CARTOON DRAWN BY DR K Prabhakar Rao when . Italinan marines escaped from India after being allowed to go to their country
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..287
INTO THE PAST WITH
PAIN…287
Dr K
Prabhakar Rao
(Gandhi, Patel and
Nehru are seen driving on a motor cycle
in Hyderabad.
They are Basheer bagh cross road)
Gandhi. We are
sitting three on the bike and are going
on main road. The police may catch us.
Patel. What to do? If
we travel by bus we shall never get it. We can not get in when it arrives. The
driver will stop the bus far away from the bus stop. Then all the guys standing
at the stand like cattle run to catch the bus. Before some people get in he
will drive away. Only few youngsters manage to hang on holding some steel
window rods
Nehru. Patel. Please do not call it as bus stop.
Patel. Then what should I call? Should I say Bus- move,
because Bus never stops.
Nehru. Call it Bus bay.
Patel. Yeah. In USA they call like that.
Gandhi. Haa..Haaa. Haa. Whatever you call you will not be
able to get the bus to travel. So we are doing correct thing.
( At traffic signal, the motor cycle stops as red light
shows up. A traffic constable suddenly pounces on them and pulls out key of the
bike)
Gandhi. Hey, What are
you doing?
Police man. I am doing correct thing. Get down from the bike first.
Patel. OK. OK. But if
you take out key like this , the handle gets locked up.
Police man. Do not tell me things. I have also a bike.
( The trio get down from the bike and the police man takes
control of the bike and takes it to a
side off from the road. When he takes
sharp turn the handle bar gets locked and the police man falls down
along with the bike. SI is also close by sitting on a parked bike.)
Police man. Mar
Gayare. Utao mujghe. ( I am dying. Lift me up).
( The hot silencer pipe of the bike is stuck to the leg of the police man.
He cries in pain.Gandhi, Patel and Nehru with great effort lift up the
constable and is made to sit on a large stone. He cries loudly in pain.)
SI. Look guys . show up the papers of the bike.
( Patel shows the papers
that are found OK.)
SI. Papers are OK. I am
doubtful of address and names
Patel. Why?
SI. It is written MK
Gandhi, Farther of India, Heavenly towers, Flat no 1234, vaikunta puram. Where
is this colony. I never heard about it.
Gandhi. You can verify if you want.
SI. I do not have time. Tell me why are you traveling three
on one bike.
Patel. Because we do not have another bike.
SI. No jokes.I am sure you know that triple riding is an
offense.
Patel. Probably it is. Look SI sir, Look there. Three
constables are going on one bike. Catch them if you can.
SI. Do not teach me my job
Patel. SI sahib. Rules have to be same for all.
SI. That I see later
on. Now pay challan of three hundred rupees.
Gandhi. We do not have money.
SI. You have to pay or we shall seize the bike
Patel. Look SI Sahib. Rs 300 is much high. Please reduce it.
SI. OK . I shall make it Rs 200.
( Patel gives Rs 200 to SI and he accepts)
SI. You may go now. Take this key.
Patel. Now can we travel three?
SI. You may if you wish till some one again catches.
( The trio drives off on the bike past the traffic lights)
CURTAIN FALLS
Friday, April 19, 2013
SONG OF SURENDRANATH FROM PAIGHAM
SONG OF SURENDRANATHJI FROM PAIGHAM
MD Gyan Dutt, Lyrics.. Surendranath
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard
Bankar, Ab Aah Bankar Wo Jaa Rahe Hain..
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar, Ab Aah Bankar Wo Jaa Rahe Hain.
Mere Khayalon Mein Basne Wale-2
Kisi Ka pehlu Basa Rahe Hain,
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar, Ab Aah Bankar Wo Jaa Rahe Hain..
Ye Bata Aye Ghum-E-Mohabbat,Kise Sunayein Hum Apni Haalat,
Nigahein Jinse Ulajh Gayeen Hai, Wohi Nigahein Chura Rahe hain.-2
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar
Samajh Ke Hamne Ye Unko Chaha,Wafa Karenge Wafa Ke Badle-2
Magar Wo Gairon Ke Bas Mein Hokar,Hamari Hasti Mita Rahe Hain.-2
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar
Adaayein Bholi Jafayein Bholi ,Wo Aap Bhole Khayal Bhole.-2
Hamari Duniya Ujaad Kar Ab ,Alag Khade Muskara Rahe Hain,
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar, Ab Aah Bankar Wo Jaa Rahe Hain.
Mere Khayalon Mein Basne Wale-2
Kisi Ka pehlu Basa Rahe Hain,
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar, Ab Aah Bankar Wo Jaa Rahe Hain..
Ye Bata Aye Ghum-E-Mohabbat,Kise Sunayein Hum Apni Haalat,
Nigahein Jinse Ulajh Gayeen Hai, Wohi Nigahein Chura Rahe hain.-2
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar
Samajh Ke Hamne Ye Unko Chaha,Wafa Karenge Wafa Ke Badle-2
Magar Wo Gairon Ke Bas Mein Hokar,Hamari Hasti Mita Rahe Hain.-2
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar
Adaayein Bholi Jafayein Bholi ,Wo Aap Bhole Khayal Bhole.-2
Hamari Duniya Ujaad Kar Ab ,Alag Khade Muskara Rahe Hain,
Jo Dil Mein Aaye The Dard Bankar
Note. This is a very great ghazal rendered by the immortal singer actor in 1943 for the film Paigham .. Md was Gyan Duttji who composed for film Bhakt Surdas in which Saigal sahib renered memorable songs. His stmap can be seen in both films
Sunday, April 14, 2013
INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN..288
INTO THE PAST WITH
PAIN….288
Dr K Prabhakar
Rao
(Gandhi, Patel and Nehru are seen walking on a street in
Ahmedabad )
Gandhi. Patel, Have you seen? The city looks new and
developed. I see great changes here.
Nehru. There will be changes in other parts of country too.
Gandhi. Could be. But here things appear different. It looks
great developments have taken place.
Nehru. I f some one visits a place after long time things
will look new.
Gandhi. No. It is not like that. Who is the CM here?
Patel. Who else can be. It is Naredra Modiji. He has dome
wonders here.
Gandhi. I hear that the
rulers in Delhi
do not leave any day without passing adverse comment against him.
Patel. There will be some paid characters for such jobs.
Gandhi. I learnt that in recent state elections Modiji has trounced congress party. They were bull dozed. Haa..
Haa..
Nehru. What is there to laugh?
Gandhi. Relax Jawaharlal. Please learn to swallow some un
happy truths too. It is not always your day. Things are changing. People are no
more acting like dud asses. Theya re
using brains too.
Patel. The days of
Gandhi name are disappearing. People want the guys who can do some thing for
them.
Gandhi. In these elections Rahul Baba was made the leader of
campaigns in Gujrat and his mentors Dr MMS and Madam too toured the state and
did all the best to boost up thre prince. They failed to read on the wall.
Patel. Hoo..hoo.. They were white washed thoroughly. They do
not know what to do. They sang Ram bhajan and went back to Delhi
Gandhi. Now great changes can take place in national
politics too.
Patel. True. Congress party is trying desperately to hand
over country to the prince some how.
Gandhi. Is it easy. Days have changed. People can not be
fooled as done earlier.
Nehru. Bapu. Do you mean that they were fooled earlier?
Patel. Then what? They have woken up know.
Gandhi. I read in a news paper that Rahul Babap is not
interested in becoming the PM. He evades questions.
Patel. That is up to him. He knows his abilities and
potentials. He also recently they he became leader by virtue of his genes. Poor
guy indeed.
Nehru. You guys appear to be biased.
Gandhi. Why should we
be like that?. We are telling truths. Jawaharlal. It is not always the same.
Changes do occur. You had enough
enjoyment .Let others also have.This is democracy hai. Any one can become the PM.
Patel. Bapu, but in Congress things are different.
Nehru. It is enough for me. I am going. I can not listen to this stuff.
Patel. What will you do if in next elections if Baba can not
become the PM. Cant you sense the winds?
Modi is emerging very strong day by day.
Nehru. Let us wait and see.
Patel. Keep watching.
Gandhi. Ohfo. I forgot about it. What happened to the trial
of Delhi
criminals of gang rape? I am not hearing any thing .
Patel. True. People have forgotten about it.
Gandhi. Poor girl is no more. I heard the main accused is
dead in Tihar jail. I wsa told that he hanged himself.
Patel. Others are in jail. All is quiet. This is India. Trial
will go on. Law will take its own course. Like Bofors case it will go on and go
on..
Gandhi. Haa. Haa.
Nice comparison of cases and delays. In Bofors case all big shots were
involved. But in this case common youth and criminals are involved. Why they
are taking so much time for trial,
Patel. This is usual India way. They will drag on and
drag on. Fill up lakhs of pages. Feed the criminals for many years
Gandhi. Then what will happen?
Patel. Even if the guys are given death sentenses,
the decision will keep pending. By this time President will change. Mr
Mukherjee sahib will go and some other guy will
be in the chair. He will sit on the files again for many years like a fowl sits on the eggs.
Gandhi. Haa.. Haa. Good
joke
Nehru. Bapu. You guys are making mockery of the nation.
Patel. Relax , Jawaharlal. He is not making mockery at
things. He is telling naked fcats. It is difficult to digest things for you.
Take it easy biy.
Gandhi. OK Guys. It
is getting dark. Let us go soon.
( The
trio walks away soon singing Rambhajan)
CURTAIN FALLS
Sunday, April 7, 2013
ISLAMIC RULERS OF INDIA NEED NO GLORIFICATION … THEY WERE FUNDAMENTALISTS, SADISTS AND TEMPLE DESTROYERS TO THE CORE.. PART IV
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
4. DISCRIMINATION OF HINDUS.
Once Muslim invaders occupied territories in India after the defeat of Prthviraj chauhan at Thneswar at the hands of Mohd Ghori, persecution and discrimination started in all fields of life. Hindus were treated as third rate citizens. They were discriminated at every instant and at every moment. Islam considers believers as supreme and permits infidels to exist under their rule for which they have to pay special tax. The tax is called Zizia Tax. However all efforts are made to weaken Hindu society by all means, like threats, persecution, luring, violence ,excessive taxation, discrimination. and curtailing freedom. The slave sultans were no doubt masters in this art. However during certain periods this phenomenon reduced as some rulers realized that they could not rule without support of Hindus. But such atmosphere was short lived. When ruler or dynasty changed invariably policies also changed mostly to worst. Every sultan believed that he was the god sent man to uphold Islam.
The discrimination in society was mostly under following forms;
1.Right to own property
2. Right to practice religion
3. Right to receive education.
4. Right to own horses
5. Right to bear arms
6. Rights for conducting certain trades
7. Rights over produce from fields
8. Right to wear expensive attire
9. Rights for justice
Note. These were apart from other forms of repression such as abduction. Mass killings, rapes, forcible marriages, looting, forcible conversion etc
Alauddin Khilji from Khilji dynasty( 1296-1316) was definitely intolerant towards the Hindus, and he tried to suppress them by every possible measure. However historians have calimed that he was the first person to introduce systematic administration.. He believed that wealth in the hands of people would lead to rebellions and thus he practiced oppression and heavy taxes. People had to survive with barest minimum. The local leaders among them were severely persecuted and they remained poor. Though historians are not unanimous on the issue of his anti-Hindu policy and its causes, yet it is sure that he never paid attention to the welfare of the Hindus. His dialogue with Qazi Mughisuddin highlights his attitude towards the Hindus when he enquires of him about the position of Hindus as taxpayers in an Islamic state ( 1).
The Qazi answered,
“According to Shariat, they are called payers of tribute (Khiraj Guzar) and if the revenue officers demand silver from them, they should with all humility and respect tender gold. If the officer throws dirt into their mouth, they must without reluctance open their mouth wide to receive it.”
The Qazi, further, emphasized that even the great Iman Abu Hanifa has told that Jaziya, should be levied on the Hindus and they should be permitted to follow their religion. Some other religious dignitaries of Islam have suggested only two alternatives for the Hindus living in an Islamic kingdom.
They should either be put to death or forced to embrace Islam. Alauddin Khalji followed the advice of the Qazi and adopted oppressive measures against the Hindus. He enhanced the load of revenue and other taxes on them. He imposed 50 per cent land revenue and snatched away the privileges of Khuts and Maqaddams. It reduced them to poverty but Dr. U. N. Dey does not agree to it. He remarks,
“The Khuts and Muqaddams at no stage of Indian history ever reached the stage of poverty as is told about them in his reign.”
Dr. Dey does not agree also with the view of Barani that the wives of Khuts and Muqaddams were compelled to seek jobs in the houses of Muslims in order to earn their livelihood. In fact, Dr. Dey is of the opinion that Alauddin’s policies were not against the Hindus. But this opinion of Dr. Dey is condemned by many other historians and they consider the policies of Alauddin anti-Hindu. Dr. K. S. Lai remarks,
“Alauddin’s measures were truly oppressive. His chief aim was to make the Hindus poor, so he abolished all the privileges of Hindu revenue officers.”
Besides levying heavy taxes, he destroyed, Hindu temples, broke the images of Hindu pods and kilfedi” Hindu war prisoners as they did not embrace Islam. Thus, Alauddin adopted an unjust and severe policy towards the Hindus on the advice of Qazi Mughisuddin. But if we want to know the reasons behind it, we shall have to read bet¬ween the lines of the pages of history. Hindus were not allowed to wear good clothes ride horses wear swords. They were not permitted to cry when some one died among them. Whenever Muslim travelers demanded they had to be accommodate by Hindu families. At every stage Hindus were reminded that they were slaves and oppressed class. Constantly they were coerced to embrace Islam if they wanted to improve themselves.
The number of Hindu subjects was quite large and they often revolted against the Muslim sultans due to their religious fanaticism and economic suppression. He wanted to stop these revolts, so he inflicted poverty on them. Dr. K. S. Lai also writes, “Alauddin wanted to impoverish his countrymen so that the word ‘rebellion’ should not come on their lips.”
But Sir Wolseley Haig does not agree, with Dr. Lai. He writes, “Alauddin next framed a special code of laws against Hindus who were obnoxious to him partly by reason of their faith, partly by reason of the wealth which many of them enjoyed and partly by reason of their turbulence, especially in the Doab.”
To sum up, we may quote Dr. S. Roy about his attitude to¬wards Hindus, “There are, however, good grounds to believe that in dealing with the Hindus, Alauddin was also actuated by communal considerations.” In fact, the anti-Hindu policy of Alauddin made the position of Hindus quite deplorable and led the Hindu society towards decline from economic, social and moral points of view. There is no doubt that Allauddin Khilji was the oppressive Sultan of India who went all out to ensure that Hindus are deplorably crushed.
The sultans also levied house-tax and grazing tax. According to the contemporary chronicler Ziyauddin Barani, all milk-producing animals like cows and goats were taxed. According to Farishtah, animals up to two pairs of oxen, a pair of buffaloes and some cows and goats were exempted. This concession was based on the principle of nisab, namely, of leaving some minimum capital to enable one to carry on with one s work. But it was hardly any relief, for there were taxes like kari, (derived from Hindi word Kar), charai and Jiziyah. The sultans of Delhi collected Jiziyah at the rate of forty, twenty and ten tankahs from the rich, the middleclass and the poor respectively.
Persecution by Mohd bin Tughlaq who came to power after fall of khilji rule was severe.Mohad bin Tughlaq came to throne after engineering the murder of his uncle and mentor Ghyasuddin Tughalaq . He got made a welcome arch that collapsed when Gayasuddin was passing under it. His very high taxation resulted in people leaving their fields and cultivation in dejection. Many ran away to forests. People were forced to cultivate fields. Those who ran way to forests were hunted like wild animals using bows and arrows. The sultan was eccentric and was off the center. People suffered greatly. His successor like Feroz sah Tughlaq was no less in persecution. In short, a substantial portion of the produce was taken away by the government as taxes and the people were left with the bare minimum for sustenance. For the Sultan had directed that only so much should be left to his subjects (raiyyat) as would maintain them from year to year without admitting of their storing up or having articles in excess. Sultan Alauddin s rigorous measures were taken note of by contemporary writers both in India and abroad. In India contemporary writers like Barani, Isami and Amir Khusrau were inclined to believe him to be a persecutor of the Hindus. Foreigners also gathered the same impression. Maulana Shamsuddin Turk, a divine from Egypt, was happy to learn that Alauddin had made the wretchedness and misery of the Hindus so great and had reduced them to such a despicable condition that the Hindu women and children went out begging at the doors of the Musalmans. The same impression is conveyed in the writings of Isami and Wassaf. While summing up the achievements of Alauddin Khalji, the contemporary chronicler Barani mentions, with due emphasis, that by the last decade of his reign the submission and obedience of the Hindus had become an established fact. Such a submission on the part of the Hindus has neither been seen before nor will be witnessed hereafter. In brief, not only the Hindu Zamindars, who had been accustomed to a life of comfort and dignity, were reduced to a deplorable position, but the Hindus in general were impoverished to such an extent that there was no sign of gold or silver left in their houses, and the wives of Khuts and Muqaddams used to seek sundry jobs in the houses of the Musalmans, work there and receive wages. The poor peasants (balahars) suffered the most. The fundamentalist Maulana Ziyauddin Barani feels jubilant at the suppression of the Hindus, and writes at length about the utter helplessness to which the peasantry had been reduced because the Sultan had left to them bare sustenance and had taken away everything else in kharaj (land revenue) and other taxes (2).
An important aspect during the rule of Delhi sultans was the elevation of slaves and eunuchs. Malik Kafur was a slave eunuch and originallya Hindu and was much patronized by Allauddin Khilji and he was soon elevated as his General and was sent on military campaigns. His successor Mubarak Khilji was of the worst type and spent time in the company of eunuchs who were mostly Hindu slaves. He spent time in sexual orgies. Finally he was murdered to a great relief of all ..
As Muslim rule progressed some of the rulers came to terms with Hindus. Baber had no time for consolidating his administration. Humayuan too had a tragic life when he was driven out by Shersha sur for 14 years. Although Humayun regained Delhi after 14 years, he died soon and was succeeded by his young son Akbar. Real consolidation and administration of Mughal empire started only with Akbar who realized that he would not be able to run administration with only Muslims and had to take Hindus also along. Some of the Rajput rulers also fell in line accepting Mughal overlordship except Rana Pratap singh of Mewar. They made marriage alliances with Akbar. Many Rajput families sent Doli to Mughal harems. In turn many Rajput nobles were given high positions, titles, honors in the court and army. Rajput soldiers were recruited into Mughal army. Raja Man singh brother of Akbars wife Jodha Bai was made the commander in Chief of Mughal army. Raja Birbal, Todar mal also occupied high positions in the court.Musicians like Tansen were honored by Akbar. Tansen in all probablilities converted to Islam and he married sister of Akbar. The practice continued during the succeeding emperors such as Jehangir, Sahjehan and Aurangzeb. Amar singh Rathore was an important Rajput commander in Shahjehans army. Aurangzeb also had many Rajput chieftains in his army and Raja Jai singh was a very important military commander during Deccan campaigns. Aurangzeb however reintroduced zizia tax on Hindus which is discriminatory. He also dismissed all court singers and musicians as music was against tenets Islam. Aurangzeb never trusted any one including his own shadow.. He always sent a Rajput and a Muslim General together in his campaigns. In his Deccan campaigns Raja Jai singh and Diler Khan fought together against Shivaji Maharaj.
In provincial kingdoms too Hindus held high positions. In Bijapur army many Marathas were given important positions. Kulkarni a Maharshtrian Brahmin was the secretary of General Afzal Khan of Bijapur who was slain at Pratapgarh by Shivaji Maharaj along with Afzal Khan. Raje Shahji, father of Shivaji Maharaj served Nizamshahi Sultnas at Ahmednagar against Mughals. Later Shahji joined Mughals and he also served Bijapu sultans after some time. Shitab Khan ( Seethapathi Raju) served Sultan Kuli of Golconda before he became independent ruler of Waranagal. Aliya Rama Raya also served Golconda sultans in his younger days before he shifted to Vijay nagar. He was the son in law of Emperor Krishna deva Raya of Vijay nagar in 16 century. Akkanna and Madanna the brothers were elevated to very high positions by Sultan Abul Hasan Kutubshah of Golconda. Madanna was made the Prime Minister ( Mir Jumla) while Akkanna was made the Army chief ( Sar E lashkar). Tupaki Krishnudu was also an important military Chieftain. Rustum rao Linganna was also a military commander in Golconda forces. Aurangzeb however was critical of this and wanted them to be removed. Finally they were assassinated in Golconda fort by the conspirators during the seize of Golconda by Mughals in 1686.Their heads were cutoff and sent to Aurangzeb at Ahmednagar who got them crushed under the feet of the elephants in the presence of his army at a parade. This shows the much hatred of the bigot emperor Aurangzeb towards Hindus. Then why glorify such persons in the history and text books?
When Europeans gained military power, Hindus were occupying important positions in Tippus kingdom at Mysore. In the modern Asifjahi rule at Hyderabad Hindus and Mulsims both occupied important positions. However Hindus in important positions were far less in number compared to Muslims. Sadashiva Reddy of Medak was an important Chieftain during the rule of Nizam II. Eminent personalities like Raja sir Kishan pershad was the Prime Minister of Hyderabad during Nizam 6 rule.There was surely discrimination during Asifjahi rule. Persecution of Hindus became rampant during the rule of last Nizam 7 during 1948 and they were suppressed harassed and killed by Razakar forces of the Nizam till Indian army invaded Hyderabad and deposed the Nizam 7.
Thus we notice that persecution and discrimination in society was very severe during Delhi sultan period that however reduced during the Mughal rule. Provincial rulers at various places were no different and by and large Hindus greatly suffered under them. The Razakars repression in 1948 at Hyderabad is the glaring example for intolerance among Muslims against Hindus even in the modern period. Although at times Hindus also enjoyed patronage of Muslim rulers, it was at the cost of selling themselves for a consideration.The history conclusively proves that Muslim rulers discriminated Hindu subjects in all walks of life. One has to feel sorry for the pseudo secular and vote catching politics by the political parties today in India who appear as if Hindus enjoyed very much under Muslim rule and there was nothing to prove that it was contrary. MK Gandhi always claimed that Hindus and Muslims were his both eyes. Sadly one of his blinded him by engineering creation of Pakistan for which MKG had no answer. No one listened to him to prevent it. Sadly even after creating Pakistan millions stayed back in India and many of them failed to accept this country as their own. The country is engulfed in terrorist activities whose aim is to divide India further and achieve ultimate Moghalistan.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Allauddin Khiljis anti Hindu policy
http://www.shareyouressays.com/114664/alauddin-khiljis-anti-hindu-policy...
2 Lower classes and un mitigated Exploitation. http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tlmr/ch7.htm
4. DISCRIMINATION OF HINDUS.
Once Muslim invaders occupied territories in India after the defeat of Prthviraj chauhan at Thneswar at the hands of Mohd Ghori, persecution and discrimination started in all fields of life. Hindus were treated as third rate citizens. They were discriminated at every instant and at every moment. Islam considers believers as supreme and permits infidels to exist under their rule for which they have to pay special tax. The tax is called Zizia Tax. However all efforts are made to weaken Hindu society by all means, like threats, persecution, luring, violence ,excessive taxation, discrimination. and curtailing freedom. The slave sultans were no doubt masters in this art. However during certain periods this phenomenon reduced as some rulers realized that they could not rule without support of Hindus. But such atmosphere was short lived. When ruler or dynasty changed invariably policies also changed mostly to worst. Every sultan believed that he was the god sent man to uphold Islam.
The discrimination in society was mostly under following forms;
1.Right to own property
2. Right to practice religion
3. Right to receive education.
4. Right to own horses
5. Right to bear arms
6. Rights for conducting certain trades
7. Rights over produce from fields
8. Right to wear expensive attire
9. Rights for justice
Note. These were apart from other forms of repression such as abduction. Mass killings, rapes, forcible marriages, looting, forcible conversion etc
Alauddin Khilji from Khilji dynasty( 1296-1316) was definitely intolerant towards the Hindus, and he tried to suppress them by every possible measure. However historians have calimed that he was the first person to introduce systematic administration.. He believed that wealth in the hands of people would lead to rebellions and thus he practiced oppression and heavy taxes. People had to survive with barest minimum. The local leaders among them were severely persecuted and they remained poor. Though historians are not unanimous on the issue of his anti-Hindu policy and its causes, yet it is sure that he never paid attention to the welfare of the Hindus. His dialogue with Qazi Mughisuddin highlights his attitude towards the Hindus when he enquires of him about the position of Hindus as taxpayers in an Islamic state ( 1).
The Qazi answered,
“According to Shariat, they are called payers of tribute (Khiraj Guzar) and if the revenue officers demand silver from them, they should with all humility and respect tender gold. If the officer throws dirt into their mouth, they must without reluctance open their mouth wide to receive it.”
The Qazi, further, emphasized that even the great Iman Abu Hanifa has told that Jaziya, should be levied on the Hindus and they should be permitted to follow their religion. Some other religious dignitaries of Islam have suggested only two alternatives for the Hindus living in an Islamic kingdom.
They should either be put to death or forced to embrace Islam. Alauddin Khalji followed the advice of the Qazi and adopted oppressive measures against the Hindus. He enhanced the load of revenue and other taxes on them. He imposed 50 per cent land revenue and snatched away the privileges of Khuts and Maqaddams. It reduced them to poverty but Dr. U. N. Dey does not agree to it. He remarks,
“The Khuts and Muqaddams at no stage of Indian history ever reached the stage of poverty as is told about them in his reign.”
Dr. Dey does not agree also with the view of Barani that the wives of Khuts and Muqaddams were compelled to seek jobs in the houses of Muslims in order to earn their livelihood. In fact, Dr. Dey is of the opinion that Alauddin’s policies were not against the Hindus. But this opinion of Dr. Dey is condemned by many other historians and they consider the policies of Alauddin anti-Hindu. Dr. K. S. Lai remarks,
“Alauddin’s measures were truly oppressive. His chief aim was to make the Hindus poor, so he abolished all the privileges of Hindu revenue officers.”
Besides levying heavy taxes, he destroyed, Hindu temples, broke the images of Hindu pods and kilfedi” Hindu war prisoners as they did not embrace Islam. Thus, Alauddin adopted an unjust and severe policy towards the Hindus on the advice of Qazi Mughisuddin. But if we want to know the reasons behind it, we shall have to read bet¬ween the lines of the pages of history. Hindus were not allowed to wear good clothes ride horses wear swords. They were not permitted to cry when some one died among them. Whenever Muslim travelers demanded they had to be accommodate by Hindu families. At every stage Hindus were reminded that they were slaves and oppressed class. Constantly they were coerced to embrace Islam if they wanted to improve themselves.
The number of Hindu subjects was quite large and they often revolted against the Muslim sultans due to their religious fanaticism and economic suppression. He wanted to stop these revolts, so he inflicted poverty on them. Dr. K. S. Lai also writes, “Alauddin wanted to impoverish his countrymen so that the word ‘rebellion’ should not come on their lips.”
But Sir Wolseley Haig does not agree, with Dr. Lai. He writes, “Alauddin next framed a special code of laws against Hindus who were obnoxious to him partly by reason of their faith, partly by reason of the wealth which many of them enjoyed and partly by reason of their turbulence, especially in the Doab.”
To sum up, we may quote Dr. S. Roy about his attitude to¬wards Hindus, “There are, however, good grounds to believe that in dealing with the Hindus, Alauddin was also actuated by communal considerations.” In fact, the anti-Hindu policy of Alauddin made the position of Hindus quite deplorable and led the Hindu society towards decline from economic, social and moral points of view. There is no doubt that Allauddin Khilji was the oppressive Sultan of India who went all out to ensure that Hindus are deplorably crushed.
The sultans also levied house-tax and grazing tax. According to the contemporary chronicler Ziyauddin Barani, all milk-producing animals like cows and goats were taxed. According to Farishtah, animals up to two pairs of oxen, a pair of buffaloes and some cows and goats were exempted. This concession was based on the principle of nisab, namely, of leaving some minimum capital to enable one to carry on with one s work. But it was hardly any relief, for there were taxes like kari, (derived from Hindi word Kar), charai and Jiziyah. The sultans of Delhi collected Jiziyah at the rate of forty, twenty and ten tankahs from the rich, the middleclass and the poor respectively.
Persecution by Mohd bin Tughlaq who came to power after fall of khilji rule was severe.Mohad bin Tughlaq came to throne after engineering the murder of his uncle and mentor Ghyasuddin Tughalaq . He got made a welcome arch that collapsed when Gayasuddin was passing under it. His very high taxation resulted in people leaving their fields and cultivation in dejection. Many ran away to forests. People were forced to cultivate fields. Those who ran way to forests were hunted like wild animals using bows and arrows. The sultan was eccentric and was off the center. People suffered greatly. His successor like Feroz sah Tughlaq was no less in persecution. In short, a substantial portion of the produce was taken away by the government as taxes and the people were left with the bare minimum for sustenance. For the Sultan had directed that only so much should be left to his subjects (raiyyat) as would maintain them from year to year without admitting of their storing up or having articles in excess. Sultan Alauddin s rigorous measures were taken note of by contemporary writers both in India and abroad. In India contemporary writers like Barani, Isami and Amir Khusrau were inclined to believe him to be a persecutor of the Hindus. Foreigners also gathered the same impression. Maulana Shamsuddin Turk, a divine from Egypt, was happy to learn that Alauddin had made the wretchedness and misery of the Hindus so great and had reduced them to such a despicable condition that the Hindu women and children went out begging at the doors of the Musalmans. The same impression is conveyed in the writings of Isami and Wassaf. While summing up the achievements of Alauddin Khalji, the contemporary chronicler Barani mentions, with due emphasis, that by the last decade of his reign the submission and obedience of the Hindus had become an established fact. Such a submission on the part of the Hindus has neither been seen before nor will be witnessed hereafter. In brief, not only the Hindu Zamindars, who had been accustomed to a life of comfort and dignity, were reduced to a deplorable position, but the Hindus in general were impoverished to such an extent that there was no sign of gold or silver left in their houses, and the wives of Khuts and Muqaddams used to seek sundry jobs in the houses of the Musalmans, work there and receive wages. The poor peasants (balahars) suffered the most. The fundamentalist Maulana Ziyauddin Barani feels jubilant at the suppression of the Hindus, and writes at length about the utter helplessness to which the peasantry had been reduced because the Sultan had left to them bare sustenance and had taken away everything else in kharaj (land revenue) and other taxes (2).
An important aspect during the rule of Delhi sultans was the elevation of slaves and eunuchs. Malik Kafur was a slave eunuch and originallya Hindu and was much patronized by Allauddin Khilji and he was soon elevated as his General and was sent on military campaigns. His successor Mubarak Khilji was of the worst type and spent time in the company of eunuchs who were mostly Hindu slaves. He spent time in sexual orgies. Finally he was murdered to a great relief of all ..
As Muslim rule progressed some of the rulers came to terms with Hindus. Baber had no time for consolidating his administration. Humayuan too had a tragic life when he was driven out by Shersha sur for 14 years. Although Humayun regained Delhi after 14 years, he died soon and was succeeded by his young son Akbar. Real consolidation and administration of Mughal empire started only with Akbar who realized that he would not be able to run administration with only Muslims and had to take Hindus also along. Some of the Rajput rulers also fell in line accepting Mughal overlordship except Rana Pratap singh of Mewar. They made marriage alliances with Akbar. Many Rajput families sent Doli to Mughal harems. In turn many Rajput nobles were given high positions, titles, honors in the court and army. Rajput soldiers were recruited into Mughal army. Raja Man singh brother of Akbars wife Jodha Bai was made the commander in Chief of Mughal army. Raja Birbal, Todar mal also occupied high positions in the court.Musicians like Tansen were honored by Akbar. Tansen in all probablilities converted to Islam and he married sister of Akbar. The practice continued during the succeeding emperors such as Jehangir, Sahjehan and Aurangzeb. Amar singh Rathore was an important Rajput commander in Shahjehans army. Aurangzeb also had many Rajput chieftains in his army and Raja Jai singh was a very important military commander during Deccan campaigns. Aurangzeb however reintroduced zizia tax on Hindus which is discriminatory. He also dismissed all court singers and musicians as music was against tenets Islam. Aurangzeb never trusted any one including his own shadow.. He always sent a Rajput and a Muslim General together in his campaigns. In his Deccan campaigns Raja Jai singh and Diler Khan fought together against Shivaji Maharaj.
In provincial kingdoms too Hindus held high positions. In Bijapur army many Marathas were given important positions. Kulkarni a Maharshtrian Brahmin was the secretary of General Afzal Khan of Bijapur who was slain at Pratapgarh by Shivaji Maharaj along with Afzal Khan. Raje Shahji, father of Shivaji Maharaj served Nizamshahi Sultnas at Ahmednagar against Mughals. Later Shahji joined Mughals and he also served Bijapu sultans after some time. Shitab Khan ( Seethapathi Raju) served Sultan Kuli of Golconda before he became independent ruler of Waranagal. Aliya Rama Raya also served Golconda sultans in his younger days before he shifted to Vijay nagar. He was the son in law of Emperor Krishna deva Raya of Vijay nagar in 16 century. Akkanna and Madanna the brothers were elevated to very high positions by Sultan Abul Hasan Kutubshah of Golconda. Madanna was made the Prime Minister ( Mir Jumla) while Akkanna was made the Army chief ( Sar E lashkar). Tupaki Krishnudu was also an important military Chieftain. Rustum rao Linganna was also a military commander in Golconda forces. Aurangzeb however was critical of this and wanted them to be removed. Finally they were assassinated in Golconda fort by the conspirators during the seize of Golconda by Mughals in 1686.Their heads were cutoff and sent to Aurangzeb at Ahmednagar who got them crushed under the feet of the elephants in the presence of his army at a parade. This shows the much hatred of the bigot emperor Aurangzeb towards Hindus. Then why glorify such persons in the history and text books?
When Europeans gained military power, Hindus were occupying important positions in Tippus kingdom at Mysore. In the modern Asifjahi rule at Hyderabad Hindus and Mulsims both occupied important positions. However Hindus in important positions were far less in number compared to Muslims. Sadashiva Reddy of Medak was an important Chieftain during the rule of Nizam II. Eminent personalities like Raja sir Kishan pershad was the Prime Minister of Hyderabad during Nizam 6 rule.There was surely discrimination during Asifjahi rule. Persecution of Hindus became rampant during the rule of last Nizam 7 during 1948 and they were suppressed harassed and killed by Razakar forces of the Nizam till Indian army invaded Hyderabad and deposed the Nizam 7.
Thus we notice that persecution and discrimination in society was very severe during Delhi sultan period that however reduced during the Mughal rule. Provincial rulers at various places were no different and by and large Hindus greatly suffered under them. The Razakars repression in 1948 at Hyderabad is the glaring example for intolerance among Muslims against Hindus even in the modern period. Although at times Hindus also enjoyed patronage of Muslim rulers, it was at the cost of selling themselves for a consideration.The history conclusively proves that Muslim rulers discriminated Hindu subjects in all walks of life. One has to feel sorry for the pseudo secular and vote catching politics by the political parties today in India who appear as if Hindus enjoyed very much under Muslim rule and there was nothing to prove that it was contrary. MK Gandhi always claimed that Hindus and Muslims were his both eyes. Sadly one of his blinded him by engineering creation of Pakistan for which MKG had no answer. No one listened to him to prevent it. Sadly even after creating Pakistan millions stayed back in India and many of them failed to accept this country as their own. The country is engulfed in terrorist activities whose aim is to divide India further and achieve ultimate Moghalistan.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Allauddin Khiljis anti Hindu policy
http://www.shareyouressays.com/114664/alauddin-khiljis-anti-hindu-policy...
2 Lower classes and un mitigated Exploitation. http://voiceofdharma.org/books/tlmr/ch7.htm
ISLAMIC RULERS IN INDIA NEED NO GLORIFICATION… THEY WERE FUNDAMENTALITS, SADISTS AND TEMPLE DESTROYERS TO THE CORE
ISLAMIC RULERS IN INDIA NEED NO GLORIFICATION… THEY
WERE FUNDAMENTALITS, SADISTS AND TEMPLE
DESTROYERS TO THE CORE
PART V
Dr K
Prabhakar Rao
5. SEX MANIACS AND
SLAVES OF SEX
The Muslim sultans right from the period of Slave sultanate
starting from Kutubuddin Aibek to the end of Mulsim rule practiced
abominal sex. Many of them were perverted and practiced homosexuality
with slaves and castrated men and boys. This topic is very much debatable as
ancient Hindu temple sculptures at Khajuraho and Konark speak about Hindu
society in this perspective. These sculptures depict various sex acts and
positions and is open to public glare.In some of the temples sculptures depict
sex acts with animals too. Many scholars have written on these sculptures and
the necessity of such creations. In ancient India, probably sex was openly
discussed and over the passage of time it has become a taboo to discuss these topics in India.Todays youth learn
about it from cheap literature and friends, porn and ill conceived sources like internet . The
ancient book on Kamasutra by Vatsayana gives details of the sex science and
this book has been translated into world languages. The author of the book saw
the acts not only for procreation but
also for deriving of bodily pleasure. Indian Hindu kings also
married several wives and had harems. They also had concubines. Marrying several wives was practiced mostly
for having more sons so that the dynasty flourished. Wars were very common and
there were deaths too in these wars. Probably there was no Hindu king after
Lord Sri Rama of Ayodhya who had only
one wife. Hindu kings were not free from the vice of maintaining concubines.
Illustrious emperor Krishna deva Raya also had
many concubines apart from three queens. VijayaRaghava naika of
Tanjavur kingdom had large harem
and he openly demonstrated his
flirting with women in open
court. Thus we can note that womanizing
was common in most of the world societies and Hindu kings were no exceptions. A finger is also pointed
towards a queen of Madura during Naika reign who ruled the kingdom as a
regent. She was reportedly indulged in immoral activities with many men of the court.
Men were equally involved. Plural marriages in Hindu society stopped
only after promulgating of Sharda act in modern times. It was very common
practice in Hindus society to have more wives before India got independence in 1947.Therefore
Muslims can not be singled out on this
front. However Holy Qoran is very
specific on the aspect of sex with slaves and captured women after a war.
Hindu scriptures are free from such
specific instructions.
Surah 4:24. “Also forbidden for you are married women except those who have fallen into your hands as Prisoners of war?
“ And all married women ( are forbidden unto you) save those ( captives who your right hand possess ( It is a degree of Allah for you )
Obviously the women who became captives during invasions and battles the men having been vanquished, become the property of the victor or capturer. Their husbands may be alive, yet she becomes a trophy of war. Their marriages automatically get annulled once she is captured. She becomes a slave. The moment she becomes a captive she becomes the PW. These revelations are enough for the victors who practiced the evil acts of rape on captured women. In view of the above, Muslim armies resorted to the evil practice in all their campaigns.sex with slaves became ramapant in their society as the provisions in scripture were taken as divine approval. Right from the days of Mohd Bin Kasim to the evil Razakar times Kasim Razvi of 1948 in Hyderabad the evil practice was predominant whenever Hindus were subjugated by war and violent acts. These actions were unheard during the wars between Hindu kings or between a Hindu king and Muslim sultan in which Muslims were defeated. Wars between Hindu kings followed a code of conduct in which women , children, bikhshukhs and Brahmins were not touched. Villages were not attacked. Cows and cattle were not killed. Farms were not plundered. Muslim sultans who approved such acts and practiced them can not be clean persons and surely do not need glorification. . Aliya Rama raya defacto emperor of Vijay nagar empire was blamed for certain acts by his victorious army against the Muslim population after his conquest of Ahmednagar against Hussein Nizamshah in 16 century. Hussein Nizam shah bore a personal grudge against him and he killed Rama Raya instantly after his capture in Tallikota Battle in 1565. However these allegations have no evidence and are based on writings of Muslim historians who were surely biased against a victorious Hindu king.
There are no cases of forced marriages after a victory between Hindu
kings. If at all such marriages took
place, it was with mutual consent and as per some treaty. Sri Krishna Deva Raya
of vijay nagar empire defeated Prataparudra Gajapathi of kalinga kingdom in 16
century and as per treaty terms he married Tukkamba the daughter of Gajapathi. As per legend, the
vanquished King forced her daughter to kill Krishna
deva Raya on the first night. However she preferred to commit suicide instead
of killing her husband and she was saved by Krishna Deva and his minister
Appaji. The subsequent married life
of the princess and Krihna deva
Raya is not documented and it is
believed that she lived mostly separately away from the king due to strained
relations. However Muslim sultans
converted captured royal women to Islam and married. On most of the occasions
they were raped and made concubines. Rani Karnavathi of Gujarat
was captured after defeating her husband by Allauddin Khilji and he married
her. Allaunddin Khilji was also after Rani Padmini wife of Rana Bhim singh. She
was the most beautiful woman of the times. The story is well known. Rani
Padmini committed jauhar when her capture was imminent. Emperor Akbar much
glorified by our pseudo historians was
no saint. He had a very large harem where more than 5000 women stayed. Akbar
married the young wife of his mentor Bairam khan the moment he was killed while on his way to Mecca. He did not waste any time. Where was
the urgency? Many Rajput kings gave their daughters or sisters in marriage to
Mughals to save their skin and kingdoms.
In turn, there were given high positions in the court and were allowed to
retain their kingdoms and titles. Raja Man Singh brother of queen Jodha bai was
made the commander in chief of Mughal army. These women had to accept Islam.
However there were some Rajput kings who hated the practice of giving their
women to Mughals in marriage and loathed the idea. Maha Rana Pratap singh of
Chitthor was one among them. He fought tooth and nail throughout his life against Mughals but did
not let go his honor. After Prataps death most of the Rajputs were leadersless
and fell in line. However Durga das Thakur raised a banner of revolt against
Aurangzeb after the death of Raja Jaswant singh in war front due to illness on
western borders leaving infant sons who were born after his death. Aurangzeb
could not win against these Rajputs and died in 1707. His succeesor Bahadur shah I accepted the Rajput prince as the successor to Raja Jaswant
singh. Mughal supremacy declined rapidly with puppets sitting on the throne.
Rajput kingdoms soon flourished. After the battle of Plassey in 1757, English men gained power and Mughals were reduced to pittance.
The most
important aspect in Muslim rule is the craving and practice of sex with eunuchs
and slaves by the sultans and others.
Nothing can be more averse than the acts of Mubarak Khilji the successor of
Allauddinn khilji. He was the most perverted and unworthy of his position as a
sovereign. He indulged openly in these acts along with his nobles and
courtiers. These have been recorded by the contemporary historians. He dressed
as an eunuch and entered the court where he gave dirty and filthy glances at
others and danced invitingly. He used to
open and throw out his clothes and dance in nakedness and what followed used to
be the most filthier un natural sexual
acts openly practiced. What an utter shame indeed and it is a shame
that Indian history has been glorifying these sultans as great administrators and men of caliber!. The Sultan was
of course assassinated in few
years not before great damage was done to the empire built by Allauddin Khilji of course based on
cruelty, deceipt, tyranny , suppression
and wars.
Emperor Shah je jahan reportedly had affairs with his daughter and it
was approved by the clergy. How can we glorify such disgusting rulers as great
men? Zahandar shah was one of most wretched emperor from the Mughal dynasty
who had many concubines and he was
much fascinated with one Lal kumari. He threw away to winds all decency and involved himself in sex acts and drinking. It was not surprising that he
was killed in a years rule by
Farukhsiyar who became the ruler.The
courts of later Mughals became the place
for all types of ill virtued women, prostitues and such women. Senior nobles
like Chinkhilij khan left the court disgusted and went to Deccan
. He later became Nizam 7 and founder of Asifjhai dynasty that lasted up to 1948. The last ruler Osmal Ali Khan the
Nizam 7 also had many wives and
concubines.
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