it is wrong to say that only aurangzeb was cruel. even his forefathers were no angels. Akbar , Jahangir and Shahjahan were equally cruel but the opposite has been taught in history books. Aurangzeb is remembered for his atrcocities because he was the last powerful mughal emperor. if Akbar , jahangir and Shahjahan were tolerant , then were people like Rana Pratap or sikh Gurus like Argan Dev and Teghbahadur mad to oppose them ? also never has any muslim ruler built any mosque or garden or fort. if so there is no existing islamic book like Vastu Shastra just as hindus have. Existing structures were conquered and used by these barbarians and in history it has been noted as follows: "Shahjahan built tajmahal" or "Akbar built fatehpur sikri". it has now been proved that TajMahal was a Hindu temple and existed when Babur arrived in India. ( Babur was an ancestor of Shahjahan ). if Shahjahan could construct a huge building like Taj after his wife's death, then why did he not make any bigger buildings for her when she was alive. i dont know why our governments are so shy in accepting the fact that the 1000 year muslim rule in India was worse than the Nazi occupation of Poland or Russia.
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by jayant somvanshi on Feb 16, 2007 07:13 PM Permalink
facts told by u may be contravertial but i do agree on one last line u wrote and i would like to praise that sentence-(i dont know why our governments are so shy in accepting the fact that the 1000 year muslim rule in India was worse than the Nazi occupation of Poland or Russia.)--very well said .
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by Suresh GO on Feb 16, 2007 04:29 PM Permalink
I don't think it was the Muslim rule that had any problem. Some of the Muslim rulers were indeed great administrators. Remember Shersha Suri (sorry if I got the spelling wrong)? And was the English rule heavenly? It was the invasion that was bad. Anyone coming from outside is an invader. And no invader has ever treated the country he invades in any good way. Its applicable for every small kingdom that existed in this great subcontinent.
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by Samir Ankalikar on Feb 16, 2007 04:34 PM Permalink
dear friend, the highways that were thought to be built by shersha suri was made by hindu kings 200 years before his arrival. if Shershah repaired them that doesnt mean he built them
also the britishers at least brought railways , telegraph with them to India. what did these muslim kings did ?
RE:aurangzeb the madman
by NIRANJAN L on Feb 16, 2007 07:12 PM Permalink
Dear Samir you can accept dark facts when you are mature enough to understand why & how they happened. Majority of Indians are still over sensitive to these issues & will flame up on recalling these incidents. Its gonna take a real long time for us to mature, think about shaping the future & then recalling & undestanding the past. Most nations that have accepted the past are the ones with one major religion. Its no joke to convince a billion people following numerous faiths about a dark past. Its best to keep the past there & move ahead. All religions have resorted to some tactic for propogation. If anyone brought out the facts about the spread of Christianity, Aurangzeb would sound like a kindergarten kid. The fact is that we are constantly facing a world that has more practical problems than spiritual ones. Every nation knows it can't survive by itself. Boundaries are opening up like never before. Communication couldn't have been better. All this is allowing human to human contacts. When you look deep inside yourself & others, you see no difference. Its something written down centuries ago, that had relevance then, that is still dictating the ways of life. Religion is required to discipline humans but law is not much different. There are plenty of Aurangzebs & Hitlers practising even today. Its just a matter of how we fight them to oblivion that decides what the world is going to look like in the near & far future. Lets wake up to accept human kind as one & sort problems that will let us all live equally & happily in the short time we are gonna be in this planet
