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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- However, two or three statements about this period of Punjabi History can be made here briefly and it is necessary to do so.
- The first successful attempt to overthrow the Muslim rule in Punjab was made by the Marathas. The belief prevalent in the histories of the Sikhs and in the other loosely written history books of India that the Sikhs ousted the Muslim rule from Punjab for the first time is erroneous. Even when the Sikhs were at the height of their glory, they could not conquer the neighbouring Muslim capital, Delhi. In bringing this to light, we do not in the least mean to disparage the Sikhs, but we do certainly want to stop every attempt at belittling the national glory of the Marathas, by pointing out false things. No doubt, the credit of overthrowing the Muslim rule, at least in the precincts of Punjab and establishing there an independent Hindu State, like that of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, goes primarily to our Sikh organisation. But it is equally true, beyond any vestige of doubt, that the Maratha valour which, lunging, as it did, from Poona, fluttered the victorious and resplendent flag of the Hindu nation to the South right up to Tanjawar (Tanjore) and to the north to the very banks of the Sindhu (Indus) and beyond, fighting battles after battles and reducing the Muslim Emperor of Delhi to a nominal existence—a thing of shreds and patches—can have no parallel at least in the Hindu history of that long period of seven centuries.
- The Independent Hindu State of Nepal: In our history books and the school textbooks of Indian history, almost every Indian region is mentioned. But strangely enough, the state of Nepal and the valiant Hindu Kingdom there is never mentioned—or if at all, only in passing over the campaigns of Ochterloney—as if Nepal is in no way connected with Hindu India. But, in fact, Nepal is as much an indivisible part of India as are Maharashtra, Punjab or Madras. These regions might have been governed by different rulers at different times, but the term Hindu Nation is equally applicable to all of them. The rest of the Indian continent was subjected to aggressions by Asian Muslims and European Christians during the last nine or ten centuries and there were constant wars. But fortunately, Nepal was singularly immune to all the political and religious aggressions. On the whole, in Nepal alone, could Hindu religion and Hindu culture maintain its independence unimpaired against the incursions of the foreigners. As such, Nepal must really be considered to be the best part of Hindu India, and should be given the palm of honour in the history of our Hindu Nation! But