Nehru/Gandhi family visited Babur's grave
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
Name of the Book: Babur-Nama – Autobiography by Zahiru’d-Din
Muhammed Babur.
This author was the founder of the Moghul dynasty in India
who proclaimed himself a Padshah (Ruler) after his victory in the First Battle
of Panipat (1526CE), and a Ghazi (killer of kafirs) after the defeat of Rana
Sanga in the Battle of Khanwa (1528 CE). While presenting himself as an
indefatigable warrior and drug addict, he does not hide the cruelties he
committed on the defeated people, particularly his fondness for building towers
of the heads of those he captured as prisoners of war or killed in battle. He
is very liberal in citing appropriate verses from the Quran on the eve of the
battle with Rana Sanga. In order to ensure his victory, he makes a covenant
with Allah by breaking the vessels containing wine as also the cups for
drinking it, swearing at the same time that “he would break the idols of the
idol-worshippers in a similar manner.” In the Fateh-Nama (prayer for victory)
composed for him by Shaykh Zain, Allah is described as “the destroyer of idols
from their foundations” The language he uses for his Hindu adversaries is
typically Islamic.
In “ Babur-Nama”—he has narrated the temples he destroyed in
details, which I will cover in a later BLOG. Only two incidents are furnished
below as sample.
- Chanderi
(Madhya Pradesh): “In AH 934 (AD 1528), I attacked Chanderi and, by the
grace of Allah, captured it in a few hours. We got the infidels
slaughtered, and the place which had been a daru’l-harb for years was made
into daru’l-Islam. “
- Gwalior
(Madhya Pradesh): “Next day, at the time of the noon prayer, we went out
for seeing those places in Gwalior which we had not seen yet. Going out of
the Hathipole Gate of the fort, we arrived at a place called Urwa. Urwa is
not a bad place. It is an enclosed space. Its biggest blemish is its
statues. I ordered that they should be destroyed.”
Four generations of Nehru/Gandhi family visited Mughal
invader Babur's grave in Afghanistan, as listed below:--
1) The first Prime
Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru visited Babur's grave in Afghanistan on
the 19th September, 1959.
2) The third Prime
Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, visited Babur’s grave in Afghanistan along
with her son Rajeev Gandhi in the year, 1969. This fact has been scripted by
Natwar Singh in his autobiography 'One Life is not Enough'.
3) The Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, again revisited
the grave of Babur in the year, 1976,
accompanied by Rajeev Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, who was a kid.
4) The last Congress Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan
Singh Along with Rahul Gandhi visited the grave of Babur, in Afghanistan, in
August, 2005.
1.0 Ref:-https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/three-generations-of-nehru-gandhi-family-visited-baburs-tomb-in-kabul-hotstar-the-empire/
2.0' One Life is not Enough'.--Natwar Singh
JAY SHREE RAM.
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