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

Hindu Vikramaditya, Hemoo 933. The many Rajput and Muslim states, which had collected together under the leadership of Rana Sang, and who had aspired to re-establish the Hindu empire had joined battle with Babar at Kanvah. But after fierce fighting, Rana Sang was finally defeated and Babar laid the foundation of the Moghal empire at Delhi. Soon in 1530, Babar died and was succeeded by his son, Humayun, who in his turn was overcome by Sher Shah, the founder of the Sur dynasty. As Sher Shah Sur captured Delhi, Humayun had to wander in exile through various countries such as Kabul, Kandahar, Persia and others, of which we need not give any detailed account. It is enough to say that even in the royal dynasty of Sultan Sher Shah, the upheavals, usual and inevitable in every Muslim regime, took place and after violent rebellions and bloodshed, Mohammed Adilshah was at last installed as the Emperor. 934. This Mohammed Adilshah had enturested his administration to an able Hindu Vazir named Hemoo. Hemoo, too, without ever endangering his Hindu religion in the least, appropriated the de facto power of the Sultan to himself and ruled his dominions efficiently. 935. But this roused the jealousy and anger of other Muslim sirdars. In the meanwhile in 1542, while he was yet in exile, Humayun had a son, named Akbar, who was later on destined to be a great emperor. With the help of the Shah of Iran (Persia), Humayun invaded India and burning the eyes of his faithless brother, and inflicting exemplary punishments on other enemies, he reconquered Delhi. But soon after his regaining the throne of Delhi, he slipped over the marble staircase of his palace and died in 1556, giving rise to anarchy everywhere. The last emperor of the Sur dynasty, Mohammed Shah Adil, who was defeated by Humayun, had fled to the north-west frontier. But his able minister, Hemoo, however, lingered on in Delhi itself, trying to avail himself of that opportunity. 936. A very scanty reference has been made in the Muslim historical writings about the past or future life of Hemoo, the valiant Hindu leader. A Hindu historian was an impossibility at that time and whoever tried his hand later on at writing history has not said anything independently about Hemoo. But we have already shown in Chapter Seventeen about Hindu Emperor Dharmarakshak (Nasir-ud-din), that his actual heroic deed is far more important and reliable a proof than any written record. Similarly, we