Mobarok Hossain Tany: Do you know who is the designer of Indian flag? The people of India show the supreme respect to the flag but don’t know the real history of it .Yes, the flag of India was designed by a Muslim woman named Mrs Suraya Tayabji.
Again, Do you know who first used the the word “Jay Hind” as a slogan? He is none other than Abid Hasan. The slogan was highly accepted by Netaji subhas Chandra Bose and it became very popular between 1943 to 1945.
Do we know who first introduced the great slogan “Inquilab zindabad”? The history shows that a Muslim freedom fighter and Urdu poet first used the slogan in 1921 and his name was Maulana Hazrat Mohani.
As a citizen of great India we are very soft to our patriotism. We always sing the song proudly, “Sara jahan se accha Hindustan hamara”. The line brings love affection and respect for India. But most of the people don’t know who wrote this line. Allama Iqbal is the creator of this genuine line. As a Muslim writer, he had a great love for the country. He declared that our India is better than the whole world in 16th August 1904.
Again, “Simon go back” it’s not only a sentence it was the language of protest against the Simon commission in 1928. The slogan was fast coined by Yusuf Mehrali, an independent activist and a Congress party member. The slogan became the rallying cry of protesters across India, who are demonstrating against the Simon commission. Don’t forget quit India the historic and great slogan was also coined by the same person Yousuf Meherali, who was the then mayor of Mumbai city. Despite popular believe Mahatma Gandhi did not coined the slogan quit India. He was the one who had done it.
Can you remember what was the national anthem of the provisional government of free India? Yes, it is “Sabh sukh chain” Colonel Abid Hasan and Mumtaz Hussain created the song in 1943 and it played a vital role in inspiring the Indian soldiers to continue their struggle against British colonial rule during independence movement. In 1944, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was suddenly attacked by the British soldier. British soldiers fired on him. At that very time colonel Nizamuddin saved him by taking the bullet own. Could you imagine how much dedicated he was to the leader Subhash Chandra Bose?
History shows the report almost 92,353 people lost their lives to get the Indian independence from the British colonial rule. Would you believe that 62,945 people were Muslims who dedicated their lives only to save their country, to make it free from them, to make the country great again. The only reason is that they thought India is more important than their lives and they believed that patriotism is a part of religious belief. It is very much clear to people that Muslims kept epoch making steps in the independence movement. And truly it cannot be described in words.