|
With the attainment of Independence
of India from the British Rule, coupled with Partition founded on
the two-nation theory, we ought also to have declared Bharat a Hindu-Rashtra,
but large hearted as we are we gave ourselves a secular Constitution,
guaranteeing to all citizens the fullest freedom to practise and
propagate their individual Faith. Even so the continued existence
of certain mosque-like structures which had been raised by Muslims
after destroying Hindu Temples, particularly those of Somnath, Kashi
Vishwanath at Gyanvapi, Sri Krishna Janmasthan and Sri Rama Janma
Bhumi was a matter of National shame and galling to the Hindu psyche.
Fortunately, the restoration of the Somnath Temple was accomplished
soon after Independence, but the attempts to restore Sri Rama Janma
Bhumi were stalled.
|