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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- Immediately after capturing Delhi, he publicly ascended the imperial throne as a Hindu emperor with all the adequate pomp and glory and assumed the title of Vikramaditya for himself. Then after stabilizing and introducing efficient management of the affairs of his state, he started new conquests. Formerly as the Sultan’s Vazir, he had won fifteen to sixteen battles, crushing down the revolts of the Muslim and other chieftains. As such, he had a great self-confidence in his abilities, as regards the efficient conduct of war was concerned. At the first stroke, he stormed and seized the second great Moghal fort of Agra, which was considered to be impregnable and the city around it.
- At this time, the future emperor Akbar was a mere lad of thirteen or fourteen years. His Vazir, Bahiramkhan, was his guardian and the de facto head of his administration. On hearing the news of Hemoo, he at once resolved to crush down this bold rising of the Hindus. But right from Rajputana to the Deccan, numerous Hindu-Muslim states, both big and small, had risen in revolt against this newly-formed Moghal empire. Hence, the other Muslim sirdars advised Bahiramkhan to put these down first and to keep young Akbar at Kabul in safety. But the discreet Bahiramkhan firmly asserted that Hemoo’s rising in the name of a Hindu empire had to be put down firmly. Accordingly, Bahiramkhan marched on Hemoo at the head of a powerful army, and instead of sending young Akbar to Kabul, he took him along to the battlefield. The armies of Bahiramkhan and Hemoo met near Panipat. Vikramaditya Hemoo’s warriors fought with exceptional bravery and skill. It seemed for a time that Hemoo had won the battle, but as ill-luck would have it, in the very hour of glory, Vikramaditya Hemoo was struck in the eye by a stray arrow from the army of Bahiramkhan and he fell from his elephant unconscious! This created a havoc in the Hindu ranks of Hemoo, while the Muslim soldiers in Bahiramkhan’s army, being quite mercenary were in a way let loose. With a determined attack, Bahiramkhan made this confusion worse confounded and vanquishing the leaderless Hindu army, captured Hemoo alive. Taking him to young emperor Akbar, Bahiramhan requested the latter to behead Hemoo with his own royal hands. But young Akbar could not bring himself up to do such a cruel deed. So the enraged Bahiramkhan himself unsheathed his sword and cut off Hemoo’s head.
- This martyrdom that Vikramaditya Hemoo courted was as obviously (manifestly) done in the cause of Hindu religion, and the greater glory of the