History & Words: ‘Deleterious’ (18 September)
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📚 Table of Contents
🔍 Word of the Day: Deleterious
Pronunciation: /ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəriəs/ (del-ih-TEER-ee-uhs)
Meaning: Causing harm or damage, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
🌍 Parichay (Introduction)
18 September 1931—ek raat jab duniya me ek aur global conflict ki buniyaad pad gayi. Mukden Incident ke naam se jaana jaane wala yeh event, ek deliberate deception tha jahan Japanese army ne apne hi railway track par blast kiya, aur isse Chinese saboteurs ke upar blame karke Manchuria par invasion launch kar diya.
Yeh incident sirf ek regional aggression nahi tha, balki deleterious impact ke saath aaya—international law, peace mechanisms aur diplomatic trust sab kuch undermine ho gaya.
“Deleterious” ka arth hai aisa nuksan jo pratyaksh na ho, lekin gehra aur long-term ho. Aur Mukden Incident ne dikhaya ki sach ko distort karna sirf deception nahi, global harm ka aarambh bhi hota hai.
🌱 Shabd ka Utpatti (Etymology)
“Deleterious” bana hai:
- Deletērius (Greek: “deleterios”) – “destructive, hurtful”
- Root “dele-”: “to hurt or destroy”
- Related to “delete” – jiska modern use hai “to remove,” lekin pehle iska matlab tha “to erase destructively.”
Yeh word use hota hai aise effects ke liye jo slow, toxic, aur often underestimated hote hain.
📖 Mahatvapurn Shabdavali (Key Vocabulary)
- 🔑 Deleterious – Harmful or damaging, especially in an indirect or unexpected way
- 🔑 Mukden Incident – A staged railway explosion used as pretext for invasion
- 🔑 Manchuria – Resource-rich region in northeast China
- 🔑 Imperial Japan – Expansionist regime aiming to control East Asia
- 🔑 League of Nations – Interwar global peacekeeping body, largely ineffective here
🏛️ Itihasik Sandarbh (Historical Context)
Japan, jo ek rapidly modernizing power tha, ne imperialist ambitions ke chalte Manchuria ko apne control me lana chaha.
18 September 1931, Japanese Kwantung Army ne South Manchuria Railway ke ek section par blast kiya aur blame China par daal diya.
Is fabricated reason ke under Manchuria par full-scale invasion launch kiya gaya. Within days, major cities par control establish kar liya gaya, aur 1932 me puppet state Manchukuo create kar diya gaya.
League of Nations ne ise aggression declare kiya, lekin meaningful action nahi le payi. Yeh incident ek deleterious precedent ban gaya—ki strong powers apne liye law twist kar sakti hain.
⏳ Samayrekha (Timeline)
- 18 September 1931: Mukden Incident occurs
- 1932: Japan establishes puppet state of Manchukuo
- 1933: Japan withdraws from League of Nations
- 1937: Full-scale Second Sino-Japanese War begins
- 1941: Japan enters WWII; Manchuria remains key base
- 1945: Soviet forces enter Manchuria; Japan surrenders
🌟 Is Din ka Mahatva (The Day’s Significance)
- ✅ 18 September 1931 ne dikhaya ki fabricated events ka deleterious impact decades tak padta hai
- ✅ International community ki failure ne future aggressors ko encouragement diya
- ✅ This was one of the first signs of League of Nations’ irrelevance
- ✅ Yeh incident WWII ke early stages ka unofficial trigger point tha—jahan se aggressive expansionism normalize ho gaya
💬 Prasiddh Ukti (Quote)
“This was not just a local crisis; it was the start of a world unraveling.”
(Matlab: Ek local deception ne global trust ko slow poison ki tarah weaken kar diya.)
🔮 Aaj Ka Matlab aur Chintan (Modern Usage & Reflection)
“Deleterious” ka upyog aaj bhi kai layered aur nuanced contexts me hota hai:
- ✅ Health: “Deleterious effects of smoking” – slow, long-term damage
- ✅ Policy: “Deleterious impact of corruption” – harms public trust
- ✅ Technology: “Deleterious side effects of overuse” – physical and mental toll
- ✅ Climate Change: “Deleterious consequences of carbon emissions” – often ignored until irreversible
Yeh word hume alert karta hai ki har harm loud nahi hota—kabhi kabhi wo silent aur systemic hota hai.
🏛️ Virast (Legacy)
- ✅ Mukden Incident ke deception ne truth ka weaponization normal bana diya
- ✅ League of Nations’ failure ek learning point bana UN ke liye
- ✅ Manchurian invasion ne China me anti-Japanese sentiment ko fuel kiya
- ✅ Incident ke baad Japan ne militarism ko aggressively adopt kiya
- ✅ Today, historians see this moment as one of the most deleterious catalysts of WWII
🔍 Tulnatmak Vishleshan (Comparative Analysis)
“Deleterious” ka comparison kuch aur related words se:
- Harmful: Generic; deleterious implies deep and lasting damage
- Toxic: Often immediate or emotional; deleterious is slow and accumulative
- Destructive: Direct and visible; deleterious is subtle and persistent
- Unhealthy: Can be lifestyle-related; deleterious implies moral, structural, or systemic decay
“Deleterious” evokes hidden damage—often ignored until too late.
💡 Kya Aapko Pata Hai? (Did You Know?)
🎓 Antim Vichar (Conclusion)
“Deleterious” ek aisa shabd hai jo dikhata hai ki nuksan hamesha visible nahi hota—lekin wo andar se sab kuch khokhla kar sakta hai. 18 September 1931 ka Mukden Incident ek stark example hai—jahan truth ka distort hona sirf ek jhoot nahi tha, ek global tragedy ka starting point tha.
Yeh shabd aur yeh din hume yaad dilate hain: careless narratives aur unchecked aggression ka harm kabhi kabhi itna slow hota hai ki samajhne tak der ho jaati hai.
📚 Aage Padhne Ke Liye (Further Reading)
- 📖 The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific – Akira Iriye
- 📖 The Manchurian Myth – James Crowley
- 📖 Imperial Japan at Its Zenith – Kenneth J. Henshall
- 📖 Japan’s Imperial Conspiracy – David Bergamini
- 📖 1931: The Year China Went to War – Gerald Horne
