Another Cry in the Wilderness - By Rani Gaidinliu
Rani Gaidinliu (1915 – 1993) was born at the Nangkao village in Manipur, was an active freedom fighter of India who joined the agitation at the age of 13. She spearheaded an inspiring socio-political movement to cast the British out from the Manipur and Naga belts. It was in 1932 at the age of 16 that Rani Gaidinliu was arrested and put behind bars for life. She could be freed from the jail only after India 's independence in 1947.
It was from this moment onwards that the responsibility of directing the agitation in the Manipur and Naza hill regions fell on Rani's shoulders. Following this incident, Rani Gaidinliu immediately went underground. Though the British announced a reward of Rs 500 to anybody who would inform them about her whereabouts, the entire village stood together in support of Rani. But she was finally hunted own in October 1932. Rani Gaidinliu was put under life imprisonment for waging war against the British. The following is the part of the letter sent by Rain Gaindinliu, to the President and the former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai in 1978. This excerpt give the idea of what was happening in some of the North-Eastern regions of India .
Honorable Sir,
Ours is said to be a secular country, though it is not clear how it is. In the name of secularism, thousands and lakhs of my Hindu brethren and children are converted to Christianity by hook or crook. This has been going on especially at a greater tempo after India attaining Independence , and in the name of Secularism while if one humbly calls himself, when asked, as just a Hindu, he is dubbed communal and anti-secular, and even obscurantist. As if this is not enough in our secular country if I call myself a Hindu in my own house the aggressive Christians have the audacity to call me a Satan’s slave in my own house. Today the situation is such that we cannot discuss our Santan Dharma in our house. The churches habitually employ fraudulent means in their behavior in Nagaland and elsewhere in the whole of Purvanchal organizing protest day against ‘The freedom of Religion Bill.’ The whole political adventurism had the leading politico-religious elements among the ruling circle (who are well known for their anti Indian stance and were earlier underground fighting with the army for many years).
The State Government which is ruled by the American Baptist Church at present made no attempt whatsoever to regularize the closure of the office that day. Entire Nagaland was held ransom by the puppet churches of the day. It is significant that among about 60 to 70 different slogans, there were such treacherous ones ‘Hindu Raj or Secular India’, ‘Freedom of Religion Bill crushes Christian faith’ and ‘No ban on cow slaughter’. It was a historical example of how with the help of powerful resources and immense publicity media at their command, the churches can fool all the people all the time by repeating a lie a thousand times, and by sheer political blackmail.
Christian missionaries network objectives are all directed at separatism and de-nationalization of peoples. As it is, these are definitely subversive and anti-Indian Radios established at the cost of the Hindu taxpayers to crush Hinduism and break up the country. This further shows how our Central Government lacks co-ordination in functioning whereby the Prime Minister is firmly opposed to Conversion of minors and his own Radio is busy doing the same. I am however, glad to hear the church’s henchmen among the Kohima A. I. R. staff are unable to remove the ‘Bande Mataram’ and the relay of All India News from Delhi as they are not with in their powers, despite their trying to remove them too. My gratefulness to God for at least something Indian we can hear from the Indian Radios.
With high regards,
Yours sincerely,
Rani Gaindinliu
Kohima, Nagaland.
Rani Gaidinliu (1915 – 1993) was born at the Nangkao village in Manipur, was an active freedom fighter of India who joined the agitation at the age of 13. She spearheaded an inspiring socio-political movement to cast the British out from the Manipur and Naga belts. It was in 1932 at the age of 16 that Rani Gaidinliu was arrested and put behind bars for life. She could be freed from the jail only after India 's independence in 1947.
It was from this moment onwards that the responsibility of directing the agitation in the Manipur and Naza hill regions fell on Rani's shoulders. Following this incident, Rani Gaidinliu immediately went underground. Though the British announced a reward of Rs 500 to anybody who would inform them about her whereabouts, the entire village stood together in support of Rani. But she was finally hunted own in October 1932. Rani Gaidinliu was put under life imprisonment for waging war against the British. The following is the part of the letter sent by Rain Gaindinliu, to the President and the former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai in 1978. This excerpt give the idea of what was happening in some of the North-Eastern regions of India .
Honorable Sir,
Ours is said to be a secular country, though it is not clear how it is. In the name of secularism, thousands and lakhs of my Hindu brethren and children are converted to Christianity by hook or crook. This has been going on especially at a greater tempo after India attaining Independence , and in the name of Secularism while if one humbly calls himself, when asked, as just a Hindu, he is dubbed communal and anti-secular, and even obscurantist. As if this is not enough in our secular country if I call myself a Hindu in my own house the aggressive Christians have the audacity to call me a Satan’s slave in my own house. Today the situation is such that we cannot discuss our Santan Dharma in our house. The churches habitually employ fraudulent means in their behavior in Nagaland and elsewhere in the whole of Purvanchal organizing protest day against ‘The freedom of Religion Bill.’ The whole political adventurism had the leading politico-religious elements among the ruling circle (who are well known for their anti Indian stance and were earlier underground fighting with the army for many years).
The State Government which is ruled by the American Baptist Church at present made no attempt whatsoever to regularize the closure of the office that day. Entire Nagaland was held ransom by the puppet churches of the day. It is significant that among about 60 to 70 different slogans, there were such treacherous ones ‘Hindu Raj or Secular India’, ‘Freedom of Religion Bill crushes Christian faith’ and ‘No ban on cow slaughter’. It was a historical example of how with the help of powerful resources and immense publicity media at their command, the churches can fool all the people all the time by repeating a lie a thousand times, and by sheer political blackmail.
Christian missionaries network objectives are all directed at separatism and de-nationalization of peoples. As it is, these are definitely subversive and anti-Indian Radios established at the cost of the Hindu taxpayers to crush Hinduism and break up the country. This further shows how our Central Government lacks co-ordination in functioning whereby the Prime Minister is firmly opposed to Conversion of minors and his own Radio is busy doing the same. I am however, glad to hear the church’s henchmen among the Kohima A. I. R. staff are unable to remove the ‘Bande Mataram’ and the relay of All India News from Delhi as they are not with in their powers, despite their trying to remove them too. My gratefulness to God for at least something Indian we can hear from the Indian Radios.
With high regards,
Yours sincerely,
Rani Gaindinliu
Kohima, Nagaland.
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