HH SHRI NATHJI AND THE DRAGON
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FROM THE MEMOIRS OF HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI 1962.
THE YEAR WAS 1962, CHINA HAD BETRAYED INDIA AND SENT ITS FORCES TO GRAB A LARGE PORTION OF INDIA.
CHINA HAD COME OUT IN ITS TRUE COLORS AS THE DRAGON.
THIS HAD HAPPENED SOON AFTER INDIA HAD GIVEN A GRAND WELCOME TO CHOU EN LAI AND MAO TSE TUNG, THE CHINESE LEADERS, WHO HAD COME TO INDIA AS FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY WAS SAYING " HINDI-CHINI- BHAI BHAI" -- "INDIANS AND CHINESE ARE BROTHERS!"
THE SUDDEN ATTACK BY THE CHINESE ON INDIAN TERRITORY IN THE NORTH LEFT PEOPLE BEWILDERED. THE HIMALAYAS WERE BEING OVERRUN BY HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF CHINESE WHO APPEARED TO COME IN HUMAN WAVES.
MUSSOORIE A SMALL TOWN IN THE HIMALAYAS NEAR THE CHINA BORDER WAS FLOODED WITH TIBETAN REFUGEES, THE DALAI LAMA BEING AMONGST THEM.
MATESHWARI, THE SPOUSE OF HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI WOKE UP IN A STATE OF PANIC AND SAID LOUDLY TO HH SHRI NATHJI:
"DONT YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR BELOVED INDIA? THE CHINESE HAVE COME TO SWALLOW UP OUR COUNTRY UNLESS THEY ARE STOPPED!"
THAT DREADFUL, RAINY, STORMY NIGHT, SHRI NATHJI SAT UP ALONE IN HIS ARMCHAIR AND WROTE A LONG LETTER " AS A CITIZEN OF INDIA" TO MAO TSE TUNG TO CALL BACK THE CHINESE TROOPS IN THE NAME OF HUMAN CONSCIENCE.
THE LETTER WAS STILL LYING ON THE WINDOW SILL IN THE MORNING AND THERE WAS NO WAY OF SENDING IT BY POST TO CHINA.
BUT THE ALL INDIA RADIO NEWS ANNOUNCED EARLY IN THE MORNING THAT THE CHINESE FORCES HAD STOPPED ADVANCING AND WERE WITHDRAWING!!
I WAS A WITNESS TO THE ENTIRE MIRACLE AS A CHILD AS I WATCHED MY FATHER HH SHRI NATHJI WRITE THAT LETTER TO THE CHINESE LEADERS ON THAT FATEFUL NIGHT.
I RECALLED SHRI NATHJI'S WORDS:
"MERE HINDUSTAN KI TARAF KOYI AANKH UTTHAA KAR NA DEKHE!!"
"LET NO ONE DARE CAST AN EVIL EYE UPON MY INDIA!"
I AM SURE HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI WILL ACT AGAIN TO PUSH THE CHINESE DRAGON BACK MIRACULOUSLY.
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PRIYA NATH MEHTA
SON OF HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI
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