Talk:Habib ur Rahman (Indian National Army officer)

Different Rahman?

RegentsPark, Rahman, the right hand man of Subhas Chandra Bose, and the Rahman that led the revolt in Bhimber and Mirpur were the same one as far as I can tell. Zaman Kiani also played the two roles. The ISPR 1991 volume seems to be almost entirely about the First Kashmir War, and so is at least half of the "Rawalpindi Conspiracy" book. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 08:10, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

Ok. The names are not the same and I assumed that someone was just adding their own books to the list. Thanks for the update! --regentspark (comment) 14:02, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

"Azad Kashmir" and "Azad Hind" are not very different concepts, especially for military men prone to making black-and-white characterisations.

What perpetuates the Bose legend is that his appeal cuts across religious, linguistic, and national boundaries. All those who see themselves as fight ing for freedom—political, social, and economic—claim his mantle, including those who battle against the Indian state. Many Kashmiri and Naga militants seeking independence from India, for instance, believe Bose would have understood the justness of their cause.

and later:

One of the officers who fought on Pakistan's side in the Kashmir war was none other than Habibur Rahman, Netaji's companion on his final plane journey. Writing in 1966 to Tatsuo Hayashida, who had carried the urn containing Netaji's ashes from Taipei to Tokyo, Habib thought it was a “great tragedy” that Bose had not been able to see for himself the fruits of his freedom struggle.

I don't think Sugata Bose can be entirely objective in assessing Subhas Bose's legacy.

In 1947, the INA was supposed to run the operations south of Pir Panjal, and Khurshid Anwar to the north.

Shaukat Hayat also had another plan in hand [at the 12 September 1947 meeting called by Liaquat Ali Khan], which included the use of INA officers such as M. Zaman Kiani and Khurshid Anwar, a commander of the Muslim League National Guards, to mount crossborder operations under the overall command of Shaukat Hayat.

The Muslim Conference general secretary states:

"We were told about the plan to attack Kashmir. Liaquat Ali Khan said that it would all be over within hours. The Frontier government was to mastermind the attack from Garhi Abdullah while the Punjab government would control the attack from Kahuta to Jammu."

The major failure was that the "Punjab government" did not deliver. Otherwise, it would indeed have been over within hours. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 09:26, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

To round off the above remarks, I might add that there was pretty much universal opposition to attacking Jammu after J&K acceeded to India. Akbar Khan continued to press for it, but even Sher Khan didn't agree. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:12, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

The quotes are quite interesting! TrangaBellam (talk) 22:04, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

References

Autobiography/Biography

Any such source? TrangaBellam (talk) 07:34, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

I don't think there are any in English. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 13:08, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Sigh - prolly would have been a fascinating read. TrangaBellam (talk) 22:02, 23 January 2022 (UTC)