Today is October 31 and exactly 93 years before today, on October 31, 1929, Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed was executed inside Mianwali Jail.
There is a mausoleum of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed in Lahore Miani Sahib Cemetery
Many falsehoods are told while narrating their incident
As the Quaid-i-Azam advised him to retract his statement
Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed confessed before the judge that it was I who killed Rajpal
People even believe that Rajpal is the person who wrote the libel book
We will tell you what was the real truth of this case
A book was written by Hindus in 1923
In 1923, a book was written by the Hindus in which many negative things were written about the Prophet. The author of the book was a disciple of the Hindu Swami Dayananda
But fearing the reaction of the Muslims, he appointed Prof. Champu Patilal as the author of the book instead of him
Then a Hindu publisher named Rajpal published the book
Riots broke out everywhere, the Muslims filed a case against Rajpal He was fined and sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Sessions Court
Then, after an appeal in the higher courts, the sentence was changed to six months and it is said that a judge from the Lahore High Court acquitted him completely. The Muslims said that they do not believe that he should be sentenced to one or two years in prison, but that he should be sentenced to death for the disrespect that has been done to the honor of our Prophet (peace be upon him).
But the court did not listen to the Muslims and the death sentence was not given to him
The court said that it is a publisher and not a writer and secondly gave the excuse that there is no such law that is so strict regarding blasphemy that it can be punished with death.
Who, makes the first attempt to kill Rajpal?
In 1927, the first attempt to kill Rajpal was made by Khuda Baksh, which failed
Then after a few days, a Muslim youth named Abdul Aziz also made a similar attempt, but he was also unsuccessful
Both of them were arrested and then they were sentenced to seven years imprisonment for this crime
After that, there was silence everywhere, the hearts of the Muslims were sorrowful, but no one could do anything due to the fear of court proceedings and lawsuits.
Everywhere Muslims were crying that the Hindus had insulted the Prophet by writing a book and we were not able to do anything.
Ghazi Ilmuddin hears from his elders about Rajpal’s insolence
About two years later, a religious scholar living in Mohalla Sariawala in Inner Lahore hears from his elders about Rajpal’s insolence.
He buys a knife from a junk shop in the market and from there he goes to Rajpal’s shop on Hospital Road and asks who Rajpal is.
Rajpal was afraid and surprised and said that it was me. Immediately after that, Ilmuddin Shaheed stabbed him to death in the presence of his bodyguards.
This attack took place on April 6, 1929, after which Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed son of Talemand was arrested and the case was started on October 31, 1929, he was sentenced to death in Mianwali Jail.
The British government, fearing to provoke the Muslims, buried his body in Khaki Mianwali
Allama Iqbal’s assurance to the Governor of Lahore
Then Allama Iqbal assured the governor of Lahore that the Muslims would not be agitated and on this assurance, his dead body was buried in the Miani Sahib graveyard in Lahore.
Now regarding this case, it is said that Quaid-i-Azam asked Ghazi Sahib to change his statement although this is completely false. There is an allegation about the professional ability of Jinnah Sahib
This is the same as the accusation made against the Quaid-e-Azam regarding the night-night mosque, that the Quaid-e-Azam had advised the Muslims that they should build a mosque there overnight and then we will occupy it.
And what we said regarding the case of Ghazi Sahib of Quaid-e-Azam was confirmed by Javed Iqbal, son of Allama Iqbal, and Buster Farrukh Hussain, who assisted Quaid-e-Azam in this case. The son of Justice Retired Aftab Farrukh and the author of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed’s book, Zafar Iqbal Nagina Sahib, have also done it. Their statements only show that Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed never confessed to the murder in court. Nor did the Quaid-i-Azam ask him to change this statement
Ghazi Ilmuddin gave his statement in the court, it is something like this
Ghazi Sahib said in his statement that he was coming from the vegetable market, and then people caught him and implicated him in this murder. I was beaten a lot.
The identity that was plotted against me was only on my head during the parade and not on anyone else’s head And I was barefoot, everyone else was wearing shoes
And then that same morning the witness who identified me along with Inspector Jawaharlal who was Atma Ram, both of them came to me. The inspector gave me a cigarette which I smoked.
Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed was asked when you were arrested, did you not say that I am not a thief? Rather, I have killed two Rajpal because they are insolent to the Prophet
On this, Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed told the court that I had only said that I was not a thief
After that, he was asked if he did not kill Rajpal by stabbing him, and he said that he did not kill him.
How did Quaid-e-Azam fight these cases?
Now we will explain why Ghazi Sahib gave such statements, but first, let’s talk about Quaid-e-Azam, and how he fought this case. When this case reached the High Court through the subordinate courts, Quaid-e-Azam was requested to fight the case At that time he was a lawyer of the Bombay High Court and according to law he could not fight a case in any other High Court
But he still applied to the High Court, which was rejected by Justice Broadway, but Sir Shadi Lal, the first Indian Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, granted special permission to Quaid-e-Azam to fight the case.
The courts had sentenced Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed to death, so instead of denying the murder, Quaid-e-Azam skillfully objected to the weaknesses and complexities of the case and presented strong arguments.
As he discussed the dubious testimony of Atma Ram, he discussed the status of the testimony of Rajpal’s servants and the contradictions in their statements.
Maliciousness in the police inspector’s investigation, the 18-19-year-old age of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed, the motives behind the killing, the hurting of religious sentiments, there are many other things besides that, if we start talking about these points, the discussion will be very long. will be done
But that was a case fought by a very expert lawyer but as you know there were more Hindu judges in the courts and they were the majority at that time and then the fact was that Ghazi Sahib had killed Rajpal. Therefore, the High Court also upheld the previous court decision, London upheld the death penalty decision, and finally, the King of England, who was their king, also ordered it and after that, it was implemented.
The British Government became very frightened due to the growing protests of the Muslims and transferred Ghazi Sahib from Lahore to Mianwali.
It was the will of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed that I should be buried in Lahore, but at that time the British government had buried him in Mianwali Jail.
Why did Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed by his crime in court?
About this, Zafar Iqbal Nagina Sahib writes in his book that in the available documents, there is a mention of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed’s meeting with his friend Shida the last time.
In which Ulm Din told his friend that I did not deny my crime in court because I was afraid of death.
Rather, it was the order of my elders that I have to give this statement in court So I obeyed their orders and spoke in the court as I was told
It has been 93 years and Ghazi Sahib’s tomb is still full of glory Not only young people, but also elderly people who are unable to walk on their own are attending here with sticks in their hands.
This was the case history of Ghazi Ilmuddin Shaheed