"“All was well till two days before this loot and arson when a young man came from the Punjab and made highly inflammatory speeches. He also held Conferences with the Muslim League leaders. He asked the people that if nothing else, they could at least set fire to houses of Hindus and loot their property. Soon after this speech by this young man from the Punjab young boys, supported by local Muslim League workers, began to set fire to shops.”"
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Qazi Ataullah Khan, Revenue Minister of the Frontier Province, quoted from**Talib, S. G. S. (1950). Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab, 1947. Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. [https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Muslim_League_Attack_on_Sikhs_and_Hindus_in_the_Punjab_1947 [https://voibooks.bitbucket.io/mla/index.html *118-9
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Qazi Ataullah Khan
1895 – 1952
Qazi Ataullah Khan (1895-1952) was a Pashtun lawyer, writer, activist, and politician.
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