भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History by Veer Savarkar
स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर द्वारा
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पृष्ठ 269, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 269
- But the account of one of those Brahmins is the most remarkable for his martyrdom. In the city of Delhi itself, this old Brahmin openly worshipped an idol. Now the diabolic religion of Sultan Pherozshah Tughlak had absolutely banned any such idol-worship throughout his kingdom. But in order to protest against this ban, that Brahmin collected all the Hindus in the courtyard of his house and worshipped the idol with such great pomp that many Muslim men, women and children, too, became the devotees of that idol. The rumour quickly spread far and wide that this Brahmin’s God always came to the rescue of his devotee. The news that this Brahmin openly worshipped idols painted on a wooden plank reached the ears of the Sultan, who immediately had him brought as a captive, along with his idol, before him. Thereupon, he called all the ulemas (the Muslim religious priests) and asked them: “What punishment should be inflicted on this Brahmin?” They replied: “This Brahmin should either be a Muslim or be burnt alive to death.” The Brahmin, thereupon, chose to die that horrible death by burning. In Delhi, just before the king’s court, a big pile of wood was made and the Brahmin was placed on it, bound hand and foot, with the idol painted on the wooden plank. The Muslim demons set fire to that pile of wood from all sides. Still, the Brahmin would not consent to be converted to Islam. In a few cruel moments, the fire blazed very hot on all sides. But without even a faint sigh of pain or grief, the Brahmin remained bowing down to the idol. Within a moment, the hungry flames swallowed up the devoted Brahmin!
- This arch-enemy of the Hindus, Sultan Pherozshah Tughlak, died in A.D. 1388, followed by an utter chaos in the meagre remains of his kingdom, whereas on one occasion, two of his grandsons fell out and at the two ends of the city of Delhi, there ruled two Sultans at one and the same time, Mohammadshah and Nasratshah, the two grandsons of Pheroz. Half the city of Delhi became the capital of the one, while the other half, that of the other!! Invasion by Taimurlang
- Under these chaotic conditions, Delhi fell a prey to the inhuman ravages of the notorious Taimurlang, the Sultan of the far off Samarkand.
- Taimur was a Turk, and not originally a Muslim. After conquering the city of Baghdad, he burned to ashes the whole library of literature and at many places, he even burned Masjids! In A.D. 1369, he became the King of Samarkand. Following the lead of Chengeezkhan before him, he had