It took 2 wars, 100 million deaths, and 60 years for 50 states & 400 million people of Europe to realize the need and form a Union, that too a fragile one...
Sardar Patel united 565 states and 400 million diverse people in 6 months. That was the caliber of the man.
When the others set out to enjoy the dawn of Freedom, Sardar Patel set out to a daunting task of unifying India.
565 Princely states, 565 aspirations to be the ‘Ruler’ and all these sided their aspirations in front of this man. That was the respect he commanded.
Sardar Patel handled 565 states and a man (not to be named) handled one state: Kashmir.
The rest of India is united and Kashmir is still bleeding with a part of it in hands of Pakistan.
Patel was a true mass leader. He commanded such respect and love, and confidence of people in him was such that after the general elections of 1947, 12 out of 15 Congress regional committees voted him to be the Prime Minister of India.
Though he withdrew his candidature at the insistence of Gandhi Ji...
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Banda Singh Bahadur (Madho Das) was a great Sikh general who retaliated against the barbaric Mughal forces after they killed Guru Govind Singh ji on the order of Aurangzeb and destroyed the whole town.
Banda and his platoon successfully defeated the Mughal General and his platoon easily. Following this bitter defeat, Aurangzeb returned with full fledged Mughal force and killed all of Banda’s army.
At the end, he asked Banda to convert to Islam and serve Mughals. The brave Banda refused and sat in Samadhi position.
Aurangzeb ordered to carve out the heart of Banda’s little son Ajay Singh ji,
Raja Raja Cholan, also known as Raja Raja the Great, was a king of the Chola dynasty in southern India who ruled from 985 CE to 1014 CE. He is considered one of the greatest kings of the Chola dynasty and of Tamil history...
Raja Raja Cholan was called a Hindu king because he was a patron of Hinduism and made significant contributions to the religion. He was a devotee of the god Shiva and built several large and impressive Shiva temples, including the famous
Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. He is also credited with initiating the practice of endowing land to Brahmins as a means of promoting Hinduism.
#Akbar was not a great ruler as portrayed nowadays. He was one of the most barbaric rulers in Indian History .
Akbar had forcibly married Salima Sultana Begum, who waz wife of his regent Bairam Khan. Bairam Khan was a fatherlike figure for him...
In 1556, After defeating Hemachandra Vikramaditya in 2nd battle of Panipat, He earned the title 'Ghazi' after beheading Hemachandra Vikramaditya.
The Mughals had built a tower of heads of slain soldiers in Second Battle of Panipat.
In 1568, Akbar had captured the fort of Chittorgarh after a long siege. The Rajputs fought under leadership of brave Jaimal Rathore and Patta Sisodia. To save themselves from being captured by Mughals and made slaves, thousands of rajput women commited Jauhar on night of 23rd
जो ईशादि दस प्रधान उपनिषदों के अनंतर एकादश एवं शेष उपनिषदों में अग्रणी है कृष्ण यजुर्वेद का अंग है। छह अध्याय और 113 मंत्रों के इस उपनिषद् को यह नाम इसके प्रवक्ता श्वेताश्वतर ऋषि के कारण प्राप्त है।
मुमुक्षु संन्यासियों के कारण ब्रह्म क्या है अथवा इस सृष्टि का कारण ब्रह्म है अथवा अन्य कुछ हम कहाँ से आए, किस आधार पर ठहरे हैं, हमारी अंतिम स्थिति क्या होगी, हमारे सुख दु:ख का हेतु क्या है,
इत्यादि प्रश्नों के समाधान में ऋषि ने जीव, जगत् और ब्रह्म के स्वरूप तथा ब्रह्मप्राप्ति के साधन बतलाए हैं और यह उपनिषद सीधे योगिक अवधारणाओं की व्याख्या करता है।
भारत के छ: आस्तिक दर्शनों में मीमांसा दर्शन का महत्त्वपूर्ण स्थान है। इसके प्रवर्तक जैमिनी हैं। मीमांसा शब्द का वास्तविक अर्थ तर्क-पूर्ण चिंतन,विवेचन तथा अनुप्रयोग की कला है। यह विचार पद्धति वैदिक साहित्य के भाग रहे संहिता तथा ब्राह्मणों के विश्लेषण पर केंद्रित थी।
मीमांसा दर्शन के अनुसार वेदों में शाश्वत सत्य निहित है तथा यदि व्यक्ति को धार्मिक श्रेष्ठता, स्वर्ग और मुक्ति प्राप्त करनी है, तो उसे वेदों द्वारा नियत सभी कर्तव्य पूरे करने होंगे।
इस दर्शन के अनुसार मुक्ति अनुष्ठानों के निष्पादन से ही संभव है। साथ ही, मुक्ति के उद्देश्य से किये जा रहे अनुष्ठानों को पूर्णता से संपन्न करने के लिये उनमें निहित तर्क को समझना भी आवश्यक है।