Placed below is an interesting account of the Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946 which was the only WAR of INDEPENDANCE as per Capt Ajit Vadakayil whose blog " (http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2013/02/the-indian-navy-mutiny-of-1946-only-war.html says it all.

1. Indian Naval Mutiny of 1946-An untold part of Indian History
Placed below is an interesting account of the Indian Navy Mutiny
of 1946 which was the only WAR of INDEPENDANCE as per Capt
Ajit Vadakayilwhose blog " (http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2013/02/the-
indian-navy-mutiny-of-1946-only-war.html says it all.
The Navy revolt in Bombay on 18th Feb 1946, triggered sympathetic vibrations all
over India. 1200 airmen of the Royal Indian Air Force went on a procession in
support of their strike, on Februray 20 1946.
The ruling Congress party was so scared of the truth getting exhumed that as late as
1965, a Bengali actor Utpal Dutt was arrested for writing a passionate play on the
Royal Navy Uprising. Utpal Dutt, also acted in the Bollywood hit movie Golmal. He
was arrested on December 27, 1965 under the Preventive Detention Act.
The Government of Bengal and India feared he was "subversive". Why? Because he
wrote a play called "Kallol" (Sound of Waves) on this sunk chapter of Indian freedom
fighting. This would rob the sheen out of our popular heroes and gods like Gandhi,
Nehru etc, right? He was detained for several months, when his show ran to packed
shows at Calcutta's Minerva Theatre.
For when Justice P.B. Chakrabarty, the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court once
asked the British PM Lord Clement Atlee - responsible for conceding India's
Independence, the all important question -
"what was the extent of Gandhi’s influence upon the British decision to quit India"
His response, with a smirk: “m-i-n-i-m-a-l!“.
He spelt it out in sarcasm.
Out of 25 lakh ( 2.5 million ) Indian soldiers recruited with the aid of non-violent
Gandhi for 2nd World War , to kill the Germans , only 2.43 lakh ( 243, 000 ) had
been killed.

2. Rest of the surviving battle hardened Indian soldiers, some with limbs missing,
were itching to smash the faces of the hated racist British masters to pulp.
This was more because their British Officers were cowards, and they found it out
the hard way..
Rings a bell why Gandhi never got a Nobel prize?
A Indian scrawled BRITISH DOGS QUIT INDIA on the sea-shore training
establishment for training wireless operators ( HMIS TALWAR ) wall , and this
evoked exemplary punishments like cutting off rations , forcing the cook to dilute the
curry with water, so that all can be fed. BC Dutt was imprisoned on suspicion after
comparing his handwriting. And this was a bit too much to swallow.
If this was the petty method the British Officers would adopt to make other sailors to
snitch on a fellow sailor then it would NOT work. Rather this mean tactic would
explode badly on their sarcastic white racist faces.
The Brits caught on and did propaganda that the trigger was watery dhall— like how
the trigger in 1857 for the stupid Indians were beef and pork lard grease. You see
Indians are so small minded , that they can go on revolt even for watered down curry.
Bad Indians, right?
It must be on record that the Indian National Congress and Muslim league
condemned the uprising. I guess Gandhi and Jinnah could NOT tolerate any
movement in which they are NOT at the steering wheel. It must also be on record that
the Communist party of India supported this movement, without reservation.
The Union Jack was lowered from all Royal Navy ships and in its place was hoisted
three flags tied together — those of the Congress, Muslim League, and the Red Flag
of the Communist Party of India (CPI), signifying the unity and downplaying of
communal issues among the mutineers.

3. This was the first time the British policy of “divide and rule” did NOT work. The
rebels had unanimously elected a Muslim, Leading Signalman M.S Khan and a Sikh,
Petty Officer Telegraphist Madan Singh as President and Vice-President
respectively.
Gandhi furious at being sidelined , cried , "A combination between Hindus and
Muslims for the purpose of violent actions is unholy and will lead to and would
probably be a precursor to mutual violence - bad for India and the world."
Gandhi then went one step ahead and commanded the mutineers stop this “ bad and
unbecoming example” and suggested that they must “adopt peaceful methods and
apprise him fully of their grievances he would see to it that they were redressed “.
Gandhi further advised the mutineers to peacefully resign from their jobs if they had
any grievances. The Navy ratings, according to Gandhi, should learn “constructive
activities, such as using the spinning wheel and thereby keep the love of freedom
burning in their mind”
India navy ratings went around Bombay on 19th
and 20th
Feb
1946, in lorries, holding aloft tricolor flags and the picture of
Subhash Chandra Bose .
There were NO pictures of Gandhi and this upset him to no small extent.
Aruna Asif Ali disagreed with Gandhi and said in a rejoinder that it would be “far
easier to unite Hindus and Muslims at the barricade than on the constitutional front”.
Gandhi had been applying his non-violent satyagraha for 32 years, after he was
deposited on the drivers seat of the Indian freedom struggle , imported from South
Africa , by Rothschild. The British just loved him, for he was their type of freedom
fighter, playing Moses.

4. The Royal Indian Navy revolt started on 18th February 1946, when 1100 naval
ratings of ship HMIS Talwar struck work at Bombay at dawn. After the outbreak of
the mutiny, the first planned move was to take possession of Butcher Island ( where
the entire ammunition meant for Bombay Presidency was stocked ) and telephone and
wireless equipment, including transmitters at Kirki near Pune. This enured that all
naval ships were fully under their command.
The Indian naval officers and ratings began calling themselves the "Indian National
Navy" , offered left-handed salutes to British officers and generally ignored them.
The news of the mutiny was communicated by signalers and soon at Karachi the
HMIS Hindustan along with one more ship and three shore establishments, went on a
lightning strike. The strikes spread like wild fire to military establishments in
Madras, Vishakhapatnam, Calcutta, Delhi, Cochin, Jamnagar, the Andamans,
Bahrain and Aden. Seventy eight Naval ships and 20 shore Naval establishments,
involving 20,000 Nany ratings were affected.
After the Second World War was over, three of the top officers of the Indian National
Army (INA) - General Shah Nawaz Khan (Muslim), Colonel Prem Sehgal (Hindu) and
Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon (Sikh) were put on trial at the Red Fort in Delhi.
Their crime: "waging war against the King Emperor". Heeding to Netaji Subhash’s
Chandra Bose’s call the INA has jumped mid river from the British boat to the
Japanese boat.
No army, no navy, no airforce, no communications, with police joining the strike
was something the British never ever expected.
British men and women going in cars and Victorias 203s horse carriages were made
to get down remove their hats, and shout "Jai Hind" (Victory to India).
Meanwhile the navy's big guns were trained on the Taj Mahal Hotel, the Yacht Club
and other British infested buildings from morning till evening.
Two naval ships were even cast off from the quay without British / Indian officers and
engineers, taken for a joy ride and anchored. And mind you, this was done by ratings
alone, and they did NOT have GPS or know how to use a sextant.
Even the ever loyal Gurkhas had refused to fire on striking sailors.
So how did the Indian Navy mutiny shake up the foundations of the British empire?

5. Unlike the army and air force peaceful strike , this was a full blown mutiny. From the
initial flashpoint in the signalman training ship Talwar , at Bombay, the revolt spread
and found support throughout British India, from Karachi to Calcutta and ultimately
came to involve 78 ships, 20 shore establishments and 20,000 sailors.
It was repressed by force by the British Royal Navy, using their white sailors and
airforce.
An annoyed Sardar Vallabhai Patel summoned the ring leader Petty Officer
Telegraphist Madan Singh in a flat at Bombay and literally shouted at him and
demanded that he stop the mutiny. Cutting no ice, then Jawaharlal Nehru called
Madan to his brother-in-law Huthee Singh’s flat and tried sweet talk and cajoling .
The typical good man bad man psychology.
Nehru lays the honey thick "Agar main bhi aap ki jagah hota to main bhi jazbaat mein
beh jaata". Nehru assured that there would be no victimization, if the mutiny stopped
and the culprits surrendered. Madan made it clear that the Navy will surrender only
to Indian national leaders and not to the British authorities. Despite Nehru’s
assurances , hundreds of Navy ratings were dismissed on the spot.
Patel issued a statement calling on the strikers to end their action, which was later
echoed by a statement issued in Calcutta by Mohammed Ali Jinnah on behalf of the
Muslim League. Under these considerable pressures, the strikers gave way. British
airplanes wree making show of strength low flights. Their naval ships from Ceylon
manned with Canadians, Aussies and New Zealanders arrived at the Gate way of
Bombay.
Despite assurances from Nehru and Jinnah widespread arrests were made by the
British. Madan Singh himself was placed in solitary confinement for three and a half
months. There were several unilateral court martials. None of those dismissed were
reinstated into either the Indian or Pakistani navies after independence.
The Navymen had the wireless system under their control. They were able to win
over almost all the 70 ships and all the 20 seashore establishments. They had secured
control over the civilian telephone exchange, the cable network and, above all, over
the transmission centre at Kirkee manned by the Navy, which was the channel of
communication between the Indian Government and the British.
Hundreds were killed , all this was hushed up Most of this happened when British
tanks tried to smah through the barricades put up by civilians. Besides,there were
some casualties even among us as a result of an exhange of fire between Indians and

6. white British troops .
On February 20 and 21, The navy men gave a call for a general strike which evoked
tremendous public response. It was perceived as a challenge to the Queen’s
authority. Widespread rioting took place from Karachi to Calcutta, as the police did
NOT report for work ..
In Karachi, revolt broke out on board the Royal Indian Navy ship, HMIS Hindustan
off Manora Island. The ship, as well as shore establishments were taken over by
mutineers. Later, it spread to the HMIS Bahadur. The next day, ratings from Castle
and Fort Barracks in Bombay, joined in the revolt when rumours spread that HMIS
Talwar's ratings had been fired upon.
Several Indian low rank naval officers who opposed the strike and sided with the
British were thrown off the ship by ratings. Soon, the mutineers ratings were joined
by thousands of disgruntled naval ratings from Bombay, Karachi, Cochin and Vizag.
Communication between the various mutinies was maintained through the wireless
communication sets available in HMIS Talwar. Thus, the entire revolt was
coordinated in a marvelous manner .
The strike initiated by the naval ratings soon took serious proportions. Hundreds of
strikers from the sloops, minesweepers and shore establishments in Bombay
demonstrated near VT . British personnel of the Defence forces were singled out for
attacks by the strikers who were armed with steel rods, hammers and even hockey
sticks.
At 0600 hrs on February 24, 1946 white flags were raised from the decks of all ships
to announce surrender. In its last session the strike committee passed a resolution
which stated, "Our uprising was an important historical event in the lives of our
people. For the first time the blood of uniformed and non-uniformed workers flowed
in one current for the same collective cause. We the workers in uniform shall never
forget this. We also know that you, our proletarian brothers and sisters shall also
never forget this. The coming generations, learning its lessons shall accomplish what
we have not been able to achieve. Long live the working masses. Long live the
Revolution".
Two aspects stood out in the eyes of the British. One was that the participants were
sailors who in general were much more educated than the average gullible illiterate
recruit in to the British Indian Army. Secondly, the ring-leaders were from the
Telegraphists Branch, who again were more educated and intelligent than the
average rating. And the Telegraphists used their trade to effectively spread their
message (like a wild fire).

7. Then there was another factor that did not escape the British. While the Indian
Officers all did not participate, almost all of them , except a few Parsis were very
sympathetic to the cause.
During the mutiny there was NO cooking in the navy- all food came from private
houses and hotels, free . Common people , men women and children , came out in
support of the ratings; and demonstrations and strikes were held all over the
country.
To sum it up, the British realized that THE strongest pillar of their system was
vulnerable.
Some of the ratings in HMIS Talwar were reported to have Communist leanings and
on a search of 38 ratings who were arrested in the HMIS New Delhi, 15 were found to
be subscribers of CPI literature.
Without the Royal navy they were cut off from England. Indians in the Armed forces
were no longer trust worthy. The Navy mutiny, that no one since Independence heard
of ( till the Internet age ) did to the British colonization, what no other action
including Quit India movement could have done in the long struggle of 250 years.
To hell with Gandhi , his Ahimsa and his non- fuckin' -
violence.
INDIA WON INDEPENDENCE BY VIOLENT INTENT , AND STRIKING FEAR
INTO BRITISH HEARTS , NOT NON VIOLENT SATYAGRAHA , OF
ROTHSCHILD'S SOUTH AFRICAN PLANT GANDHI .
LET THIS BE KNOWN TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF INDIA.
THE FASTER WE REVISE OUR HISTORY TEXT BOOKS THE BETTER.
NON VIOLENCE AGAINST AN INVADER IS USELESS.
The British hushed up the whole incident and destroyed ALL records, as per orders
from England.
A naval ship INS Madan Singh’, was named after the mutiny leader after 52 years .
Another ship was named for former leading telegraphist B.C. Dutt Dutt too.

8. A sailor holding the wheel memorial now exists at Cooperage, Colaba, Mumbai.
After the outbreak of the mutiny, the first thing they did was to storm the naval prison
and free B.C. Dutt, the man who send a strong message to England .
Today India’s navy , 4th largest on the planet, is more powerful than England’s . If
England ever makes a misadventure (like Falklands) in India ever again , they will be
a severe price to pay.
We will NOT allow true history to be fudged by the white
historian or by Wikipedia !
Gandhi recruited 13 lakh ( 1.3 million ) Indian soldiers in the
first world war – out of which 111000 ( 1.11 lakh ) Indian
soldiers were killed .
Gandhi recruited 25 lakh ( 2.5 million ) Indian soldiers in the
second World war. Out of this 243000 ( 2.43 lakh) soldiers
were killed.