Communal harmony is of utmost importance to our country for peace and progress.

  Before independence,the Indian people by and large lived in peace. there were hardly any fanatic to arouse the religious feelings of people then. There existed composite culture in several then Indian cities such as Lahore, Karachi, Amritsar, Delhi, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Kanpur, etc. There were hardly any communal riots then. Unfortunately. Muslim League’s two nation theory divided the innocent Indian masses into two broad camps of Hindus and Muslims and thus started the diabolical communal riots which led to the disturbance of communal peace on a large scale and finally to division of the country.

  After independence, Indian people largely lived in communal harmony except rarely when some people were incited in the name of religion by the malicious Pakistani agents.

This communal harmony took an ugly turn in terrorist movement in Punjab which was largely engineered by ISI of Pakistan.

There have grown up some staunch hawks in all religious organisations now and one concrete surfacing of this
attitude has been witnessed in demolition of the Babri structure and burning of Rambhaktas in train and its
aftermath in Gujarat.

We should remember that our great religious preachers and scriptures have always stood for oneness of mankind
and we should adhere to this doctrine. Moreover,national progress which is essential for all, is possible only
if we maintain communal harmony.