1948: The story of first Terrorist attack in Pakistan

[LordJames]

@ElRaja @The Bald Eagle @IronShield @Bewal Express @Technics 1210 @Pakpak @Major @BouncerGuy

RSS Bomb Explosion​

A man was anxiously waiting for a train from Pakistan at Ferozepur railway station in India. Even after the train reached the platform, his anxiety did not subside.

When the train stopped, the man asked one of his companions who was getting off the train, "Where are the rest of the companions?" To this, the other side expressed ignorance.

Waiting for the train to arrive at Ferozepur station was Lal Krishna Advani, who later became the president of India's Bharatiya Janata Party. The person he met was Khanchand Gopal Das, the head of the Rashtriya Sevak Sangh (RSS) in Karachi.

According to Advani's autobiography, 'Mera Watan Meri Zindagi', that day he went to the station to pick up RSS members who had been arrested after a bomb blast in Shikarpur Colony (Karachi) on September 9, 1947. All of them were later sent to India.

But why and how did this explosion happen in Karachi? Who were the people behind it and what was their motive? At the same time, this report also attempts to find an answer to the question of how strong the RSS, which was considered a secretive violent Hindu organization at that time, was in Sindh?

It had only been 25 days since the formation of Pakistan when an explosion took place in Karachi's Shikarpur Colony. The investigation that followed the blast uncovered an underground network.

According to a report in the daily Dawn dated September 17, 1947, on September 10, at around 3 pm, some youths were preparing an improvised bomb in a room on the first floor of the house of Rai Bahadur Tota Ram when the roof of the house was blown off due to an explosion. As a result of this incident, one person died on the spot while the other was seriously injured and later died in the hospital.

Sindh Police arrested 30 RSS members after the incident. After a five-day investigation, documents and materials recovered from these individuals, it was revealed that the group was involved in underground activities that included some of the biggest names in pre-partition Karachi.

According to him, under the guise of coaching classes, they used Rai Bahadur Hingorani's house to make bombs, enlisting the help of some members who were former socialists and had learned the technique during the Quit India Movement of 1942.

The renowned Sindhi writer Mohan Kalpana was a 16-year-old boy living in Karachi at the time of Partition. He joined the RSS in 1941 and left it in 1952. In his autobiography, Mohan clearly admits to his involvement in RSS sabotage and violence.

He writes, "I got to know Rajpal Puri, who was in charge of Sindh. Another person, Pribhdas Batani, said that Pakistan would definitely be created. We would take over the police stations, airports, radio stations, etc. of Sindh."

"I was too young for all this and didn't know where the weapons came from. I was told that because I looked innocent, I should join the secret service and learn the art of espionage."

Advani writes that Hindus from Sindh migrated from Pakistan to various states, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh.

It should be remembered that in India, the central leadership of the BJP, LK Advani and Ram Jethmalani, have held central positions and government projects. Rita Kothari writes that some of the first generation of youth who came to India during 1947 brought with them the heritage of the RSS and passed it on to the next generation.

For this purpose, a team of 21 men assembled in Shikarpur to use a tuition center for their murderous designs, which they legitimized as a sworn duty and retaliation for massacres of the partition, 2 of the Hindu RSS team members were killed in the detonation because the bomb detonated prematurely.

This was the first Terrorist attack on Pakistani soil and it was by (Hindu) RSS and not anyone Muslim!

Case is also mentioned here in Indian Media.

جناح کے قتل کی مبینہ سازش: قیامِ پاکستان کے 25 دن بعد ہونے والا دھماکہ جس نے کراچی میں آر ایس ایس کے منصوبے اور تنظیم کا راز فاش کیا - BBC News اردو

پاکستان کے قیام کو ابھی پچیس دن ہی ہوئے تھے کہ شکارپور کالونی میں ایک دھماکہ ہوا جس نے ایک زیر زمین نیٹ ورک کا پردہ فاش کر دیا۔

www.bbc.com

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pak-digs-into-advani-case/cid/902729

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[LordJames]

Wow! I didn't know that BBC Urdu covered it too...

جناح کے قتل کی مبینہ سازش: قیامِ پاکستان کے 25 دن بعد ہونے والا دھماکہ جس نے کراچی میں آر ایس ایس کے منصوبے اور تنظیم کا راز فاش کیا - BBC News اردو

پاکستان کے قیام کو ابھی پچیس دن ہی ہوئے تھے کہ شکارپور کالونی میں ایک دھماکہ ہوا جس نے ایک زیر زمین نیٹ ورک کا پردہ فاش کر دیا۔

www.bbc.com

جناح کے قتل کی مبینہ سازش: قیامِ پاکستان کے 25 دن بعد ہونے والا دھماکہ جس نے کراچی میں آر ایس ایس کے منصوبے کا راز فاش کیا​

 

[The Bald Eagle]

@ElRaja @The Bald Eagle @IronShield @Bewal Express @Technics 1210 @Pakpak @Major @BouncerGuy

RSS Bomb Explosion

On August 14, 1948, a powerful bomb exploded prematurely inside a tuition center in Karachi's Shikarpur Colony, a Sindhi Hindu refugee neighborhood killing 2 Hindus.

For this purpose, a team of 21 men assembled in Shikarpur to use a tuition center for their murderous designs, which they legitimized as a sworn duty and retaliation for massacres of the partition, 2 of the Hindu RSS team members were killed in the detonation because the bomb detonated prematurely.

The bomb was manufactured on the first floor of the house, owned by R.B. Tota Ram (a Hindu RSS member).

The court documents reveal that the prosecution framed this as a conspiracy to assassinate Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaqat Ali Khan but the police investigation which found the materials (at the house) revealed that it might have been to incite communal violence.

L K Advani

Born in Karachi and and joined RSS in Karachi at the age of 14 and became the secretary of (Karachi) RSS in 1947 and lived in the same colony of Shikarpur where the bomb was manufactured and on the ground floor of the same house!

The state of Pakistan was in its infancy with no proper police or Anti-Terrorist force. Nevertheless, Pakistan Police confiscated bomb making equipment and RSS material from the house which was presented in Court and RSS members were identified and detained in quick time by the Police.

The 21 members of RSS were exchanged with India in a prisoner exchange in 1949. It is not sure if L K Advani was part of the prisoner exchange or left before he could be arrested and tried.

Christophe Jaffrelot writes in his book "The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics" that L K Advani remained active in RSS along the border in Rajashthan and a "possibility could have been due to his familiarity with Karachi & Sindh".

This was the first Terrorist attack on Pakistani soil and it was by (Hindu) RSS and not anyone Muslim!

Case is also mentioned here in Indian Media.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pak-digs-into-advani-case/cid/902729

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And it's irony that they paint Pakistan for state sponsored terror.

 

[LordJames]

@ElRaja @The Bald Eagle @IronShield @Bewal Express @Technics 1210 @Pakpak @Major @BouncerGuy

RSS Bomb Explosion

On August 14, 1948, a powerful bomb exploded prematurely inside a tuition center in Karachi's Shikarpur Colony, a Sindhi Hindu refugee neighborhood killing 2 Hindus.

For this purpose, a team of 21 men assembled in Shikarpur to use a tuition center for their murderous designs, which they legitimized as a sworn duty and retaliation for massacres of the partition, 2 of the Hindu RSS team members were killed in the detonation because the bomb detonated prematurely.

The bomb was manufactured on the first floor of the house, owned by R.B. Tota Ram (a Hindu RSS member).

The court documents reveal that the prosecution framed this as a conspiracy to assassinate Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Liaqat Ali Khan but the police investigation which found the materials (at the house) revealed that it might have been to incite communal violence.

L K Advani

Born in Karachi and and joined RSS in Karachi at the age of 14 and became the secretary of (Karachi) RSS in 1947 and lived in the same colony of Shikarpur where the bomb was manufactured and on the ground floor of the same house!

The state of Pakistan was in its infancy with no proper police or Anti-Terrorist force. Nevertheless, Pakistan Police confiscated bomb making equipment and RSS material from the house which was presented in Court and RSS members were identified and detained in quick time by the Police.

The 21 members of RSS were exchanged with India in a prisoner exchange in 1949. It is not sure if L K Advani was part of the prisoner exchange or left before he could be arrested and tried.

Christophe Jaffrelot writes in his book "The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics" that L K Advani remained active in RSS along the border in Rajashthan and a "possibility could have been due to his familiarity with Karachi & Sindh".

This was the first Terrorist attack on Pakistani soil and it was by (Hindu) RSS and not anyone Muslim!

Case is also mentioned here in Indian Media.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/pak-digs-into-advani-case/cid/902729

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News Coverage in Pakistan in 1948 about RSS Terrorism

 

[LordJames]

And it's irony that they paint Pakistan for state sponsored terror.

Even beyond that, the person who was in charge of RSS (Karachi) and lived in the same house became Minister in India!

 

[LordJames]

Great work in unearthing the plot, arresting everyone and presenting the case in Court by ill equipped Pakistan Police in 1948 and putting this on record!

 

[LordJames]

@The Bald Eagle

I got the dates wrong, please amend the title and my first post and go with BBC which claims that it was done 25 days after the independence of Pakistan...

جناح کے قتل کی مبینہ سازش: قیامِ پاکستان کے 25 دن بعد ہونے والا دھماکہ جس نے کراچی میں آر ایس ایس کے منصوبے اور تنظیم کا راز فاش کیا - BBC News اردو

پاکستان کے قیام کو ابھی پچیس دن ہی ہوئے تھے کہ شکارپور کالونی میں ایک دھماکہ ہوا جس نے ایک زیر زمین نیٹ ورک کا پردہ فاش کر دیا۔

www.bbc.com

روزنامہ ڈان کی 17 سمتبر 1947 کی ایک خبر کے مطابق 10 ستمبر کی سہ پہر تین بجے کے قریب رائے بہادر توتا رام کے گھر پر کچھ نوجوان گھر کی پہلی منزل پر ایک کمرے میں دیسی ساختہ بم تیار کر رہے تھے کہ دھماکے سے اس گھر کی چھت اڑ گئی۔ اس واقعے کے نتیجے میں ایک شخص موقع پر ہی ہلاک ہو گیا جبکہ دوسرا شدید زحمی جو بعدازاں ہسپتال میں دم توڑ گیا۔​

 

[Champ_Pal]

And it's irony that they paint Pakistan for state sponsored terror.

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

 

[topspin]

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

"If Indians do it, it's okay"

 

[Champ_Pal]

"If Indians do it, it's okay"

It’s not ok.

The circumstances during partition, everyone in the bordering states turned into an animal. I heard stories how brutally some of the family members of my friend’s grandparents were murdered or converted by Muslim mobs in Pakistan. Women were taken away and men and old were slaughtered. They said the mobs planned the butchering meticulously and implemented it with no impunity. Does that mean all of those thousands of people rampaging were terrorists?

You cannot compare partition atrocities and murders with the modern day terrorism happening in the west and other non-Muslim countries by Islamic outfits.

In your efforts to malign Hinduism and India, some of you have become too desperate and losing the plot.

 

[sweep_shot]

"If Indians do it, it's okay"

These sanghis can dish it out but can't take it.

 

[Major]

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

So that makès it justified?

 

[Suleiman]

So that makès it justified?

These people are confused bro. Guy you’re quoting is atheist and Hindu at the same point. One of the guys who liked his post is Christian and Hindu at the same time. They are confused about faith, they are confused about morals.

There was a recent shooting in US in a church by a white guy and couple weeks iirc in a school as well. Pin drop silence by these 2 as well as many hypocrites like them from India.

But as soon as something goes down where an alleged Pakistani or a Muslim is involved both of these jump so high from their bed that their heads hit the ceiling probably before they quickly copy and paste the first news article they can find.

But if it’s about any other person of any other race, ethnicity or religion, you won’t hear a word, esp if it was their own. Watch how quiet they’ve been during the whole Palestinian genocide, but were having panic attacks when shoe is on the other foot. Case in point, this thread.

 

[HalBass9]

When was RSS not a terrorist group?

 

[HalBass9]

These people are confused bro. Guy you’re quoting is atheist and Hindu at the same point. One of the guys who liked his post is Christian and Hindu at the same time. They are confused about faith, they are confused about morals.

There was a recent shooting in US in a church by a white guy and couple weeks iirc in a school as well. Pin drop silence by these 2 as well as many hypocrites like them from India.

But as soon as something goes down where an alleged Pakistani or a Muslim is involved both of these jump so high from their bed that their heads hit the ceiling probably before they quickly copy and paste the first news article they can find.

But if it’s about any other person of any other race, ethnicity or religion, you won’t hear a word, esp if it was their own. Watch how quiet they’ve been during the whole Palestinian genocide, but were having panic attacks when shoe is on the other foot. Case in point, this thread.

None of them were quiet, almost every Hindutva is a supporter of the genocide and ethnic cleansing.

 

[LordJames]

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

Dear @Champ_Pal

Please stick to the facts, you don' have to agree with the truth.

1. September 17, 1947: RSS bomb in Karachi
2. January 30, 1948: Nathuram Godse murders Mahatma Gandhi

Both of these events happened AFTER Independence.

Thanks

 

[hassan918]

Unfortunately, we are still fighting terrorists in our country each day.

 

[Bewal Express]

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

The Word you are looking for is Hindu extremism. Ask Gandhi and ask the 1000s massacred since

 

[Bewal Express]

Dear @Champ_Pal

Please stick to the facts, you don' have to agree with the truth.

1. September 17, 1947: RSS bomb in Karachi
2. January 30, 1948: Nathuram Godse murders Mahatma Gandhi

Both of these events happened AFTER Independence.

Thanks

They dont want to remember their own History with terrorism. Just like the Zionists dont like to talk about the Stern gang and the Camp David Hotel bombing that killed British soldiers and others

 

[Champ_Pal]

Dear @Champ_Pal

Please stick to the facts, you don' have to agree with the truth.

1. September 17, 1947: RSS bomb in Karachi
2. January 30, 1948: Nathuram Godse murders Mahatma Gandhi

Both of these events happened AFTER Independence.

Thanks

Cool story Lord.

Both those events are around Aug 1947 and the events after it.

 

[Bewal Express]

Cool story Lord.

Both those events are around Aug 1947 and the events after it.

You guys cant escape this. Advani became a BJP leader in the 90s. Whether its the 40s, 80s when you murdered 1000s of Sikhs or 000s when you killed 1000s in Gujarat- extreme Hindus have a template

 

[Champ_Pal]

You guys cant escape this. Advani became a BJP leader in the 90s. Whether its the 40s, 80s when you murdered 1000s of Sikhs or 000s when you killed 1000s in Gujarat- extreme Hindus have a template

So?
Many rebels have gone on to become leaders of independent nations. Your logic of linking Advani or Hindus in general to terrorism is a fail just like PCT.

Ethnic clashes and religious clashes are common in a budding democracy. I am in no way trying to minimize the suffering minorities in India. They are still a lot safer than any other surrounding nation’s minorities. I know I set the bar too low there.

I can see a pattern on this forum. Some posters trying to link India to terrorism and bring it down to the level of Pak. When it comes to that, it’s like showing a candle to a sun.

 

[Bewal Express]

So?
Many rebels have gone on to become leaders of independent nations. Your logic of linking Advani or Hindus in general to terrorism is a fail just like PCT.

Ethnic clashes and religious clashes are common in a budding democracy. I am in no way trying to minimize the suffering minorities in India. They are still a lot safer than any other surrounding nation’s minorities. I know I set the bar too low there.

I can see a pattern on this forum. Some posters trying to link India to terrorism and bring it down to the level of Pak. When it comes to that, it’s like showing a candle to a sun.

Bar Hindus and Zionists, no other leaders attacked other countries. Mandela fought freedom for his country, didnt attack anyone else's country.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Bar Hindus and Zionists, no other leaders attacked other countries. Mandela fought freedom for his country, didnt attack anyone else's country.

Lifting weapons and planning attacks to achieve freedom and persecution is an age old story.


Who attacked Kashmir in 1947 right after independence? Its your nation and POK is now part of Pakistan. All with the blessings of the son of Mr.Jinnah bhai Poonja of course.

 

[Bewal Express]

Lifting weapons and planning attacks to achieve freedom and persecution is an age old story.

Who attacked Kashmir in 1947 right after independence? Its your nation and POK is now part of Pakistan. All with the blessings of the son of Mr.Jinnah bhai Poonja of course.

Agreed but not attacking another country. PK had just been created in Muslim majority areas and Advani attacked it when he could have chosen to accept PK and live in peace or go to Ind as many did. His act was purely terrorism. Sad to say but you guys commit evil and then use terms like Islamic terrorism.

 

[RexRex]

Interestingly, Advani has since expressed regret for his past deeds .. particularly the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition which he was the chief instigator of. He has become somewhat of a nemesis of Modi in the last decade.

 

[LordJames]

Claim:

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

Facts:

Dear @Champ_Pal

Please stick to the facts, you don' have to agree with the truth.

1. September 17, 1947: RSS bomb in Karachi
2. January 30, 1948: Nathuram Godse murders Mahatma Gandhi

Both of these events happened AFTER Independence.

Thanks

Diversion, instead of admission of "Truth"...

Cool story Lord.

Both those events are around Aug 1947 and the events after it.

Let everyone read and decide for themselves...

Agreed but not attacking another country. PK had just been created in Muslim majority areas and Advani attacked it when he could have chosen to accept PK and live in peace or go to Ind as many did. His act was purely terrorism. Sad to say but you guys commit evil and then use terms like Islamic terrorism.

Correct!

Both Pakistan and India were already independent when these events occurred

 

[Champ_Pal]

Claim:



Facts:



Diversion, instead of admission of "Truth"...



Let everyone read and decide for themselves...



Correct!

Both Pakistan and India were already independent when these events occurred

When did these events occur? Not in 2000. Not even in 1970’s or 60’s. It was 25 days after the creation of Pakistan. The wounds of massacres were fresh. What did you expect?
May be I missed it in the OP, where does it say that Advani and Malani were the ones plotting and making bombs?

The Islamic terrorism is still going on as I type this in pretty much every continent. Almost all nations of Europe and America have fallen victims to this ideology.

Nice try from you though

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

When did these events occur? Not in 2000. Not even in 1970’s or 60’s. It was 25 days after the creation of Pakistan. The wounds of massacres were fresh. What did you expect?
May be I missed it in the OP, where does it say that Advani and Malani were the ones plotting and making bombs?

The Islamic terrorism is still going on as I type this in pretty much every continent. Almost all nations of Europe and America have fallen victims to this ideology.

Nice try from you though

That's because almost all European nations and Americans have been directly waging war on Muslim countries.

Terrorism is usually the resort of the weak against the mighty. If they had the military means they would wage war instead. It should not be condoned in any case regardless of who commits it.

 

[LordJames]

Claim:

That was during partition. Murders and assassinations happened at that time. You are trying to compare that event with the Islamic terrorism and the plethora of outfits that have operated around the world in the past 80 yrs?

Seriously worthy post.

Facts:

Dear @Champ_Pal

Please stick to the facts, you don' have to agree with the truth.

1. September 17, 1947: RSS bomb in Karachi
2. January 30, 1948: Nathuram Godse murders Mahatma Gandhi

Both of these events happened AFTER Independence.

Thanks

(Non-Response)-1:

Cool story Lord.

Both those events are around Aug 1947 and the events after it.

(Non-Response)-2:

When did these events occur? Not in 2000. Not even in 1970’s or 60’s. It was 25 days after the creation of Pakistan. The wounds of massacres were fresh. What did you expect?
May be I missed it in the OP, where does it say that Advani and Malani were the ones plotting and making bombs?

The Islamic terrorism is still going on as I type this in pretty much every continent. Almost all nations of Europe and America have fallen victims to this ideology.

Nice try from you though

Hindutva Hypocrisy & Deception:

@Champ_Pal cannot bring himself to clearly admit "I made a mistake, the attacks did not happen during partition as I wrote but happened after partition"...but my point is that the reasons were due to wound of partition etc...

They just cannot bring themselves to admit simple, clear and candid matters.

 

[sweep_shot]

BJP/RSS was a terrorist organization in 1948 just like they are a terrorist organization now in year 2025.

RSS should be declared as a terrorist organization.