Not eating beef is not only religious for Hindus but it also has some historical-political context. As @Infinitchy says it is a symbol of H resistance.
In medieval India, cow slaughter was rampantly used as a symbol of Hindu subjugation by Invaders.
Here are some instances:
In medieval India, cow slaughter was rampantly used as a symbol of Hindu subjugation by Invaders.
Here are some instances:
1. Firuz Shah Tughlaq broke the idols and mixing the fragments with pieces of cow’s flesh, filled bags with them, and caused them to be tied around the necks of Brahmins who were then paraded through the camp
(Tarikh-i-Firishta)
(Tarikh-i-Firishta)
2. In the reign of Akbar near Nagarkot in an idol temple nearly 200 black cows were killed and then Turks took off their boots and filled them with the blood and cast it up on the roof and walls of the temple. (Tabqat-i-Akbari )
3. Siyar al-Aqtab records “there was 1 temple to reverence which d Raja &all d infidels used to come..when d Khwaja [Mu’in al-Din Chishti of Ajmer, on whose dargah H go to offer chadar] settled there, every day his servants bought a cow, brought it there &slaughtered it &ate it.”
4. Akhbarat records: “The Emperor (Aurangzeb).. ordered..to demolish the temple of Pandharpur..and slaughter cows in the temple. It was done.”
5. Ãsaru’l-Bilad records “Muhammad Qasim.. attached a piece of cow’s flesh to its (idol’s) neck.”
5. Ãsaru’l-Bilad records “Muhammad Qasim.. attached a piece of cow’s flesh to its (idol’s) neck.”
6. Ahmad Shah Durr-i-Durran in 1762 blew up the Harimandir at Amritsar, filled up the sacred tank with the debris, and desecrated the holy site by slaughtering cows on it.
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