Stories & actions of Mughals which get no mention in history books!

[4Vikram]

From calling Akbar ‘the great ruler’ to naming Shah Jahan as a connoisseur of Architecture… History books in India paint a very rosy picture about Mughals. The truth, however, is quite the opposite. Mughals were barbaric and discriminating. Their blood-thirsty approach and behaviour is known to the rest of the world yet children in our own country are told that right from Babur to Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jahan were fair and competent rulers.

I am sharing some of the eye-opening truths about Mughals which I gathered from Sikh history and the books written by travellers other than those who were funded by Mughals during that time.

Mughal emperor Jahangir himself wrote in his autobiography Tuzk-e-Jahangiri that too many people were becoming persuaded by Guru Arjan’s teachings and he was scared of Guru Sahib’s presence. He forced Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji to convert into Islam and upon Guru Sahib’s refusal, he tortured and executed Guru Sahib. Sheer cowardice of a Mughal ruler!

Even Akbar was responsible for the massacre of 30,000 captives during the Siege of Chittorgarh (20 October 1567 – 24 February 1568) followed by Rajput women committing Jauhar.

Akbar was a womanizer who had more than 300 wives. The actual number of women in the harem was nearer to 5,000. Many of these were older women, but there were also young servant girls, or Amazons of Russia or Abyssinia as armed guards, all with the status only of slaves.

Aurangzeb, the cruelest of all, destroyed temples and Gurdwaras in India. It was he who ordered Brahmin Pandits of Kashmir to convert to Islam. Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur came forward to protect Kashmiri Pandits from the torture of Aurangzeb.

The sad part is – our History books do not even mention about the supreme sacrifice of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur for the protection of the most fundamental of human rights – the right of a person to freely practice his or her religion without interference or hindrance.

Mughals were known for their inhumane torturing methods. Such was their cruelty that they made Baba Banda Singh Bahadur watch his own son’s heart getting carved out by the executioners which was thrust into Baba Banda Singh’s mouth!

Mughals were known for destroying temples and Gurdwaras and erecting mosques in their place like Mughal emperor Shah Jahan desecrated the sacred Sri Baoli Sahib in Lahore, Pakistan and erected a mosque in its place. Babri Masjid follows the same pattern.

The fanaticism, cruelty and dogmatic behaviour of Mughals has been known worldwide; still we continue to call them the great rulers in our History books – a fact I truly dislike!

Let us demand CBSE to change the curriculum and at least include real heroes of our history rather than these inhumane rulers

[aakathaai]

ee shajahan gadi gurinchi thega goppaga cheptharu veedu goppa premikudani love unna chota violence undadu tajmahal katttinolla chethulni narikeyadam ane sandaalanni mana social books lo  pellam meeda premaga cheptharu

[4Vikram]

2 hours ago, aakathaai said:

ee shajahan gadi gurinchi thega goppaga cheptharu veedu goppa premikudani love unna chota violence undadu tajmahal katttinolla chethulni narikeyadam ane sandaalanni mana social books lo  pellam meeda premaga cheptharu

Mana charitra books nduku le vuncle vatilo max boothulu nijalu sagam kuda sakaga levu andulo

[uttermost]

7 hours ago, 4Vikram said:

Mana charitra books nduku le vuncle vatilo max boothulu nijalu sagam kuda sakaga levu andulo

okay. Now we'll play a game.

you should name a ruler (feel free to name Hindu rulers) that you think was kind and compassionate and didn't kill his own people.

Then I search on the web to get you instances of where they ruled as cruelly as the Mughals did.

okay?

[TampaChinnodu]

10 hours ago, aakathaai said:

ee shajahan gadi gurinchi thega goppaga cheptharu veedu goppa premikudani love unna chota violence undadu tajmahal katttinolla chethulni narikeyadam ane sandaalanni mana social books lo  pellam meeda premaga cheptharu

[TampaChinnodu]

10 hours ago, aakathaai said:

ee shajahan gadi gurinchi thega goppaga cheptharu veedu goppa premikudani love unna chota violence undadu tajmahal katttinolla chethulni narikeyadam ane sandaalanni mana social books lo  pellam meeda premaga cheptharu

Taj Mahal is a great architecture building. But not a sign of true love. Thokkalo history books , all manipulated. 

[uttermost]

Just now, TampaChinnodu said:

haha.. evado sollu chepthey adhi nijam ani naamesaaru. inka ee falsehood chalamani avthundi internet age lo.

shahjahan did no such thing.

[uttermost]

Just now, TampaChinnodu said:

Taj Mahal is a great architecture building. But not a sign of true love. Thokkalo history books , all manipulated. 

yes. Hindu rulers are the kindest  and bravest rulers in the world ani cheppalsindhi. minimum common sense ledhu books raasinodiki.

[boeing747]

4 minutes ago, uttermost said:

okay. Now we'll play a game.

you should name a ruler (feel free to name Hindu rulers) that you think was kind and compassionate and didn't kill his own people.

Then I search on the web to get you instances of where they ruled as cruelly as the Mughals did.

okay?

the OP was talking about the glorification of mughal rulers in the text books as if they were kind and compassionate. 

[TampaChinnodu]

1 minute ago, uttermost said:

haha.. evado sollu chepthey adhi nijam ani naamesaaru. inka ee falsehood chalamani avthundi internet age lo.

shahjahan did no such thing.

My Point was only about Taj Mahal being projected as Love Symbol. 

[uttermost]

Just now, boeing747 said:

the OP was talking about the glorification of mughal rulers in the text books as if they were kind and compassionate. 

Almost all rulers are classified thus in books. Wasn't Asoka glorified as a compassionate ruler? He was not. Even after the battle of kalinga.

[uttermost]

Just now, TampaChinnodu said:

My Point was only about Taj Mahal being projected as Love Symbol. 

adhi just marketing.

[TampaChinnodu]

Just now, uttermost said:

adhi just marketing.

Exactly. Leave Indian Media , I am surprised even world media saying the same from decades. 

[boeing747]

1 minute ago, uttermost said:

Almost all rulers are classified thus in books. Wasn't Asoka glorified as a compassionate ruler? He was not. Even after the battle of kalinga.

whether hes compassionate or not, history in our text books does say that he waged a bloody war against kalinga kingdom. but he didnt kill his own kingdoms citizens to change religion or taxed them for visiting temples or looted/demolished temples, took away young hindu girls to be placed in harems.

[uttermost]

3 minutes ago, boeing747 said:

whether hes compassionate or not, history in our text books does say that he waged a bloody war against kalinga kingdom. but he didnt kill his own kingdoms citizens to change religion or taxed them for visiting temples or looted/demolished temples, took away young hindu girls to be placed in harems.

Yes. He did all of that. except taking young hindu girls in harems. Whether Mughals did that or not, I'm amused by constant repetition of this thing as an unassailable fact.

Hindus take their 'girls' very seriously. lol.