2. Hyder Ali didn’t spare even girls of 4-5 years old, who were purchased on account of beauty to train them in music, dance and to give pleasure.
3. 1763: Hyder Ali fought with Rani of Bednur, Rani Virammaji. When people of Bednur heard about his attack, they fled to jungle. Hyder systematically looted Bednur. His loot was estimated 12 mn sterling.
4. 1779: Hyder Ali attacked Hindu governor of Chitradurga who didn't help him in his war against Marathas. 3000 Muslim troops of the governor switched sides. So, Chitradurga was defeated.
5. Hyder Ali captured 20,000 Hindus, took them to Mysore, converted them to Islam, & created a battalion out of them, named 'Chela battalion'
6. Once a rebellion broke out in Travancore, Hyder Ali crushed that revolt brutally & captured 15000 Nairs. They were taken as prisoners & settled in Mysore after conversion to Islam. Not even 200 out of the 15000 survived!
7. Hyder Ali committed atrocities not just against the common Hindus, but he didn't spare the Wodeyar kings & royal family as well.
When Nanjaraj tried to assert himself, Hyder Ali plundered royal palace, confiscated his properties & assumed all charge of Mysore!
8. When Hyder Ali found out that even after assuming all charge, Nanjaraj is having secret communications with Marathas to free himself, Hyder Ali got the Hindu Wodeyar king strangulated.
9. Seeing the depredations, Rani of Mysuru tried to get rid of Hyder Ali with help of Khande Rao & Marathas. Marathas went & attacked Seringipatnam. Hyder had to flee, losing all his territory & treasure.
But due to the Battle of Panipat, this Maratha army was recalled to Pune.
10. Rani Lakshammanni of Mysuru asked her followers to strike a deal with British to free Mysore from Hyder Ali & restore lost *Hindu supremacy*
Hyder after getting to know about this, tried to kill Rani's helpers but they were able to strike deal with British.
11. In & after his campaigns in Kerala, Hyder Ali violently persecuted the Nairs. He deprived them of all privileges, had them h@nged, & imposed forced conversion to Islam.
The Nairs took refuge to Travancore kingdom, than submit to such edicts & renege on Dharma.
12. This was the legacy of persecution of Hindus which Tipu 'Sultan' inherited & carried forward, with same kind of fanatic attitude.
2. 610 CE: Prophet Muhammad had first revelation of Islam. Till 630, he went on to increase his followers & gain control of Mecca.
632: Abu Bakr was made caliph after Muhammad died. 634: Two years later, Umar I became caliph after Abu Bakr's death. Umar I reigned till 644.
3. ~636/637: During Umar I's reign, the first ever Arab invasion of India took place! It was a naval attack on Thane (nr Mumbai), ruled by Chalukya Pulakeshin II (one of the most ambitious Hindu rulers of ancient India)
The attack was repelled, with Hindu victory over Arabs!
2. 1435, Jun 29: Kapilendra Gajapati was coronated at Cuttack when the king Bhanudeva IV was away on southern campaigns.
3. At the time of his accession, the Gajapati kingdom was being hard-pressed by the Jaunpur, Bengal Sultanates from the north, and Bahmani Sultanate from the south-west. Vijayanagara Empire had also conquered the eastern coast upto Godavari delta.
2. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was coronated Chhatrapati on 20 July 1680.
At the time of his accession, the nascent Maratha state was surrounded by Mughals, Adilshah, English, Siddis, and the Portuguese.
3. Close to end of Shivaji’s reign, he had made it a policy to hurt the Mughal economy by targeting its economic centres. Sambhaji Maharaj continued his policy more aggressively.
Burhanpur was attacked in 1680-81. Maulav!s there lamented on being unable to do Friday-namaz
2. 1678, Dec 10: The story of Durgadas Rathore begins with the death of Maharaj Jaswant Singh of Marwar.
Aurangzeb wished to annex Marwar on this opportunity; however Durgadas Rathore wanted the infant son of Jaswant Singh, Ajit Singh to be the successor.
3. Aurangzeb agreed to make him successor only if he was raised in Mughal harem, & converts to Islam.
On this occasion arose the unsung hero, Durgadas Rathore, who was quick to grasp Aurangzeb's long-term plot. He asked Aurangzeb to let Ajit Singh be presented to Mughal court...