Why Punjabi was Abolished in Punjab by the British?

The British first introduced Urdu as an educational and official language in Punjab due to fear of Punjabi nationalism, because of the status of Punjabi language, culture and traditions in Punjab as a binding force between Muslim Punjabi, Hindu Punjabi, Sikh Punjabi, Christian Punjabi.

For the British, Punjab was a frontier province, Punjabi was a secular martial nation and Punjab had boundaries with Afghanistan and Persia. Therefore, the Punjabis, unlike the Bengalis and the Sindhis, were not allowed to use their mother tongue as an educational and official language due to fear of boast in Punjabi nationalism.

After an era of Ranjeet Singh, during the rule of the British Empire in Punjab, British rulers imposed martial law in Punjab. To govern Punjab, they brought Urdu-speaking Muslim and Hindi-speaking Hindu bureaucracy and establishment from UP, as a result Punjabi became a socially and politically depressed and deprived nation due to the hegemony of Urdu and Hindi language, Gunga Jumna culture and UP-ite traditions. It resulted supremacy of UP-ite and UP-ite mindset in policy making and decision taking in national affairs and foreign relationship, managed, motivated and sponsored by the British rulers to eliminate the Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Christian Punjabis into different religions and languages to secure their rule over last captured land and martial race of India.

However, during British rule in India, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Christian Punjabis were still a nation because of common land, language, culture and traditions. The religion was a personal subject, although, religious dissimilarity was a natural reality. However, clans moreover, communities were the institutions for social interaction and charity work. Punjab was a secular regime and Punjabi was a respectable and honorable language, culture and nation in India.

In 19th century due to politics of congress, dominated by Hindu and Hindi speaking leaders, Hindu Punjabi started preferring Hindi language, culture and traditions instead of Punjabi. Later on, Muslim Punjabis did the same due to the influence of the Muslim League, dominated by the UP-ite Urdu speaking Muslim leaders and presence of UP-ite Muslims in Punjab.

As a consequence of preferring Hindi language, culture and traditions by Hindu Punjabis and Urdu language, culture and traditions by Muslim Punjabis, the characteristics of assimilation to accomplish the sociological instinct started to switch from “Nation to Religion” and “A Great Nation of Sub-Continent Got Divided and Get Emerged into Muslim and Hindu States” as well as, started receiving the reward of hate and regret from every honorable nation, in addition to the humiliation, loathing and abuse from Hindi and Urdu speaking persons. This is the punishment of Punjabis for not respecting their motherland, language, culture and traditions. Anyway, Evolution exists everywhere, without realizing that, it is at right direction or wrong.

Since decades, Punjabis were in trouble because of lacking interest in Punjabi nationalist politics, ignorant to the Punjabi language, unaware with the Punjabi culture and uninformed for the Punjabi traditions because of preference to the Urdu language, Gunga Jumna culture and UP-ite traditions.

Especially, the Punjabis, those migrated from the Indian side of Punjab to Pakistan were more under the domination of Urdu language, Gunga Jumna culture and UPite traditions. Therefore, they accepted and owned the hegemony of Urdu language, Gunga Jumna culture and UPite traditions by surrendering the Punjabi language, culture and traditions. In addition, they also facilitated and supported the UP-ite to dominate Urdu language, Gunga Jumna culture and UPite traditions by means of suppressing and eliminating the languages, cultures and traditions of original and actual entities of Pakistan i.e. Sindhis, Balochis, Pukhtoons and Punjabis (due to many factors).

Hence, time has proved that; independence of Pakistan at the cost of splitting up Punjab with the blood of 2 million Punjabis and displacement of 20 million Punjabis, furthermore, lending support to UP-ite for dominating the Urdu language, Gunga Jumna culture and UPite traditions by means of suppressing and eliminating the languages, cultures and traditions of original and actual entities of Pakistan i.e. Sindhi, Baloch, Pukhtoon and Punjabi, in conjunction with, hegemony of UP-ite Muhajirs in national and foreign affairs bureaucracy, military and civil establishment, skilled and technical professions, politics and media organizations, was a blunder by the Punjabis due to political immaturity, irresponsibility and pettiness.

Urdu Speaking UP-ites, those concurred foremost cities of Punjab during British rule and after creation of Pakistan, are a major problem for Punjabi Nation and Punjabi Language. As they also speak Punjabi therefore, it is difficult to distinguish them that they are Punjabi or Urdu speaking UP-ites. By camouflaging in Punjabi skin, these UP-ite Urdu speaking Muhajirs is the main conspirators in Punjab to confuse Punjabi people and degrade Punjabi language along with support to Urdu language by the propaganda of “ Urdu is Binding Language of Pakistani People”, rather Language of Muslims.