Republic of Balochistan Wishes India a Happy 79th Independence Day
By Mir Yar Baloch, Balochistan
The Republic of Balochistan, home to sixty million patriotic Baloch, extends its warmest, most heartfelt congratulations to the 1.4 billion proud people of India on this glorious occasion of your Independence. We share in your joy as if it were our own, because your victory against colonialism is a chapter that inspires our own struggle for freedom.
Just as the courageous and self-respecting people of India refused to bow to British slavery, offering countless lives in sacrifice, so too did the people of Balochistan pay an immense price in blood and treasure to break the chains of imperialism. Together, we honor the memories of our fearless mothers, sisters, and every brave son of our soil who stood for freedom without fear.
We pay our deepest respects to the towering leaders and martyrs of India’s freedom movement, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Lala Lajpat Rai, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Mangal Pandey, Sarojini Naidu, and countless others, who faced the gallows, endured brutal imprisonment, and suffered immense hardships to gift their people the priceless treasure of independence. Their courage lights a path not only for India but for every nation still yearning for freedom.
Neither India nor Balochistan was ever gifted freedom; it was earned with the sweat and blood of our ancestors. Our forefathers secured an independent Balochistan on 11 August 1947. A day later, on 15 August, India’s leaders declared the dawn of free India after enduring the agony of partition.
Today, as India celebrates its freedom, the people of Balochistan stand shoulder to shoulder with you. We send our deepest thanks and appreciations to your patriotic mainstream and social media, your both of the parliaments, fearless journalists, your visionary thinkers, your civil society, your doctors, farmers, business community, armed forces, scientists, teachers, students, people of every faith, our beloved mothers and sisters, and every Indian from every walk of life who has carried the message of Balochistan into every home across India. From morning tea to dinner tables, in schools, colleges, and gatherings everywhere, our friendship is being turned into a living, breathing bond of trust and solidarity.
We believe this friendship must rise to new heights. We call upon the Government of India to stand with Balochistan in real and tangible ways so that, together, we can crush any conspiracy against our two nations and answer Pakistan’s vile terrorism with the same determination India showed in Operation Sindoor, a blow so powerful that the wails of the Pakistani army and their terrorists still echo to the highest heavens.
Long live the eternal friendship between Balochistan and India!
Long live freedom!
