भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

the whole of Bengal came forward to chastise Jalaluddin for this national crime. They acquiesced in the Muslim domination without a murmur! 855. One more capable Hindu Jamindar, who was a proud adherent of Hinduism, had nearly managed to do as much. But his efforts too ended in disaster. Of the few brave Hindu warriors who rose in rebellion against the Muslims and fought tooth and nail, the only one who can be ranked along with Rana Pratap and Baba Banda was Maharaja Pratapaditya of Jashodhar. Although his sphere of activity was not very large and although for want of active and potent support from the Hindu community, he was in the end defeated, his name will ever be remembered in the history of Hindu independence movement! 856. KASHMIR: For want of space, it is enough to say here that while the Muslims were wantonly subjugating Gujarat, Malwa and other provinces of north India, Kashmir was completely immune from the Muslim influence till the fourteenth century of the Christian era, being governed by the Hindu Kings, sometimes vigorously and potently enough, at others mildly but always independently! The last of its Hindu Kings was Sendev. The history of Kashmir is written by Pandit Kalhan under the name ‘Rajtarangini’. This Sendev had appointed one Muslim, named Shahmir or Mirza, to be some official of the state and later on raised him from post-to-post, until he was made the Chief Minister of the State. What happened elsewhere in the history of many Hindu States also happened here, and after the death of Sendev, this very Muslim Minister treacherously destroyed this Hindu State on the strength of a very cleverly preconceived plan, and usurped the throne of Kashmir under the title ‘Shamsuddin’. 857. Of course, just as the Hindus ultimately liberated the whole of India from the Muslim hands, similarly our Hindu Sikhs and Dogras not only freed Kashmir from the Muslim bondage, but they also marched victoriously to Laddakh, on one side, and to Gilgit, on the other, and proudly planted the Hindu standard there—but after fighting many grim battles and in course of time—some centuries afterwards! ❑