Thread on the history of Jauhar:
This day, the 26th of August in 1303, Rani Padmini of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan along with 1000s of Rajputanis committed Jauhar to save their honor from Alauddin Khilji and his forces.
Earliest incidence of Jauhar was witnessed in Sindh, Thread1
then the kingdom of Raja Dahir, a Brahmin. It was the year 712 CE. One of Dahir's qeen Rani Bai challenged Muhammad bin Qasim’s troops for a battle. It was through treachery that Qasim entered her fort with his forces. Rani Bai, along with other ladies, arranged a huge - Thread2
fire and committed Jauhar to save from disgrace. This episode along with the valor of the daughters of Raja Dahir is described in Chapter 6 in Book II of #SaffronSwords (link: grpr.in/ss2).
Jauhar was later witnessed in Bengal in 1226 CE. Bir Singh of - Thread3
Birsinghapur, Bengal defeated Giasuddin Iwaz Khilji, Sultan of Gaur in 1st battle. Khilji in 2nd battle attacked with cows with burning horns as defence; again an instance of treachery, which led to defeat of the Hindu king. The Bengali women committed Jauhar to save - Thread4
their honor from the barbarians.
Raja Kampilideva of the Kampili kingdom near Gulbarga in Karnataka resisted the forces of Muhammad-bin Tughluq led by Malik Zada in battle until he fell. The women of Kampili committed Jauhar. It was 1327 CE.
Jauhar also witnessed in - Thread5
Madhya Pradesh. In 1545, Sher Shah Suri, through treachery, defeated Puran Mal, the Raja of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The women of Raisen committed Jauhar to save their honor. Suri got hold of one of Puran’s daughters who was made a street dancer. The brutal ruler - Thread6
c@strated three nephews of Puran. In short, persecution of Hindoos under Suri was no different than the other Izlamic rulers.
There should be a MEMORIAL with etched historical records dedicated to the thousands and lakhs of Hindu women who committed Jauhar - Thread 7
from across Akhand Bharat to save their dignity instead of getting r@ped or becoming $ex sl@ves in hands of the Izlamic b@rbarians.
The MEMORIAL will familiarize present generation and upcoming generations about how women ancestors not only fought but also sacrificed for Dharma.
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I am a Bishnupriya Manipuri. I trace ancestry to Babruvahana, the son of Arjuna-Chitrangada. My Kuldevta is Apokpa, the sixth in lineage from Babruvahana. I am a VICTIM of EXODUS from MANIPUR due to Burmese attacks. Thread1 #ManipurViolence, #ManipuriExodus, #BishnupriyaManipuri.
There are two sects of Manipuris - Meitei Manipuri and Bishnupriya Manipuri. The Burmese attacked Manipur several times from medieval era to 1826. Burmese occupation of parts of Manipur lasted only for a short period each time as ...Thread2 #MeiteiManipuri, #ManipurRiots,
Manipuri kings offered resistance and reclaimed back the territories. Thousands of Manipuris, my ancestors attained Veergati in battlefield fighting the Burmese. My ancestors left Manipur in the 18th century during one of the attacks. After the British came, their war continued
She is Gouramma, daughter of Chikka Virarajendra, last ruler of Coorg. British, by deceit, annexed many kingdoms into their dominion. They deposed Virarajendra, took him political prisoner in Benares in 1834, confiscated his wealth #T1
Later the king demanded for his wealth from the East India Company in a court in England in 1852, but in vain. When in England, Queen Victoria took Gouramma, then aged 11, under her care and baptized her, converting her to Christianity. #Thread2
Right image of Gouramma, painting by German painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter, features her in Indian attire n holding Bible.
We have Hindu royalty who never went against Dharma. There are many examples from History. Aurangzeb had a son named Akbar who rebelled for supremacy. #T3
Netflix’s Hinduphobic web series ‘Krishna and His Leela’ insults Shri Krishna n Hinduism. It has become fashion for web series/shows n Bollywood to be in competition in depicting Hindu deities in bad light. And who r d directors/producers who release such? Mostly Hindus! #Thread1
Can same producers/directors dare to broadcast hateful content pertaining to Gods of other religions? No!
‘Krishna and his Leela’ depicts Krishna having sexual encounters with many women, 1 being Radha. Netflix's 'Bulbul' by Anushka Sharma (notice the dialogue in #Thread2
attached images marked in red - Kanha, Krishna, Radha, Kadamb tree) features a similar Hinduphobic content.
Original texts pertaining to Krishna mention Radha as divinely connected with Krishna, not physically. Bankin Chandra Chatterjee's 'Krishna Charitra' based on #Thread3
Have you heard about ‘Bhaat’ also called ‘Pothi’? Many can connect to this listing of ‘Vangshavali’. This system of recording names of family members of a particular lineage/family/community - generation after generation has been continuing since antiquity. #Thread1
This is how historical lineage of many a dynasty could be traced. Me and my Maa-in-law Sudha (double postgraduate in Sanskrit/Hindi; read Vedas and sev ancient scriptures) often used to discuss about many things related to our glorious past including current affairs, #Thread2
politics, farmer issues, governments, etc.
During 1 of our interactions, Maaji narrated about ‘Bhaat’ or ‘Pothi’, about ‘Vangshavali’ of the family I am now connected via marriage. This is recorded by Brahmins entrusted by themselves into this task since generations. #Thread3
28 Feb 1757. Jat prince Jawahar Singh with 5000 men offered resistance against Ahmad Shah Abdali's forces near Mathura fr 9 hrs, but in vain. What followed was genocide of 1000s of devotees who assembled in Mathura/Vrindavan 2 celebrate Holi 👇
Source: 'Ahmad Shah Durrani, Father Of Modern Afghanistan', by Ganda Singh, Asia Publishing House, 1959. Amidst celebrations we also must know what happened to our ancestors in the past as a result of religious intolerance. We need to remember them and pray for their Shanti.
An excerpt from the aforementioned book: "To quote from Samin’s Memoirs, ‘wherever you gazed you beheld only heaps of the slain; you could only pick your way with difficulty, owing to enormous number of bodies lying about and the amount of blood spilt.
It has been rightly said history repeats itself. My post here is in context of how events have been described in mainstream narratives over decades/centuries. Since last 1000+ years, it has been the same. The perpetrators find a place, a major place in these narratives. #Thread1
That's how over years we hve read in detail abt Mahmud of Ghazni, Mohd Ghori, Qutb-uddin-Aibak, Taimur, Babur, Bakhtiyar Khilji, Akbar, Aurangzeb, Robert Clive, Lord Dalhousie; list on. They dominate narratives in history textbooks; every school child bound to read this. #Thread2
And we celebrate/relive barbarism of these invaders/looters in our daily lives not only in books but also in streets. So we have Akbar Road. We have Bakhtiyarpur Junction in name destroyer of our ancient universities. We have roads in name of traitors - Mann Singh Road. #Thread3