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August 17, 1952
iiiiinahnjnit (Ti
Seven
the battles. But our resistance grew
with the mounting tyranny of the ruling
camp. We did not quail or fail. Re-
pression steeled our resolve and under the
magic of the Master, we were prepared
to do or die in the effort to win back
our title-deeds and revive the glorious
days of old.
We kept on crying ‘Inquilab zinda-
bad’—Inquilab against the hated alien
rule. In our combined strength we proved
irresistible. World events also joined
forces with us. Came then the day of
liberation, August 15, 1947. The alien
rulers left—left in peace, left as friends.
A wise people, they understood that a
nation once awake, could no longer be
ruled.
August 15, 1947 and the aftermath
Yes, August 15 came. We hailed
it with the cry of ‘Inquilab zindabad’
still rending the sky. The first chapter
of the Inquilab was over, namely the
release from the shackles of autocracy.
But the next was to begin, the effort
to bring in plenty—plenty of food, plenty
of clothes, plenty of shelter, plenty of
health, plenty of joy, plenty of concord
in a land which had become the home
of hunger, disease, and ignorance. The
mid-night bell of August 15 tolled. The
leaders of the people took into their
hands the keys of the Government from
the withdrawing rulers.
What was the legacy that faced
the war-scorched veterans ? A land torn
asunder; thousands running at one
another's throat for the simple reason
that some called themselves Hindus and
some called themselves Muslims.
Out of the debacle of this forced
and unnatural vivisection came the
problem of refugees. Eight million of
our brothers and sisters left behind in
Pakistan all that they had built up for
centurios and plunged headlong into
India, with no obvious hope for the
future as it then appeared. The Govern-
ment, new to office and raw in expe-
rience, faced this colossus of population,
more in numbers than that of Australia,
more than double that of New Zealand.
These millions had to l)e fed and clothed
and sheltered: they haeb-to be provided
also with the means of livelihood and
offered a hope for the future..
Meanwhile, the war worn machinery
of the State needed overhaul and renewal,
machinery on thek rail-road, machinery
in the Posts and telegraphs, machinery
in the shipyard and the moving vehicles
of transport on the road. Food had to
be procured, for we were woefully short
or^cereals. Government had to be run
by rapidly promoting men from the ranks
and by recruiting inexperienced hands.
The alien servants of the alien rulers
had left with their masters. They had
to be replaced. [ To Page 8 J
K A LIMPONG MUNICIPALITY
NOTICE
Sealed Tenders are invited from ap-
proved contractors of the Kalimpong
Municipality for extention of R.C. Latrine
No. 9 in ^yrard II at an estimated cost
of Rs 1243/- including cost of materials
before 4<30 p in. of the 19th August,
1952.
Rates may he quoted at par, below
or above thro current, schedule of rates
of the C. & W. D., Kalimpong Sub Divi-
sion Northern Circle which has been
adopted by this Municipality
Tender forms should he obtained one
day previous to the date of tender
Further particulars may be obtained
from the Municipal Office during office
hours or from Public Notice Board.
Municipal Office. B. B. MON DAL
Kalimpong Chairman,
The 13th Aug. 52 Kalinijiong Municipality
VI-13
iiiiinahnjnit (Ti
Seven
the battles. But our resistance grew
with the mounting tyranny of the ruling
camp. We did not quail or fail. Re-
pression steeled our resolve and under the
magic of the Master, we were prepared
to do or die in the effort to win back
our title-deeds and revive the glorious
days of old.
We kept on crying ‘Inquilab zinda-
bad’—Inquilab against the hated alien
rule. In our combined strength we proved
irresistible. World events also joined
forces with us. Came then the day of
liberation, August 15, 1947. The alien
rulers left—left in peace, left as friends.
A wise people, they understood that a
nation once awake, could no longer be
ruled.
August 15, 1947 and the aftermath
Yes, August 15 came. We hailed
it with the cry of ‘Inquilab zindabad’
still rending the sky. The first chapter
of the Inquilab was over, namely the
release from the shackles of autocracy.
But the next was to begin, the effort
to bring in plenty—plenty of food, plenty
of clothes, plenty of shelter, plenty of
health, plenty of joy, plenty of concord
in a land which had become the home
of hunger, disease, and ignorance. The
mid-night bell of August 15 tolled. The
leaders of the people took into their
hands the keys of the Government from
the withdrawing rulers.
What was the legacy that faced
the war-scorched veterans ? A land torn
asunder; thousands running at one
another's throat for the simple reason
that some called themselves Hindus and
some called themselves Muslims.
Out of the debacle of this forced
and unnatural vivisection came the
problem of refugees. Eight million of
our brothers and sisters left behind in
Pakistan all that they had built up for
centurios and plunged headlong into
India, with no obvious hope for the
future as it then appeared. The Govern-
ment, new to office and raw in expe-
rience, faced this colossus of population,
more in numbers than that of Australia,
more than double that of New Zealand.
These millions had to l)e fed and clothed
and sheltered: they haeb-to be provided
also with the means of livelihood and
offered a hope for the future..
Meanwhile, the war worn machinery
of the State needed overhaul and renewal,
machinery on thek rail-road, machinery
in the Posts and telegraphs, machinery
in the shipyard and the moving vehicles
of transport on the road. Food had to
be procured, for we were woefully short
or^cereals. Government had to be run
by rapidly promoting men from the ranks
and by recruiting inexperienced hands.
The alien servants of the alien rulers
had left with their masters. They had
to be replaced. [ To Page 8 J
K A LIMPONG MUNICIPALITY
NOTICE
Sealed Tenders are invited from ap-
proved contractors of the Kalimpong
Municipality for extention of R.C. Latrine
No. 9 in ^yrard II at an estimated cost
of Rs 1243/- including cost of materials
before 4<30 p in. of the 19th August,
1952.
Rates may he quoted at par, below
or above thro current, schedule of rates
of the C. & W. D., Kalimpong Sub Divi-
sion Northern Circle which has been
adopted by this Municipality
Tender forms should he obtained one
day previous to the date of tender
Further particulars may be obtained
from the Municipal Office during office
hours or from Public Notice Board.
Municipal Office. B. B. MON DAL
Kalimpong Chairman,
The 13th Aug. 52 Kalinijiong Municipality
VI-13