Himalayan Times (1950)

Four

iStnuiUinan STintes

Decern bci 17, 1950

Hhttalanan (Ttnws

Kalimpong, December 17, l'J.'iO.

MTlTHltS TO TUH I'.DITOU

I fir Editor i' nut retpontiblc for vine' rxprt*t»d in thU column
At, II. Timtt

TIBET

Sir,— As Tibet is very much in the
news nowadays, it is historically in-
teresting to recall that she was at one
time a part of the Moghul Empire.

The Khiljis wore of Turkistani
origin, and the Moghuls were Mongolo-
Iranians. It \ised to be the ambition
of warriors of these groups t describe
a circle round the Middle East; and
they made repeated attempts to com-
plete the remaining one-third of the
circle from India to Chinese Turkisiau
via Assam and Tibet. The attempts
of Bakhtyar Khilji and Mir Jumla failed
because of the difficult jungle terrain,
the heavy rainfal and the unhealthy
climate of Assam.

-Anirangzeb visited Kashmir from
June to August, l(jti3. On pec !», IG'id,
the Emperor learnt, from the despatches
of Saif Khan, Subahdar of Kashmir,
that Daldal Muhamal (apparently a
misreading for Ualai Mahainuni), Zamin-
dar of greater Tibet, had accepted Is-
lam, that the Khulba had been read
in the Emperor's name in the country,
imperial coins issued and a high mosque
built there. The Khan's troops must
have marched to Tibet via LaJakh. --
Yours etc. Md. Mammiii.
Dacca, Dec. 8.

PROFICIENCY IN NEPALI

Kalimpong, Dec 15.

Kumari Tanman Jain of the local
Girls' High .School was awarded a special
prize at the Annual prize giving of trie
school to-day for her proficiency in .Nepali
Literature. The prize was donated by rri
Haras MamPradhan of Darjeeling. Kumari
Jain is a non-Nepali student from Behar.

I 8ARDAR PATVJU

i INDIA has been rendered much poorer
| to-day by the sudden passing away of
Sardar Patel.

Sardar Patel's achievements have
been great.. Beginning fro n the days when

!he ji ir.ed Mahatma Gandhi till the
end of his life he has been more fhan
an asset to the count:y and his remark-
able lead it) Bardoli and his unification
of India by incorporation of the Princely
Mates will be instances that will go
down to posterity in golden letters.

Sardar Pa'el was a etrong man, an
able administrator and a true leader of
his people. To many he seemed to be
.unpleasant at times but from a closer
vision any one could see the man in
him Hi looked stern and grave tint
lie had a sympathetic and kind, head.
Son of an agriculturist, he had spent
his childhood amongst peasants for whom
he had a burning love in his heart.

Our Sardar's mortal frame has
been removed from our presence but
his spirit remains with us to guide us
through the dark vallys of our present
set up. Eloquent tributes have been
paid to him who is no more amongst
us to hear them but if we are really
sincere in our express.ons, we should
follow the lead given us by our Sardar:
we should complete tin- great task of
bringing solidarity in our country which
the . ardar had begun and thus bestow-
on him the greatest of laurels that
humanity can device.