues wan fo GBzene,rezuegsend Le they | eoommtneeencoremania' rien hunbet creat dasmxssitotrary ‘These hapnentnge followed etose upon the he Of the Police ction pntietsaematamy and the consequent collapse of the Ragakter orgent sation im mind samfigg stood se en effective barnier against the ectibuishaent of Sefag" aa synonyaoue “ cues 24 tanta thay chop enna ate ce eect eevee SEE Ee gor ener aia sseciy ttn hte terriog-gaiatemte eters Feslfse that their sufferings ware tho Inevi- ofen hadyan the Mi tble rasPienle of the Bindu nase to the atrogttise conmttted on the latter only «fom (gs°they. thenselves declared woo D Geantoweny by the fasckare oho Had7the active eymosthy ot practically every dma Nusulsan in fyderabed Teas oF ooprse HuUanraaene such of hem se ares to app nublicly oppose saaeenensttotes the Ressharg activities goutxieemmesteentyen ‘neawily ae outi/tor thete tener! ty eFectmmmeat thats nborremfeatteny te cuScdneeeme Wi th fe) ven thore VueLine who smgataaxthers traced these happenings to their orkginel am cuse ~ the Sasakars ~ renanind considered the poltee setion as thelr danediate eause for ‘ih, beenetetet contacto they held the Tasian Government respeneible,cike the ageinst che wustine actively exaxtadzaag on- courssed aidaumzmmed the clio that they had ‘the backing of the idsialstration of the day. tie fortunately colour was lent to this belief, ae ontioned before ty “Ge"actions and omiastona, 4 BP aici SEALS peonie SMASRSRAT . enear ese penuenysee mortaso4 sue past wun TS gm) Wolpert" ana boon table eo “y het winte of the communal hostility.The deubeeens sus- oesetteS plotons as regerds the good fetth set sete partiality mmmeiinites of tho srentmant In- dan Governsent a2 betroen the Hindus & the ed ustiae, howsoever se rarefcot/itenatin relay outoone of thesx/eufferiace of hundreds of thovsende of tuslins daxatxiay in vntch tens of thovsands lost their lives and the others practioelly atl that sakes Lite worth along xeaurem ri Living, and tn whish/ene amereaeagiy Ot Deptt one gultty dnatvideal « hand!sljSppe to have pats the penalty.Thone deubheand su5- pictons gene eevtimrmin ware whi further oermobee ues Rowton asecavatd Sy yet soothes TOE canely the pivoneospanepetane i Tr compte neater? ‘panera xgpeersamncerraaicENENe of 356 ‘ho ere.in State servisb before the Police setign.te are sppmning «List (pendix ) ot, Show of-tne tage cuban which vote nei? ttonot to vasa teoteaeag olan mave7sone/ ss tance but these MOverhaan nagottSed and used ees nfm pres poses fim ean ships LofLioted upon the tuslin tate eaptoy- cee/siaply beanuse they "ere Mustine, eth 5 tntgl lbiwet BS a Ratey bn neo tineg ty oor cere ae Smal mental badecce a t bret ‘vnsake to tha fopens and effective measures prams ‘taken bythe present ednintstestion OMI Al acoinet/ftbe tom euentatons g¢ regarde the ultinate intentions of the Government of Tate Bummniteranesian hose henge thes future L1ee.0n the other hand bitter ervertence has tnurty2haao thon, Seemedaaanensct Drought home to then the dire consequences of ‘coaruielien.titurally they now went to Live 4m end let Levasthey would be haney indaed to saueamtate ntfs ther pends Sutsiocadctnersbolatersaner Ei | syrommnetenmetiondintes of their atetrast in| the present regime end to have faith to £te de clared ruture policy Thet falth nad tee birth in ‘che weateatixerantie seotection they/recstved from the aantatstretion of Wijor Gaperei Chaudhri SRST Resosine sommes © OEE | reaetine sore fe sorigsany tattowten th cameras cotutiey apsestes hd fare therefore taking the Liberty of wugenttnse tubnttting 6 few suggestions = Zor vhutere they ter vor cath tpg te wut pate | lee_eertonmtepomebee tatieiee toma | t peace snd harmony Sn Bydersbsd, pours seth FPLboFR 40 oye manag sey exKeseTAS Sine estublt inert wean of fiandiersfte and) She-provision of owe, cupitels Cottage ineusteise ‘ tha firetnow odes weeot 8 do not sesn to tmoly thet Mime the measures -. Foe ene cs Andioated sn GU foltoving suegestions st ted the attention of the precent adutntzeretion. sr srw stent area te mn weet view, they ceserr 4. The forenost ant imostiate neat ie thst those, tho have auftarea ehouls seveive ail reavonasie Potiery eva. (a) Souees and Lends fron. rhich tuertne Have boon aiscaceosengaangat be o, Speed to oy th Gdsganrensionys cfoctnont 1 neceosary Sf tnore in peesene peeupation (©) Hooses saschameesereopey. ec have Seen densgea shoul be Pepaire: ‘Sho made habitable snd ohare, (o) aeguoted woutn anal ris ese". ‘Geaweisnonie ber ressvered Sei restored to their Lantif sonravane id fn care she Letter. cannot ve found provietgn should be sade: for thet? meiceeatbasas E oF eorolee thelr Whi - Vinge one me eee ay 4a) Wotleyshoute be Sama for moze) devotee sneie Teven tha aoe Seqelrar Grade ety. sien, ty pro Lse'ensee Tit, they gre able corse OU SE" aheabnehe Wadeneter sf uoager. (©) tescy agrieueurtate shouts be gubst- Seo) nd Sukedsioomemye gives all pecceeary help for the Fevumpticn of after repairs wherevar necesks £. Mosques shoul be'restorea/to, those ont tied to Yor sresg’ them sad suerever tJ0is bave been =n, Eelled tnfuosaues thoy should be Penoved 3. :11 faranndtoonversions to aygihet TASER augers —— For the tmplenentation of the above we would respecty” eat tne mnctstle Yo Hoe Ling gmt tes Caatnigpecconmat-eonatsy ancl NOL ath so ee taste tae mt ‘atloquctersatet any nets anltonarege- See at "Eloned and siltog ways ont gatters, ‘ur second suggestion in this bonalf t= st HR foe Me Hzun eouLd be ask and pres cet Riis erm Ht priate ry sete mies wi Tate futrored 20 nour, seignter C/T eaunetapineleen-oomaianaence fat sianate 5 ddminbatzation Sn the Rasehtn-emiag,?¢, cnet Ue whe eae Snvtny Wy ton fon ter view miauedxthincnapextiaaxappexiedxis/iads the suggention to I, personally and the Latter aia not resect it out of hand, It sofas to ve only fat» that) the Hizen pereonatty fd not the texcfets of fadersbad shouta pay the eu ame prides erect 0% teen ol Hon SRT eee ete er eer rl ane cee | rexttting attention of the wtshn WLLitery Gover nor ably esconted by Qheftiil Séainistraten)ant rsa anion oe eh oy ae SLL re BREE, oe eunnes ee wit dares to be cverstepping our legttinste peovinee. But the Set that we have deciced to take thet risk te ‘the seasure of the Luportance which we attach to the folloning surmenstans further meggesheens eeggosttonss , : fe nave atrendy rum attention to the vary Teak font 49 ay Heslin wind Coat a rerponeubte Government Iy- bs Sera bein ened state case grernt gee oA of ts Baa Katty ee ag Bee cate lontey & raed wmgheeat “henee reconend thst sil thee who publicly te the ttae therefore for any Padtoel sangef tn the form of govesnaent oF tn the aimintath ton does not appear to be pnopttious.te wide remestfuly surgest thet® poctoonanent for st least three yeh For sso seseest the Snclusion of 5 suranretturttxerepsting. enjoying tho conti- tence of tate cotellentetin the Jdstse trative set-up of Undestbed State at the high= fst Lew and in an effective capctty|ntist we tense th oocensity of retaining ai eap- Loring in the eorvioes only depentable per soon we would S44, Sree the advisability of | coution fo making/shenger ex slght Sama Lend colour to the xk allegsd existence of tin tustin oF entt-yderebath bles tn the ainds of the suthontties.tastly we would suggest that snerey xkaw@t Be slloved & temper jetioe t2 ‘ue furlest extent in the pon of meses ater roe ons bo ea ‘mye Mia tery Governor te sake Setting” suepoctod ‘rrae and te favouebly te release of at but hore Hones Sse Pecant-snd repent, hould be pardoned sni/in aa Smoosteton of the oases share the/exsrens penalty of Lev te aimee way, fuctitted tt wey awk be mxaziad replaced by 4 Peprteve.there bunene gate of forbearance Sade for all voild rebnve/stl tuspicions of vindictiveness ‘s8d undue preesure on of antiateslio Blas/on the pere of the Tadlan covernmentyauarsee and so complete the good ‘work - so welt begun - of estebitening perma ently peace and naraony betmsen communities witon wore tm the arevious résime Litereliy # Flying st the threats of each other. \ok uM a “ 2 pumin Brat Kavalt Renjhole daneorabad Bonnabad Rajasoure oonsman pre. Kalyent sa Natguruge " anepore Osnanabad (proper ) Dros reir tar ban br Ceakare beets Davent aD DIR Kunde teks Wanted ( Proper) Detglure suas oir, ‘gages Raxtany ees * op, yiutaces yisir. wsmax DUE, 2, Uriadreg 24, Ghtziere 25, Uatole Jogipett 26, Gangarotdy GOVERMENT OF THE CENTRAL, PAQY TICES! VEaiSLsrivVe Assen DUPACMEs Fe Poe Sort 5. a. Kharabe, ‘Supertitenaecty Esiiciecive hesent beperteaut a tara ag, ~ an Det momar tid somal moon, vest at, Yo targtad by 20 taeaees het fg potere with apace copy> bly ateaee aeage secedpt, youre fosmneuity, Rik athe — Sank Lagteistdve ascoatly Depot at bua ouPEDSNEZAL, ‘ter 1) the Tonguratae the Fete Wiakatery, (1) the Tongareemment of inate, ew Bethy 2) Me Yongursbie he shaban int : (2) Moe Hongereraent of indlay How Salbte airy ste vere sshod Yy Us Governaunt of Tait to prosted to triorabed tate dn's gait mtantons After soepiotiig ur task there vo nor bog 89 sutatt our reports (1) tin detogatton consisting of Panatt oudartely Yat AbduL Ghetfer en Moslana Abdutia Mant arrived at Spdarabed on tho 29th of Yovosber end returned to Delt on the Stat of Decenber 1040, During thts period we tated throughs © out of the 46 ctatriote of the atebey vintting 7 Ataertot headquarters 22 toms ent 29 important rin gous 1h ad Hoa we Anterviswed oer 800 people from 109 eich ‘vintages an vo ald not viatte Further SL publie aetings at various places eid 2 etvete gatherings of Hindus, taltmn, Congress sony Offtatels rater of JentatfVLiae and of tho Twtabudsd tasLtamany the atte end shudente of sone BOsoattonsl Institutions, raobere of the Progressive titers Aawnoiation and of the ‘ndustent Parcher San, otony were addressed by moabere of the etegations dmongat tiportant men and offietala tnterviowed by wo may be montoned Hetil, tho Mina, Hil the Pines of eras aor Generel Ghoudirt Wy Date, the Ontat divi aénintstrator, Seam Fansihd Theta, Dre Maliotey Meads anchender Faioy Ramachart, EeVudyay Venta Reo end Aid Taser, Sayed ALL, Nowa ALL Yowur Dungy Were Zain Yar Janay Nad Doone Rady Moudenn Ab Younity Mele AAD Rakyat out Messod wan casa Parco NS ‘5 021 tinge meotings and taterylowen she mtn probe Atzoussed wag thet of the erection and miintonmen of gerated, elatiage tebeecn the gommnttlony Appeals wae dette povols to finget the past and townie cqeattinaes ot een eben eta ee sn sod polley of the flan thon waa alae enlatand end spootel onpnais vas até on the objective whioh was the Aliment of & seeslar govermimt tor the people of ‘yderabad, tn vloh ald of them tsroepeotive of religtony caste or oroed wll enfoy ois freedan and oth rights and 111 have equal opporhuntties for davelomamt eat yrogroas, Tt wat made porteotiy olecr tet the mi.tsery sdntntatration ied boat changed wish the duty of Siplementing ‘tant PbRteys Ne elariftod of poaktion, whaneyer oprortunlty prewnted (esLe aaytng Wy mura wes nat & Gosmbanton of nvostigation or Inquiry Ante eventa pressoding oF fellorine ‘police sation end WAR mre wap muneSy 8 gett aatan charged with the task of restoring better eowmunal relations 431 the aasoy we P00 48 our Aaty 60 brine to your notice wnt wo on and gathervd Sn our tovringny a0 49 tay 12 our optnton, an taportanae alt 166 ova (2) Rydaraed state hee 10 dtatriote, comprising nosey 205000 vitlageas Out of thes eal three igtriata rrenained prastineliy, though mot wholly, free of commons rouble whieh attested the alate Firat during the aotivitien of tm Mannieas sat Sam Saring Me Tepes that fellowes tue gotlapge of stat ovpantantion, In another four atatricte ‘ie srouile Mad Yoon nore serious Wk nothing Ike tae Baws that overtook the reaaining otghty Out of theee again the ‘oret surrarers ave Deon the dlatotote of Omunabady Ouiburea, Sider end Tanlor, 18 vhtoh four the masher of paople lied diving an€ arter the poltoe setion was abt eae, 4 not wore than 18,0004 “In the otter four dtatreta ‘ie, formgsbad, Biry Helgunas and Haak thoge wo Tost ‘hoy Lives mnbered of Least § taste, %e oon any at a very conservative oghinate thed Sn ‘tao woke atate ab ash 27 eaounmnd Yo 40 thousand peorle ost tte Hives darting and after ue yelsoe sotions —\’ Ne wore incormad Dy the axthorttien that. vines elaht wes thn most effected Atstricta and nepdod most the soot ottoen ct'ous datagation, Moy tepeforoy conawntnated ox $e ond 28s snd wicoeeded, we night aay, to somo oxtent at Joasty tn Atapedling the atnossbere of mutual hostility and distrusty Te te a elgnitioant fact thet out of those otght ‘the four worst effected atatricts (Omanabedy Gulbirg ‘utaer and Mander) nad Deon the mwin stronghokte of Ranier and the people of these four dtatrists hed been the worst mvtforers at te hands of the Masaiaras In the tom of atur @ the home of Tastm Seri + whieh iad boon » big ‘wusiongs pentrey vith righ Maehiot tusltat merchantiy the witing eamtimed for awe temnty dayte Out of « payulation of about ton tousend busLing there we found bereky noe toousend wtf tn the tome Over a Wousend had bean WA1L6 and the rost hed mum away wlth Little else Pestdes thet Lives and completely ruined Pineneteltye (8) Aumet overyehore tn the effected areas communal fromay ald not oxtauat LtgeLt ta moder, atone to, whiteh ab som planes wven soomn and G.Adren were not epuredy RaDey abtuotion of women (sonstines out of the abate to Indian toma quoh ae Sholeyur anf Nagpur) 200%, arson, doseeretion of mosques, fureihte convirstonsy asimure of houses and ‘ands, followed oF anconpunted the WILLings Tene of crore worth of property wan laoted av degtroyed, The aafterera vere Mislina who formed « hopetedu minority in rural sreesy ‘oe porpstentore of thoas atrosition mare not 2imttea to tose who had surtoved ay the bands of Rasskars, not to the onattantine of Hyderabad states ‘These Latter wore aided and avotted by indtviaiels aad bands of peopley with and without soma, from aarosa the bordar, sho had infiltrated through a thn nl of fe Tatan drupe We found desintte Saltestions wnat @ miumber of armed und trained won belonging to « well ‘oom Hintu dome ongunization fen. Shvlapur and other indton toms 88 also sou? Ioeal and cutetée comumtats <> pertiotpated tn these rtote ao Sn dome oases actually ed ho rtotaray er ate (4) Davy else compels us to add that wo had eovolutety untepotshabie evidanse to the effect thet there: ‘wore inatences tn which nea Delonetng to the Biden say and lye to the Yoast polioe took pt ta looting and even other forte, During our tour we gathered, at not & fow places, het woldlers enosuragedy persuaded and in a few eazen oven, complied the ota woh to Loot Misi shape end Rousegy AE one atstriet tom the present Hindu iad of the Séaintatretia toi us thet there was © gonarah Loot of isl shops ty the wiittery, In mother distrtet a limite hovse, ammng others vas looted by so¥itore and a Taheteldera wite mlonted, Couplatnts of molestation and abduction of girls) aguinat atid soldiers pestioutertyy ware bY no nema rare, th were ceperaily told tant at may plasee out af the Looted property cash, gold wx attvor was taken aay by the atlttary wotle otuer articles fell to the duane of tbe mobs thfortunately there wea « certain clement tn the amy vnteh wis sot free ‘ros communal feetings probably Deomuse some of then could not forget the abrosttten aouatvteed elaewhere on thet om ‘etth nd ite Yast wo might be undersbved to tapiy «ster on the Sndten ary we hasten to reoord our eanstdered opinion that oe Mndian Army aad tte offtaore dn Hyderabad geserelly satntained a high siandmrd of dtsotpline and sense of duty, 4m General Ghoudhrt wo fond a van without any tinge of comninal prejudies & fim dleotplinertan and thorough conten, . Before omluding thie aumery of atroattton comnttt od v0 would Atke to acti that we have not made my of the sbove statemmnts Lightly or without realising to thy $11 ‘our responsibility fn making ‘hom. that ve hase sven with ur om oye and shat wo were told not ony by the eutferers snd their Sionde Yat bf relate partion both oy ‘indus and musLingy by thi Yaown Hinds dagportere of Ve Congress and ieLin opponents of the Rsekaray by datasets got 8 Reto promt adatntetrattons and by nagapirtote Seen ose Andiyiduate has boon carefully sifted and Atacounted by ws vefore arriving at our conslustons, We have refrained from ontoping into datells of ts evidence on which our constustons evo based Wut SF s0 desired we are prepared to place Dafors ‘you a3 the Televomt materiel soLlseted by use Prom the dapressing piotire presented tn the fore, solng pages v0 tum to fnetdenta that may be taka da 1 eile ining to the desk elouds of comamal stripes Wo werd! ‘siven by fisiina futances tn vhioh indus Iné atended and ive protection to thetr Muslin neighbours, non ahd woman, oven cy the cost of thetr om Lives, Ta qom prufesatons the fettow feeling wae partioularty marked, Yor Instance ‘at plases Minds weavers defended Maslin weavers against Hindu and protected than often at a very heavy cost (tnetiding’ oss of 21fe) to themservos, Many Hiatus helped th the esovery of abducted Maslin woseite “ (5) Tate commune trouble foTLowed close upon the eels of the paleo Aetion and the consequent collapas of the Rasadar organization, witdh iad stood An the Must msds fn an effective barrier agatast the estahiistaent of rem ponaible govermunb which ma synonymous, to tbe average Mydoreimd? Melt, with Hindu Raf, becmige tt would be ‘based on the will of the Minty majority, tuslim messes were genorelly lov to realisn that thet’ mgrorings were tho Anovitable ropureusstons of the atroottton comitted oh the indus omy, o fom days Defore, by the Resalaray he Basalars movenont Ind the sympathy of « good mimber of tslinans tn ydorabed. uch of thom ag dared publicly to oppose tibet madiness pela heavily for thetr tenerityy wo mich so thas one then £011 before tw bullet of an assassin, Like the Resakors the perpetrators of orimas againas the Misting encouraged the belief that they ied the bacldng of the euthorittons Colour was lant to thle belief by acme notions ani outestons of meh people in authority as nad ‘boon unehie to purge their minds of the © mainal vimise tons Ute created a regards tho good faith of the ane Sndlan govermont wore not the winktural gutoawe of the ‘moftertace of tumrods of Thousands of yeepie $m whsth, tone of thousmnds Lost thetr Lives and others ymactionliy ut that mine 14F0 forth Divings TA this campaign of ‘retsLintion ab aust « imnared yore sae to sulfur for Yan tne of ouch guttty tndtvidaad, ( (2) torminately airing the apa of the trouble the ogetuad of sone of congronmen alted to the ekatiuat OF tr muslin postions We montion & fow tnatancen of what 0 heard sbout the gondust of some persona posing as oongrentad 1 us reported fo us during oat tour tat ab some places potrone Slasiting to be consresenmn tool the aw sn thely om hands and adopted vartous doviebs of extresting mavey fro pentoky Bimitnants At soveral place we bard the comptatnt ‘tit nish persons were going about ermrosshing Moehtna wy ad not ort tate home oP that to has metstmed cstracbing soney from thers againat prowlseg of 10 called vrotection, At ane place tha Duis of Bettae eomplstned to ar tose Congress people ware making. sémtntstention aisti® cult by mush contuet, Ab coe Sayootant fom. # Pt kashint erehant howe shop had bean Lgated end yertly leat csiplatned to ue that ho oould got bac possession of hin ‘wlLctngs omty after pesutne « shogie of 5,000 at prying 10,000 $5 cesty ta cote Ceseresmaiate we Yury Wold tanh congress mn had muasionad outetvatesble end 2a balind by Muslin on condition that baat the orops ware to ba handed comer ta ne comarent i lithe atrason of tie Bate cangrons re under sonatcerstion of the aqgioss teh Comaand we hope that for she sake of the geod mass of ‘te Tatton deugrea ‘the Wydevabad Stabs. Sonsreen willbe, sirend of these detest ant recumqrae of sash sondage 122 te made Anyoeatble, ng (7) South amd musptotons An the minds of the 2tbesaye MaLow wore saint agrevsted by vob mother Fenty mai Mie complaints of sone of thest sho had tean:tn stiite siviee: \veture the Pottee action dt who hid lost thet lng we owe Hea tind aac ist of made of pereoae ete dograted, suspended oF othervtee panelized fn various Gepartuonte, mo are quite prayered to believe that ome fof thmae wore men who ould not be allowed to dentine tn hae beat interests of adninintretion, But we have reasons, to deliove that a lange muber have suffered and are mttoring for no fault of thatrss There may be cases of vere wewpieion of Tela apguaation, fart we bevy, ‘consontrovertable evidense of the innocence of some of ese tng Mo ere eure these mon can be depended upon for thet loyatty ta the mew regian, The fact alan remaind hat these rend fustannts have Landed & vory Lange muxber of Muslin faxtites tn constdevable oocnenls attrioulttess. ‘Ye fool thot 211 such state servanta, unless they are dortnttely proved guilty, should be retnateted as candy ‘pooibies She fet 4a that Viteer wxpertumms tng teow ‘nome $2 the Hyderabeds tasttns the tvcoonseqenses of comaunsltants Hattraliyy thereferey they now wank to Live end Yet Live, my believe tht ay would be peeteatly hecpy and onbonted 1f they can be tayen out of the present atwomphere of distrust «nd frustrations (7) % view of the foregoing observations wo take the sterty of miking the following suszestions whet, tn ou opinion wold Satya che ostabiisiment of commune peace and iermony tn Tyderahads We donot moan to tap at seamron menested have not yet engaged the attention of the progmnt adminigination, But wa are yreangting # ist of problom whisk wo are souvineed dexsrve considerations fe wonton ti $n the erday of yetarity widohy $2 our iow, tiey deserves (4) she covenant and mastate need $a that tise ‘tho ‘mye mastered should reowtve 222 meowaeeny pelder ove wv (0) Sa a eared a oath aot gee een Areas B Bespin tcvotey, (>) Rasen sik id bey 1) Dopined and Oats Anszegtiae™ eg oeeeEate Tonite ge outeide tee etat® PASSS" astra and lingror) and restored Saat a iorceee Bea iatter semet ty, Foand ail te onde for tet nheons mesh of & ese sh ve fe, wave wo (2) Fowe fost their moans of ivalinogd oF BS OiSab einane or oe Anevalied they shold be renovedy (112) 122 conversion to exother fasth brought spout during thts period, gould be delowred sik and (Ay) Yor the teptenentatten of the abdvé we would: respeot fully magjoat that w mixed comeitto of offietale ond non offioteis both Hints and MasLtias should to Simmlaveny appointed < (wr) our second sussontion in thts deheit 48 that 1a) BAS the Mean should be preaged to contribute fiom his private purse toveds the poliof end rebebiittetion of this mufferings ubjeote, Pendle Sundarlal who was invited by the Nitzan for on interview made the magostion eo Tnals personaly (vt) We are detinttoty tnfomied thet « Large muher of persons vo took part fa these atrocities and oven od the mob are abil at Lange tn various Atetristee We laioe that the rounding wp of gy accounts sid tho misting of 11 sitemeptive stesmnta ta elfpady engaging the abbention of the MELLbap Governor, thevefare 96 tage ony: expuisize te anooestty of soeuleabing Hi ial wae supriiting than manos sterner seeseerys (visto wnt som batttion we are porns oereterring om Lghiante province ty traning on the mibjnt of Aitare atnanretne Simmgeas The feet that we ee. ated to aka nla ta tu mane of te ipartane wen > sttash tothe uhjots mw he anenay ances tention to he ory eed far te tan int tat rormatie Soversanh dn ona teptyingy as 18 tone, « goverment sed on on ‘12 ot te mints mjortiny te Lusty w be tte mart oe ciuatr condoring tn presnt strained rolations of the two comuntttes) besides * sleet tn he SonervceFoay ae ne sonratnd te renart tt tn tate coro M+ feted to give and abenatoy storey soins of stat daring tin piog ot mooma ‘Terefore the time for any wadtea! change in the” form ofthe goverment does toh spnns ts bo Drovtouts mul repectiy mawan ctr Devtooment for 48 lnat some gare no ens Yer alte runs we wala ds meget an torsion fo the preset of trap ee ey wr mins sefring th entanes at tls erect, tn the eiatatrtive a w ofthe pete cen Mageeb eve and tn netted seers (tt) its we ty rin tn aeenty of rg ‘04 emtaying tn hn erase aly empenanen \ Persona, wo woud aif urge the: advtasbéltiy of enutton tn mating mich shangse an night dead corosr te Go existance of amtBultn op antth Solorabadt Dias tx the mints of the mitherities, | (42) Yaattyy v0 would suggeat that mivey be aQlowe >) S Semper fustive to the fullest extent in the 4 Pomlshoens a who doers We low tied tha MULSErY Gowoiiion ts aetting sumpeeted naxatiir TTI - o> ‘ree and te fayourehly considering the release of ah tut the vary worst and proved Lawbresienas lay we alao rosomend that ll thoes who publicly recast and repent sry be pardoned with ax fow exeptions as possible, Tn eases where taposttioit of the extreme ponelty of lav te clearly fugtitiod Ae may not be tiposod, Such imam acts of forbearance would resove suspicions and win hoarte, and complote the good wenk = #0 well = begun = of establishing permanent posge end harmony between the oocmnttios, Before closings we must gratefiliy eclnowledge the valishle help and witling sooperetion given to us by the uELtery Adnintstration in Rydensbad, by Goverment offieials tn tho diatetote we vigtted by ‘publi workers and prominent clttsens end Lestiy vy our two Seoretarien Masses Purmulth Sayer and FoPs anbuiery Palak “hetose — Mstabad 4 Fanmkh Seer Fa lol 4 Faria Mrlaga —- jieratiad 1 2 + { RROQGRINOO OP _PANDXT SUWBER Lal, QAZ ABDUL GHAPTAR,/AOULANA 1 ( ABDUL BASIE SAH AND We, WOU SALI) é Departure by ear, 9 atte HE GAR AND oe JP BBGUTRED, daartve Zaheorabed ( 60 atlas ) 11 a ‘WORGH_AT_KANBERABAD 40 OH AERANEED FoR, Leave tahwerabed, tae Reach Himabad, (30 niles ) 2 pam: Taave Humabed, 3 va Ranch Rajeshar ( # wiles } 315 pate eave Rajestar Dsb5 pate Ranch Kalyan ( 12 nites ) 5 pom xr ‘Tih Decanber $948 Yaave Kadyant as, Ranch Onarga ( 22 miles ) tae aave Omang wom Resch Haldurag es ‘ROMS 20.p ann oR. Leave Hadtiowe 2.30 pom arrive atgepar ("16 atten } > ite esve Rafipue A it, Rosch Osmanabad ( 1§ mies } 4.90 pom #eh Dasember stoke Leave Cananabad Reach Tadvade { 1$ miles ) wth Reach Tar and Dhogt Reach Latur ( 20 nftan ) Dusan 10h, ave tater to non, aaeh-cusroor 1 aan, eave Ouoor 11.30 a Naaeh Codey (15 nflas } team ‘AGH 7 BE ANRAWOD FoR, +99 team Sete dyop hye | ave 1 pay pai sts fet (6 ae} 9.30 pe een Leave Dafont 3430 pa ‘Reach Gendhar ( 60 miles ) opm ns Aagh December 1948, . Taave Gana, fam Bauch Nanded ( 25 ales ) Pas. Leave Mendes nee ee "230 poms Maash Dagteor{ 49 nites) 4030 pane Taave Dopleor 5 pam each Maun Sagar ( 49 nites } 6.30 pone ‘BOARDING AND LOBUING To BE ARRANICED FOR Wh Resenber 194s anya Maan Sagar. 9 aa ‘Reach Hyderabad 1 Dome aa sesso lh » Cnrffetentne _arresm 0s sesetnt of nee of comsunal distrust stii1 sisting in F. state, in spite of the peace ex! tablished by the Masdn.,a goodwill mission went from Delhi to # atthe instance of the Gof, Tad. she mteston consisted of Pt.Sungerlal Gat Abe Gul Ghaftar & Maulana sbéulte tient tr, Farrage Sayer Srakert snd Me, P,P, sabuiker secaapeatod ‘The deputetion rouéhed H. in the eftergoon of the 20th of Novr.ina.the renainine part of the day © and the evester part of the 0th of oy.the ai- aston apont to vietting refugee conse tn H. and in sosting number of prominent Hindu & Musite gentle ben of the exty.on the evening of the SOth at the Anvitetion af the ULty‘Governo® tlag-Gent.J.al, chow Anet,Pt.cundertel f Qext (60h, ecsorpented the M.0, tm me tour through & fer of & aistesete-of | the dtstrtets of the state-THey covered about & gouple of hundred miles in Jeeps and passed through! She" Esporeant soya of Bidarycatoor oda ane besidee sbeut 2 soors of other villages.st tht first four pleces, Pts Estas Gt tho cwwgestion of the M.G.,addressed for a fov atnutes at each place,the lates gather ings held in honour of the W.0.yand appealed for conmunsl harmony (goodeil2),ascuring the people thot the the MLty.jrmntetretion evtsbitehed by the | 2s. oy freedom of belief an preccice nd easel ctvtk abel sagen, Hae, HiehteJleabers of the mission noticed tt with some Dy dag lyn De GE «satsesnotion that sn ssoh of these gatherings Hine Gf eons oko) “ posts and Police Chones inside the testes, The state Congress novenant in Hyerated was ad- nittedly violent sevanent. hey used anne snd smn‘ tion, sxplostees ant dynentte.the Sacre ‘tery Re ainitted tn Ris offtotal report that ss 8 result of thet wovoaent over 2000 ax of tthe eneay Lost the notion anf comsumalteu wiageeratvan oncourased ‘ives. Violenee bret comu- wiolance.the Tetehed-ul-lusslain whieh was ort- sinatly 6 religious & soctal reftrs wovesent became © mainly political movenent,ste asin ob- Jective being resisting tho Hindu demand for Gemseratic governsont The Razakars were the military wing of the Tete, M, Thus the sweat relation that existed beteeen the to cammant- ties in the state gradustiy vent shedaBextr and, liyderabas Became 0 @ of the hot-bads of cowie raat tenston. ‘we, told Page-s During our toure we slo tysrd etatonente of Resauar strocitiee.We vietted several place thet nad suffered ost unter the previous ragine, ‘The mein perio’ of Rataker stroctties wae between | 158-47 and the Indian titon °8Lice setton of Seotonber 1948.Thelr strocitier ohterly conassted| in levying monthly anounte on very tom & village Moercter these snounte were willingly paid there vee gonerelly no further trouble,But at places ‘thoy wore resisted, Loot fottowed.tf there w Peeistange during the leotthe-trouble gearslay ‘endedyin the renoval of the looted property, some times tn motor trusks.Fut shorever thot asegorstion of ‘thor resistance arson murder/and even, sos of rme,Soietl- fs uuen et We sanguet le ae lao ange ox sore Ey Snlbecottin ov rtlary enoertee se eerreet forme by ide wth the aoe seecenietvnnrsttceataneseie ope 2 activities a new sovouont was started by ‘the lusLine,whnish gained @ momastum capialy.Tt ‘duce constoted of spetantsad efforts to/gnt tusLiae tron the Aahbouring Tndtan Provinces to at- grote to the State and settte there so that sn course of tna,tha/inelia minority mtgnt be oo ‘verted - Af not into mafority = a¢ least into 4 foreldcblemafanier ainority/toasends of Muse some of thes sims were thus invetgied into ayderabed and/are stint there. gt on mages ‘Then came the Police aetion.thousants of Hindus vero had 1m the rogine Amuedistely preceding left hear hearths & nomee either on account of Raze- hop atrocities oF through sheer panteyand hata token Tefuge tn adjoining Tatien territories emae beck to thatr nose in the etate,es soon ae they near of tho achievenents of th Tdtan army. 7heu- sane of others who hed continued to Live tnstse the state but hed alt tone been feeling the wets of the Rezekar rezine yeleoaed the Intian Aray 8s thet sevloure anf heaved a stgh of relsee.noth ‘pose sections of the Hindu poptleee ware more oF ess saturates wlth the communal vance Sertiertnias| sxrmx Many of thes had sctualty suffered at the hhends of the Ragskare and thei? eupportare the “esm) sdntntstration,the settled and Aeclered potter of | the Indica Goveranent was the establisiment of peace! and the suppression of eit Lavlessness,tiany officers and mon seted up to {t.Yet there wore’aary thers who atlowed their cuppreseed communal feciings fulL Pleytfe are e380 inforsed thet © number of trained fi anaes en Dekzpsing to 9 Fell kaow fp comm nel Organteation/inte the state clog with the Inet fan Anay f70n Sholapur and other towns on wt std of the border.The Muslim population naturally felt pantckyat ye advent of the Talten any, ‘mhe Inghan army wherever it nent ordered the peonte to gurrenter all arme.The onder apsiiet to Mindue and WusLine alike,Put ia practioa white alt farms were ta'en away fon the Musline, sowetines with the help of the winau population, the Hindus ‘rom whom the Indien uslftary had 11vi¢ to fear ere Left tn posse ston of their arus.1n one of the vitlages whieh we visited we aetually cook amy an unregistered unt un-Ltognsed double-batalleted .505 Hifle fram 9 young tinda gnd Gepost ted 2 with the ‘euthontttes dn H.But the policy of leaving the ne ye Seen, pes oe. Saetheats © HEH Bubs ¥6 sr batne tao bie» Sietregt getate ier Te Pata! tes Shieestipe (ta, ease ashy Sn SEE BE Shschaana fn Seotay eat hae Hvesvine Wiuiine” ianted 29 days,” rageut ston of their ras was almost general. ‘veFprocee Te aust bo ronembered thet the lurtios #xcanaNETCR gue tn poss awmmpiarer outsiie the elty of H were sng bopes 4eae utnority and wera thus an easy prey to ee Hine 40 coming fury which took tke fom of surder,arson loot feseorgtion of sosquee,rape end abduction of women An a/ninber of placee,almost tnroughout the Four out of the 18 aistriets of the statex suffered the most nanely,Oamenstud,GulDerge,Bidar land Nender.tn the tom of Ostansbad which Le the H0, of the distetot s very raliatl rantLenan he wee 6 sonthe in fail in tha previous regime on account of he anti-fatshar activi tes,at our ins- ‘heer duo Ingutey ‘tance went from house 2 house snu/ptepares 13" us ‘4 List of persone who hat been x{iled tn Osmunsbad proper.Rumour rane vary high but the et prepared by thts gentieman which we are convinced 1s soeurate ontions 725 go gundered sag another 190 a atsstas, any of won gre betteved to have bean gundered.te tom of Ustur in the sawe district feroi/evene Sse witnesses told us thet the number of Mucline aurder- fof Sn Letur vag somewhere beewen 2000 and 2500. Af ‘eer exuntning gil. the orldonce before use have come to the conelustonthst the total Killed tn Latin pro- pat oF in tte damediste netghbournoodeoslé tn no ‘cuss nave been tess than 1000,ine village of Kors conor tMn8, rere according toe Hinds Congress worker the sunber of decd ao wrx 400 ant according to the Muslis vereson neatly 1000,0ut of @ totsl of 1800 villages {% the disteot onty « few renained unaftected.st moderate estiasts the total amber of leliae Kitlod in thie dieteiée must heve been soneynere between §,500 end 10,000. According to the evidence before us the ater ot of GulberEn conse nextute may aot enter fnto ae ‘tells about vartous places in the atstetet.our sa w ings and conayese vereLons, have bees con ‘eeredanverrfving et our eerazseed Tau Page a Le that the toten Killed to Gulberge district rust have beon batwean $900 snd 9000, fered (me atetriet of Bi¢ar max st Least ae sinter not woree then gutberea, ‘te fourth aisteict te Nexier,witn the totel kitted according to our ectinate some where between 2100 a 4000 - mon we tale of ELLted we do not dn- eiuee those who died fghting,but only those murderad tn goté Blood. Tho istrict head qusrters of suranea bad ‘were saved By tho go0% and strong atxstvaey inistrater MiLery Offloer capturing the tom Fis benaviour was reportad to have been exass sy and the steos thet he took were effective, But even ne could not save the 1000 and oft ‘viNlages.our {dea 1s that. the total nunter of kiDied in the distrietof sursngabea suet neve been sonemere between $388 to S000. 5 ‘mon cones the Gtstrict of Btr.Aftsr sérutinistor the evidence we could get about this atetrict wo estinate the totel suber of AIee there az somewhere between 1900 & 3590, We vistted only @ nore districts, Mateuada ant Medak.they appecr to nave been much Less affected then the otters we viniteds 4m Yelgunde tn the fow villages that we could ‘istt oF aout shiloh we got eridonce the total appear to have been § to 6 mungred rough ly theovehout the aketetet we may safely put the cote number of Ki1ig¢ a= 1000 at Lesst.In Ye conle dak atotrict we/iisttes only § viluages which Dpapyaned to be on the roscaide on our way, and in those our estimate of the total number of willed 12 ety 50.80 other places in the Glatrict inctuting Medak Jiso got evidence about! properthe total number of daawye there appears AY Paseo ‘out of nesry 1600 to havo boon 45,¥e wore’ to1d thet axpaen . sila ‘ery fen if sn Sisager tm the olstrist/eemined matfoct= fo and a0 the the total number of those ktlied | tn the entire Aistrict can safely be put at we 2000. Zt,muet be remembered, thet.” thus our estimate that in the 8 districts Beachy, hpeagabed, SUbETHES “oree we wiatted the total of those RLLLed must Freeh seTongotie BTS, nave boo gonhere botreen 22000 & 28000, aigertet sidch ee hove" out of the remaining 7 Atstricts of the ‘eae of" Reste Heyrt te bord state (not counting atraf-L-bales t.0. B.pt0- per ex sich Js rerenied ao the 16e dsstrtot) Parbant orangel,iétlebed we got some evidonce stout 4 The renaining 3 aSiitzamtoas ‘auely,fatchur,Kertanege? and Uehboobneger anvear to have rensined practically though not. wholly snaffected thus at 2 very ressonabte & rofest estimate a7 think thst the total number of deaths in the state may well neve Been sone 1 Betreen 36,000 & 40,000.Tmey could tn no stay nave beon Toss then £5,009. {In connection with this Kling we might fort mention a fom move facte.Tt appears that ft the tela populstion fled in panto tonarde viniageswbion they though might be safer a very 1 KiLted on the nay and th tho {fumgles.tu sany places we vere shows walls or erg mumor Bavarioe etill full of corpses that wore rott- Ang.tn ene such we counted 21 bodies whten tm cluded that of & vonsn with a au6l1 chtld stick Ang tober breast. Ia snother we sow tat earth hes been throm over the bodies throws tnto the well and absolutely Incontrovertible evidence of ‘the hornor thet had been committed was scattered al sround.e saw several note such welle.¥s sam remants of corpsoe Iying in ditches.tt several places the bodies had been bumat and we would’ earn ib a tl Ag sei Peget9 ‘there, ot these spots we alco heard the statements eoompanted with weeping ené erying of dows. and Geets tute wones and ehtldren in whose presence the elo nosbere of thetr-femiier hed Bean thus KAI! od and purnt,tte tried to cansote then by telling ‘them that the responstbinity for all thet etefor~ ‘uunes tay upon the shoulders of those of thet coe religtontsts ho Res setablished « retga of tortor ‘for the Hindus snd aesurine them that the now Gove vvanted 411 Hindus & tutte to Live ones more in peace Ike good neighbours ang brothers, for loot this appears to have been such wore general then surder,coversi of tho places wate we visited were rich busines? contres with & nod ly number of futehht end other Muslin merchants sng Tndustrfatiste,They have sli sean practicaliy Fokened The coanon and poorer Musline have fared vworse,Fron whut we have eeon We can cay seat with- ‘out any exegarrationthat ino greater sare of the. state the entire Must eeazomie 14f0 nas been | snashed.At least tone of thousands have been rene dere? penstless,Tousanés of Howes are Lying root dese with thotr doare broken ent ell Belongiogs #2 gone. may not onter into the detaiis of the ert ence Before un.Yat we are eure thet the total pre perty looted or destroyed in the state mugt'be cdl ovlated in tens of crores, Ay gost olscer arson wes leo the order of ‘he day Crimes against women were by no means une common. have It sgatn on incontrovertible ert- ence that many wosen threw thenselves into well? ‘to save their honcur.Sonetines ther first threw in ‘chek ohtléren snd gunpad in thenselver, ony ronen ners foroitly taken avay fro thotr hones kept fot @ nusber of days ant then sent back to heir Lowes tts hepnened 19 avery setrict that me vietted.Ne more elso dnforsed a ” Paget thet e few Muslim women nere sti21 in the houses Hindus. Ae alee at several placer Wusite pro- erty Muslim houses and Wuslia were still te the Legal possession of che Biadue tut we must hos ten to stste that by fer the largest portion of covh {omovesbie property and auch women, though sot of move Le property,has been returned to the Mas~ ins. As for foredtle conversions this too was & ‘universal factor almost evorywhere we went. Aftor ‘tho adult males of a locality had been killed the woscn and children were generally tpersuaded? to adopt the Hindu fetth.ne caus across hundreds of Muslin women who had been foretbly tetooed on the Torhesd right tn the orthoddx Hindu style es & 1 of thet converston.fone had even thet aew Bindu manos tetooed on thot fore-drme.we saw ohtl~ dren whose oars hed bean freshly bored in the Bin- du style.Beards hed Keept.te saw the asered thres shoved off and Choties hanging round the socks of Musline.re aan ware told at various places thet © certain 'wentrt J1 1 nad gone about from place to place converting such helpless momen sad children into Hinduism and dlateibuting the sicret thresd eter Hore aloo we must add that with the exception of a snall number of Muslin ween still te Hinds homes ali such foretoie conversions hare become mull and void in practice, 1p ax one Amportant town we were pained to notice thet a prominent Arya Camatst took the Law into nts om band: je converted the local arya Sena! Mandir into @ sub-Jatlsrrested on ts om suthort- ty Wuslins from hie om ant caJoining wiitages, kept ‘then for 4 oF 6 days in Bis sub-Jatl and then atthe for released them on getting some monty from them oF handed them over to the Police ax Razakers.this went on for about a wonth.Mmen the Ary Sumag;butlding | 4o proved insurtietent for the purpose another Dbull4ing tn the rectntty yas aled avatied’of Ye visited both theed butidingé end made in tries on the spotsat cane places we were Snformed thet the victims were removed 6 sone adjoining tomsle and then Pistdhea'ent! th the aueréd sroxctnsts. 7 We Maine St our duty to say a word here tout 186 State Congress 4n' thts diasetton, Professediy the Staty Congrese 16 © none ‘soomnal iE body.Theke may be and we bexsere thors ars neividosls in #8 above communit prejudie.But me hate no doubt tat! there! 2 et Lesst a seetion of Congress men’ Who have not been able to rise to the desires at height, Te 6 Late munber Sr casél Cote gress neonis sdon after the pottes action took the Law sito thet on herds aleost ses oiraitel atmin{2thatron,und not’ alwaya | to their efsdit.at several places we heard the compisint that asue peopla wore golad about ts vartous muslims who etther ad ot leave thet homes of Bare ainoe rationed sha pepabtiagsiiia forcioly extractisg voney fron them in Fetura for the proteation ey Zave then. tt one place we were told that out Sf avery rupee thus sesetwad -74/% lannas went to te min 6alteing the anount, -/al= the Loca police snd ene mae Fe matting ~/8/- to the Congrest,We aay not have believed suoh stories.’ wt st one place the D.e,Pollo® told us of RLS om goons ty way of complaint that the Congrats paxrle wits” auag simtnistration eArrtouly by even foreihte realisations. Men we put thts com platat before two prosinant Congress leaders fat Hydorabsd they edited that gone sath com nisint ned roached the Congress hesd-quartere ae iyaerabed Piso ote tapartant, tom a Hoh Kast nee footed and partly fant whose shop hai been/bamat” vould only got hie dunuged butlting beck artor passing cheque for #,29,000/- in the nome of sone 0081 Congress msn a besides thet paying 48-10,000/- in cash.Congross nen aeiihex told pave auctioned cultivable Lande Lert by tue sims on ht ye to Yocal Bingus, that 15 jon condition th at helf wie crops should Be tend 24 to the Congrsee.fe ane sure such do-astt an notther hep the sdmintetretion nor raise Ne nave ato to suy conetning about the Indian ummy.tmere Ae no dovtt tast on the whole the Army hee done splendidly well, Major General J.N,Chsudnurt,ee founds wan soe all eoumunal profudtee.Ne te trying is Dest that the two crmmnttias Live yesoensliy together on forge of absolute eqeatttystany | of x iis subordinate are aio of the same | eptettamue Here again xe have no dowbeenat there mae a section in the Tatian army not equally free from comonet feelings tt & 68 amber or places nenbersof the sruwd forc¢=” Seovcht out MusLis afult sales from villas and tome and nassnsred thea in cold blow. any places Yer tatand oncouresed eid over evsuaiod the Hind nobe toot Win shops tnt touenst sous places ther even Jose, ay | tn the aosting.tn one atstrict tom Boe/tear of the administration told ue that there was 4 f gmnerel loot of the uostin shops by the ate Litery ond Ciey bad looted eten the governed ol tings emma In another district # Muneitr's house hed boon Lioted by the soldiers and x Tehslldsrte 9 Pagans scompiatats of aolestation of wise molester wouma and sbauetion of girls cgstnet tne MEItH tery and epectslly against Mim sotdters wore not mara.tn loot wo wore generally told et ax sony places thet cash gold end silver wes tak fon aray by the Ul#taryywhiist otter articles 012 ta the share of the mob, ‘mene things have naturally upset the Muslim population tn the stste.they all feed smote or lees panteky-inother factor whieh has eet fere eee Atately after the Police setion.Some were aus- | nents.This too was natural that most of thosd soty tate 3a tcl te Bite sae gorran} sorted from outelde the state, the Goverment hat to anpaint peoele upon whom It could ond.Put At wae equally natural that the eeue ‘ected Wusalnan should 20% ausptetous stout tt eee eee ree ber ot Seine Mater ye tn sevtotny eng is te ten gupened wre upton toe wa were dtreoted to go on Iesve.tn come oases ‘the promotions of Muslim Govt.servente have) boon stopped.tt ie sald that 3 of the Si court ms ‘he for a geatlemn from the Tnctan Uaton and tox | contiaye a & potene Jutge te { . J - mmm “xara, by offietale of the pert ® present xastamax adsinistrattons and by responsible individuals Serefetly, hoe besn/atscounted by us in arriving at the com clustons wmama whieh yo have pleaea before you. 2 fuller suamery of ke all that 6 saw and were told As appended (apnentix Clnataiase 1 Hae 0 /Bages Con tania 6 eancbely 7, Ce ing att hig Mode “Penled onion’

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