san 1876 77 ke bhishan akal men—jab main keval solah varsh ka balak tha—mujhe pahle pahal ye malum hua ki hamare deshavasi anya deshon mein basne ke liye jate ya le jate hain. usi samay mainne bharkatiyon aur ejenton ko dekha, jo hrisht pusht mazbut mai aurton ko bharti karke nethal aur marishas bhejte the. mujhe bhi unhonne 50) rupya masik ki karki ka lalach diya tha, parantu main apni vriddha mata ke vichar se unke jaal mein na phans saka. tabhi se main prvasiyon ki baton mein dilchaspi rakhta hoon. main aksar sunta tha ki bholebhale navyuvak purush striyon ko arkati logon ne kis tarah bahkakar lanka, malaya, netal aur marishas aadi ko chalan kar diya hai.

bharatiy neshnal kangres ke sammukh pravasi bhartiyon ka parashn sabse pahle madras kangres mein utha tha. us samay mi० elphreD veb—kangres ke sabhapati—ne guti pipuls aisosiyeshan ke, jiska main mantri tha, kahne par, netaksh mein bhartiyon ke myunisipal adhikar chhin jane par prativad kiya tha. tabse prvasiyon ke parashn par barabar logon ka dhyaan baDhta gaya, aur gandhaji ke dakshin afrika ke satyagrah sangram ke samay se to wo baDa mahattvpurn ho gaya hai. jabse mein mashas kaunsil mein gaya, tab se main apni khud shakti ke anusar barabar pravasi bhaiyon ki seva karta raha.

aupaniveshik sarkaron ne kuliyon ko bahkakar ikatta rakhne ke liye jo Dipo khol rakhe the, unmen bharatiy pulis tak ko bina ijazat jane ki mumaniyat thi. mainne ise door karne ki kaunsil mein baDhi koshish ki, parantu wo bekar hui.

bharat ke gore plaintaraki fayde ke liye jo qanun bana tha, usmen kaam chhoDkar chale aane vale mazduron ke liye saza ka vidhan tha. mainne uske viruddh bhi bahut andolan kiya.

isi beech mein lanka ki bharatiy kamfrens ka sabhapati bankar lanka gaya. vahan mujhe bharatiy mazduron ki durdasha pratyaksh dekhne ka avsar mila. vahan unki haalat dekhkar mujhe baDa duःkha hua. mainne madras kaunsil mein unke sambandh mein bisiyon parashn kiye. desh mein bhi is vishay par zordar andolan hua, jiska phal ye hua ki ab lanka, malaya aadi mai sarkar ne ejent aur prvasiyon ke rakshak (protectors of emigrants) niyat kar diye hain. phir gandhiji tatha svargiy gokhale aur mi० airaDra ke zordar andolan se shartbandi kuli pratha utha di gai.

kuli prthaki bandi se british gayna aur phiji ke laintron ka bahut nuqsan hua. prvasiyon ko bulane ke liye vahan se Deputeshan bhaye aur unhonne prvasiyon ke liye baDi achchhi sharten pesh keen. ispar bharat sarkar ne british gayna aur phiji ko Deputeshan bhejneka vichar kiya. british gayna ke Deputeshan mein jane ke liye madras sarkar ke la membar ne mujhse kaha. main jane ke liye razi ho gaya. us samay tak mere liye british gayna, jamai ka, triniDaD aadi keval bhaugolik naam the. mujhe keval ye gyaan tha ki in sthanon mein bharatiy kuli banakar bheje ge the. main hai 1 varsh ka vriddh purush tha, isliye main apne saath apne putr shri govindaraj ko bhi ke gaya tha. main hi is Deputeshan ka sabhapati niyukt hua tha.

Deputeran yahan se ravana hokar phraans hota hushbha inglainD pahuncha. jaDe ke din the. inglainD baDi sardi paDti thi. vahan pahunchakar main bimar paD gaya aur teen saptah tak bimar raha. achchha hone par mainne tatkalin bharat mantri mi० matigyuse bhent ki. unhonne kaha ki Deputeshan ko nishpaksh hokar apni khari khari rauy deni chahiye. yahan mujhe shriyut polak se bhi baDi sahayata mili.

inglainD mein Deyuteshan ke anya sadasya shri bainkteshnarayan tivari aur mi० jee० eph० kiting mile. unhonne kamzor dasha dekhkar bharat laut jane ki salah di, lekin main razi nahin hua aur 19 janavri san 1922 ko hum sab british gayna ke liye ravana hue.

tufani samudr hone ke karan jahaz par hum sabko baDa kasht hua. ant mein 6 faravri ko barveDoz dveep pahunchne par kuch jaan men jan aai. ek din yahan rahkar hum log athvin faravri ko grenaDa pahunche. vahan se raat bhar samudr yaka karke triniDaD ke bandargah pahunch ge. vahan revreyaD see० Dee० lala, em० el० see० ne hum logon ka. svagat kiya. hum log jahaz par baDe baDe tang aa ge the, parantu revreyaD saan Di lala ke makan par unki charm patni, laDakiyon aur pita ne hamara jo svagat kiya, usse hamein baDi shakti mili. lala mahashay ke pita us samay 104 varsh ke the. ve shrikrishn aur bhagvat puran par hindi mein khoob baten kiya karte the. yahan im logon ko hafton ki baad shrimti lala ne baDe prem se bharatiy bhojan karaya. yahan se dusre din hum log phir chakhe, aur 12 faravri ko british gayna ki rajdhani jarjtaun mein pahunch ge. yahan hamare deshvasiyon ne baDe utsaah aur prem se hamara svagat kiya. ek din taun haul mein hum logon ka sarvajnik sthagat hua, jismen mahon ke gavarnar, uchch adhikari aur upnivesh bhar ke bhartiyon ke pratinidhi upasthit the.

gayna ke tatkalin gavarnar ghar vishvaphreD kalet baDe nam sajjan the, parantu saath hi ye pakke baniye bhi the. hum logon ke gayna pahunchne ke dusre hi din unhonne hum logon ko chaay pineka nimantran diya. jab hum log gavarment haas ki siDhiyon par pahunche, to unhonne svayan bhakar hamara svagat kiya tatha kamre mein le jakar hamein bithlaya. us samay unka koi sharir rakshak bhi upasthit nahin tha. unhonne svayan chaay unkelakar hum logon ko di aur apni namrata se sabko bahut prasann kiya.

kuch din baad hum log kaunsil haul mein ekatrit hue aur hamare Deputeshan ke vishay par vaad vivad prarambh hua. is avsar par gavarnar mahoday sabhapati the. unhonne prvasiyon ke vishay ki yojna upasthit ki. magar ye yojna us yojna se ekdam bhinn thi, jo anrebul mi० lakkh aur nunan ke Deputeshan ne—jo bharat gaya tha—pesh ki thi. puchhne par gavarnar ne kaha ki mi० lakkhu ki yojna gayna sarkar se svikrit nahin thi.

tab hum logon ne apni anch arambh ki. hum logon ne mazduron ke baas sthaan dekhe, bhartiyon ke pratinidhiyon se batachit ki, shakar ki steton par ghume tatha sarkari aur ghair sarkari logon ki gavahiyan leen. in sab baton mein hamein yahan ki sarkar se puri sahayata mili.

7 april ko hum log phir jahaz par chale aur triniDaD aaye. yahan bhi hamare deshvasiyon ne port auf spen ke kaunsil bhavan mein hamara sarvajnik svagat kiya. yahan ke gavarnar uske sabhapati the. hum logon ko abhinandan patr bhi diya gaya, jiska mainne uttar diya.

ab hum logon ne jaanch shuru ki. mi० kiting ne dveep ke ek or anch arambh ki aur mainne tatha shri tivariji ne dveep ke dusri or, apne desh bhaiyon aur protektar auf imigrant ki sahaytase jaanch paDtal shuru ki. yahan se hum log 17 april ko ravana hue. mi० kiting sidhe landan chale ge aur hum log nyuyark hokar landan ge.

landan mein hum log phir ekatte hue aur aapas mein vaad vivad karke hum logon ne apni riport tayyar ki. mi० kiting ke kuch vichar hum logon ke vicharon se ekdam bhinn the. atः unhonne apni riport alag di, aur mainne bhaur panDit venkteshnarayan tivari ne apni sammilit riport alag likhi. in donon riporto ko bhagya sarkar ne do bhagon mein prakashit kiya hai.

british gayna mein kai bharatiy jaise mi० je० e० lakkhu, Dauktar hartan, mi० beer svami, aur mi० shriram adi—bairistar, Dauktar aur maizistret aadi ke uchch padon par hain. in logon ne anekon kathinaiyon ko atikram karke samaj mein uth sthaan praapt kiye hain. bahutse hindu, musalman bhi, jo yahan pravasi bankar aaye the, aaj apni mehnat se dhani aur sampattishali ban ge hain. yahan 99,000 hindu, 18,000 musalman, 11,000 bharatiy iisai aur 244 parsi hain. yahan hinduon ke mandir aur musalmanon ki masjiden hain. yahan yuktaprant vasiyon aur madrasiyon mein aapas mein shadi vivah ho jate hain. yahan jaat paant ka vishesh bandhan nahin hai aur na khanpan hi ka koi vichar hai.

triniDaD mein hum log baDe anand se rahe. revereraD lalaji ne hamein ghumaya tatha hamein bharatiy mazduron aur kisanon se milne ki suvidha di. hamne mi० sobriyan ke ghar ki, jo ek saphal kokoa banane vale bharatiy hain, yatra bhi thi. mi० sinanan ne, jo ek baDe bharatiy vyapari hain, hum logon ko ek garDan parti di, jismen hamein yahan ke shikshit bhartiyon se milne ka avsar mila. vahan ke kaulej mein yahan ke meyar ki adhyakshata mein bhi ek sabha hui, jismen shriyut tivariji ne bharatiy sanskriti par aur mainne ashok aur harishchandr par vyakhyan diye. yahan se chalte samay ka drishya bhi baDa karunajnak tha aur hamare mitr raivrenD lala ke to ansu jharne lage the.

san 1927 mein mi० sobriyan ka ek patr mujhe mila tha, usmen unhonne likha tha—kal mainne aapko port auf spen gaizet ki ek kaupi bheji hai. usmen ek taar se malum hota hai ki shayad kunvar maharaj sinh dakshin afrika mein bharat ke ejent ya kaunsil niyat honge. aap neta log is baat ki koshish kyon nahin karte ki pratyek desh mein jahan bharatiy base hon ek ek kaunsil niyat kiya jaye?

hum logon ne hum yahi shifarish ki thi ki pratyek upnivesh mein bharat sarkar ka ek pratinidhi rahna chahiye. bharat se ge hue prvasiyon ki santanen adhik sahasi aur udaar hoti hai, atः unke sansge aur sahyog se matribhumika bhi hit hoga.

san 1876 77 ke bhishan akal men—jab main keval solah varsh ka balak tha—mujhe pahle pahal ye malum hua ki hamare deshavasi anya deshon mein basne ke liye jate ya le jate hain. usi samay mainne bharkatiyon aur ejenton ko dekha, jo hrisht pusht mazbut mai aurton ko bharti karke nethal aur marishas bhejte the. mujhe bhi unhonne 50) rupya masik ki karki ka lalach diya tha, parantu main apni vriddha mata ke vichar se unke jaal mein na phans saka. tabhi se main prvasiyon ki baton mein dilchaspi rakhta hoon. main aksar sunta tha ki bholebhale navyuvak purush striyon ko arkati logon ne kis tarah bahkakar lanka, malaya, netal aur marishas aadi ko chalan kar diya hai.

bharatiy neshnal kangres ke sammukh pravasi bhartiyon ka parashn sabse pahle madras kangres mein utha tha. us samay mi० elphreD veb—kangres ke sabhapati—ne guti pipuls aisosiyeshan ke, jiska main mantri tha, kahne par, netaksh mein bhartiyon ke myunisipal adhikar chhin jane par prativad kiya tha. tabse prvasiyon ke parashn par barabar logon ka dhyaan baDhta gaya, aur gandhaji ke dakshin afrika ke satyagrah sangram ke samay se to wo baDa mahattvpurn ho gaya hai. jabse mein mashas kaunsil mein gaya, tab se main apni khud shakti ke anusar barabar pravasi bhaiyon ki seva karta raha.

aupaniveshik sarkaron ne kuliyon ko bahkakar ikatta rakhne ke liye jo Dipo khol rakhe the, unmen bharatiy pulis tak ko bina ijazat jane ki mumaniyat thi. mainne ise door karne ki kaunsil mein baDhi koshish ki, parantu wo bekar hui.

bharat ke gore plaintaraki fayde ke liye jo qanun bana tha, usmen kaam chhoDkar chale aane vale mazduron ke liye saza ka vidhan tha. mainne uske viruddh bhi bahut andolan kiya.

isi beech mein lanka ki bharatiy kamfrens ka sabhapati bankar lanka gaya. vahan mujhe bharatiy mazduron ki durdasha pratyaksh dekhne ka avsar mila. vahan unki haalat dekhkar mujhe baDa duःkha hua. mainne madras kaunsil mein unke sambandh mein bisiyon parashn kiye. desh mein bhi is vishay par zordar andolan hua, jiska phal ye hua ki ab lanka, malaya aadi mai sarkar ne ejent aur prvasiyon ke rakshak (protectors of emigrants) niyat kar diye hain. phir gandhiji tatha svargiy gokhale aur mi० airaDra ke zordar andolan se shartbandi kuli pratha utha di gai.

kuli prthaki bandi se british gayna aur phiji ke laintron ka bahut nuqsan hua. prvasiyon ko bulane ke liye vahan se Deputeshan bhaye aur unhonne prvasiyon ke liye baDi achchhi sharten pesh keen. ispar bharat sarkar ne british gayna aur phiji ko Deputeshan bhejneka vichar kiya. british gayna ke Deputeshan mein jane ke liye madras sarkar ke la membar ne mujhse kaha. main jane ke liye razi ho gaya. us samay tak mere liye british gayna, jamai ka, triniDaD aadi keval bhaugolik naam the. mujhe keval ye gyaan tha ki in sthanon mein bharatiy kuli banakar bheje ge the. main hai 1 varsh ka vriddh purush tha, isliye main apne saath apne putr shri govindaraj ko bhi ke gaya tha. main hi is Deputeshan ka sabhapati niyukt hua tha.

Deputeran yahan se ravana hokar phraans hota hushbha inglainD pahuncha. jaDe ke din the. inglainD baDi sardi paDti thi. vahan pahunchakar main bimar paD gaya aur teen saptah tak bimar raha. achchha hone par mainne tatkalin bharat mantri mi० matigyuse bhent ki. unhonne kaha ki Deputeshan ko nishpaksh hokar apni khari khari rauy deni chahiye. yahan mujhe shriyut polak se bhi baDi sahayata mili.

inglainD mein Deyuteshan ke anya sadasya shri bainkteshnarayan tivari aur mi० jee० eph० kiting mile. unhonne kamzor dasha dekhkar bharat laut jane ki salah di, lekin main razi nahin hua aur 19 janavri san 1922 ko hum sab british gayna ke liye ravana hue.

tufani samudr hone ke karan jahaz par hum sabko baDa kasht hua. ant mein 6 faravri ko barveDoz dveep pahunchne par kuch jaan men jan aai. ek din yahan rahkar hum log athvin faravri ko grenaDa pahunche. vahan se raat bhar samudr yaka karke triniDaD ke bandargah pahunch ge. vahan revreyaD see० Dee० lala, em० el० see० ne hum logon ka. svagat kiya. hum log jahaz par baDe baDe tang aa ge the, parantu revreyaD saan Di lala ke makan par unki charm patni, laDakiyon aur pita ne hamara jo svagat kiya, usse hamein baDi shakti mili. lala mahashay ke pita us samay 104 varsh ke the. ve shrikrishn aur bhagvat puran par hindi mein khoob baten kiya karte the. yahan im logon ko hafton ki baad shrimti lala ne baDe prem se bharatiy bhojan karaya. yahan se dusre din hum log phir chakhe, aur 12 faravri ko british gayna ki rajdhani jarjtaun mein pahunch ge. yahan hamare deshvasiyon ne baDe utsaah aur prem se hamara svagat kiya. ek din taun haul mein hum logon ka sarvajnik sthagat hua, jismen mahon ke gavarnar, uchch adhikari aur upnivesh bhar ke bhartiyon ke pratinidhi upasthit the.

gayna ke tatkalin gavarnar ghar vishvaphreD kalet baDe nam sajjan the, parantu saath hi ye pakke baniye bhi the. hum logon ke gayna pahunchne ke dusre hi din unhonne hum logon ko chaay pineka nimantran diya. jab hum log gavarment haas ki siDhiyon par pahunche, to unhonne svayan bhakar hamara svagat kiya tatha kamre mein le jakar hamein bithlaya. us samay unka koi sharir rakshak bhi upasthit nahin tha. unhonne svayan chaay unkelakar hum logon ko di aur apni namrata se sabko bahut prasann kiya.

kuch din baad hum log kaunsil haul mein ekatrit hue aur hamare Deputeshan ke vishay par vaad vivad prarambh hua. is avsar par gavarnar mahoday sabhapati the. unhonne prvasiyon ke vishay ki yojna upasthit ki. magar ye yojna us yojna se ekdam bhinn thi, jo anrebul mi० lakkh aur nunan ke Deputeshan ne—jo bharat gaya tha—pesh ki thi. puchhne par gavarnar ne kaha ki mi० lakkhu ki yojna gayna sarkar se svikrit nahin thi.

tab hum logon ne apni anch arambh ki. hum logon ne mazduron ke baas sthaan dekhe, bhartiyon ke pratinidhiyon se batachit ki, shakar ki steton par ghume tatha sarkari aur ghair sarkari logon ki gavahiyan leen. in sab baton mein hamein yahan ki sarkar se puri sahayata mili.

7 april ko hum log phir jahaz par chale aur triniDaD aaye. yahan bhi hamare deshvasiyon ne port auf spen ke kaunsil bhavan mein hamara sarvajnik svagat kiya. yahan ke gavarnar uske sabhapati the. hum logon ko abhinandan patr bhi diya gaya, jiska mainne uttar diya.

ab hum logon ne jaanch shuru ki. mi० kiting ne dveep ke ek or anch arambh ki aur mainne tatha shri tivariji ne dveep ke dusri or, apne desh bhaiyon aur protektar auf imigrant ki sahaytase jaanch paDtal shuru ki. yahan se hum log 17 april ko ravana hue. mi० kiting sidhe landan chale ge aur hum log nyuyark hokar landan ge.

landan mein hum log phir ekatte hue aur aapas mein vaad vivad karke hum logon ne apni riport tayyar ki. mi० kiting ke kuch vichar hum logon ke vicharon se ekdam bhinn the. atः unhonne apni riport alag di, aur mainne bhaur panDit venkteshnarayan tivari ne apni sammilit riport alag likhi. in donon riporto ko bhagya sarkar ne do bhagon mein prakashit kiya hai.

british gayna mein kai bharatiy jaise mi० je० e० lakkhu, Dauktar hartan, mi० beer svami, aur mi० shriram adi—bairistar, Dauktar aur maizistret aadi ke uchch padon par hain. in logon ne anekon kathinaiyon ko atikram karke samaj mein uth sthaan praapt kiye hain. bahutse hindu, musalman bhi, jo yahan pravasi bankar aaye the, aaj apni mehnat se dhani aur sampattishali ban ge hain. yahan 99,000 hindu, 18,000 musalman, 11,000 bharatiy iisai aur 244 parsi hain. yahan hinduon ke mandir aur musalmanon ki masjiden hain. yahan yuktaprant vasiyon aur madrasiyon mein aapas mein shadi vivah ho jate hain. yahan jaat paant ka vishesh bandhan nahin hai aur na khanpan hi ka koi vichar hai.

triniDaD mein hum log baDe anand se rahe. revereraD lalaji ne hamein ghumaya tatha hamein bharatiy mazduron aur kisanon se milne ki suvidha di. hamne mi० sobriyan ke ghar ki, jo ek saphal kokoa banane vale bharatiy hain, yatra bhi thi. mi० sinanan ne, jo ek baDe bharatiy vyapari hain, hum logon ko ek garDan parti di, jismen hamein yahan ke shikshit bhartiyon se milne ka avsar mila. vahan ke kaulej mein yahan ke meyar ki adhyakshata mein bhi ek sabha hui, jismen shriyut tivariji ne bharatiy sanskriti par aur mainne ashok aur harishchandr par vyakhyan diye. yahan se chalte samay ka drishya bhi baDa karunajnak tha aur hamare mitr raivrenD lala ke to ansu jharne lage the.

san 1927 mein mi० sobriyan ka ek patr mujhe mila tha, usmen unhonne likha tha—kal mainne aapko port auf spen gaizet ki ek kaupi bheji hai. usmen ek taar se malum hota hai ki shayad kunvar maharaj sinh dakshin afrika mein bharat ke ejent ya kaunsil niyat honge. aap neta log is baat ki koshish kyon nahin karte ki pratyek desh mein jahan bharatiy base hon ek ek kaunsil niyat kiya jaye?

hum logon ne hum yahi shifarish ki thi ki pratyek upnivesh mein bharat sarkar ka ek pratinidhi rahna chahiye. bharat se ge hue prvasiyon ki santanen adhik sahasi aur udaar hoti hai, atः unke sansge aur sahyog se matribhumika bhi hit hoga.