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 337, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 337
- In fact, the creed of every national army is to march upon the enemy even before the latter attacks—to lead a blatant aggression, not merely to stage defensive formations! The first successful attempt to inspire this aggressive mentality amongst the Hindus was made at the time of the establishment of the Vijaynagar empire against the Muslims, even before the Marathas took the lead. But it was restricted to the south alone and the terrible defeat at Talikota deterred the Hindu mind from invading the Muslims. It was then that the Marathas inspired the Hindus with a new war- like spirit by successful inroads upon the Muslims.
- To invade the enemy territory is the chief aim or the chief duty of a national military strength. The nation that maintains armed forces just strong enough for the purposes of defence—and does not build it up so as to be capable to undertake an invasion and considers it improper to do so—-is either basically coward at heart or is labouring under a delusion. Perhaps it is to camouflage that inward cowardice that such high sounding declarations are made. A nation, whose armed might is evidently built up on the basis of its aggressive capacity, is certainly capable of self-defence.
- Again, the Hindu aggression against the violent and unjust political domination of the Muslim rulers was basically not an aggression at all. The really unjust aggression was that of the Muslims who had invaded the territories of the Hindus. The aggressive risings of the Hindus against the outrageous Muslim rule can never be called revolts or rebellions. For, the aggression of the Muslim rulers against the independent and rightfully established Hindu states was itself mutinous and revolting. The rising of a robber against the rightful owner can be called mutinous, not the taking up of arms by the rightful owner to chastise the rebellious freebooters! It is, therefore, to inspire with indomitable courage the majority of the Hindu society all over India, which had taken fright of these Muslim freebooters that Shree Ramadas raised his war-cry from every peak of the Sahyadri. ‘प्रस्तुत यवनांचे बंड’ “It is the Muslim-insurrection!” “The insurgents are the Muslims and not the Hindus! In order to punish them severely invade them from all sides all at once!”
- ‘धर्मासाठी मरावें। मरोनि अवघ्यांसि मारावें। मारितां मारितां घ्यावें। राज्य आपुले।’