Re: [nukkad] some similarities of Religions

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Hello all,
     May be nukkies can search for term "rajput and johar" and enrich
their knowledge.

 I am sending you all a link to read more.
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=79&page=24

Below is the content of the page , just in case.

World of Woman
Maharani Padmini-An inspiring saga in valour and sacrifice
By Vimi Bajaj

India is a land famous for many things. Her religion and culture are
great and ancient. But so are the courage and bravery of her sons and
daughters. The Rajputs constituted perhaps the bravest community in
the world. They liked death better than dishonour. Their women never
gave up their honour; they preferred to get burnt alive. Maharani
Padmini was one such Rajput queen who, like Maharana Pratap, is
honoured in India for her wisdom, courage and noble character. She was
considered a beauty in her time.

Sultan Alaud-din Khilji was the ruler of Delhi. Padmini was the queen
of the Rana of Chittor. Alauddin had heard about her beauty and wanted
to take away and marry her. Hence, he gathered a huge army and laid
siege of Chittor. The Rajputs fought bravely to ward off the attack
and many of them were killed. Gradually their defence began to weaken
with more and more Rajputs losing their lives in the battle. It became
clear that all of them would perish. Alauddin sent a message that he
only wanted to see Queen Padmini by means of a mirror. If they showed
him the queen, he would return with his army.

The Rajputs agreed to it. Alauddin entered the fort of Chittor with a
few courtiers. There he saw Queen Padmini's face in the mirror and was
bewitched. He asked the Rana to accompany him out of the fort. The
Rana did so. But Alauddin got the Rana captured. He sent a message
that the Rana would be released in exchange for Queen Padmini. The
Sultan asked Padmini to be his wife or else face the death of the
Rana.

The Rajputs were surprised at the treachery but they decided to meet
cunning with cunning. They told the Sultan that the queen would come
to him with 700 maids. Thus 700 palanquins started from the fort.
Every palanquin carried five armed soldiers. The bearers were also
soldiers. Thus the Rajput force reached the centre of the camp. There
they drew out their sword and pounced upon the Sultan's army. The
Rajputs freed their Rana and took him safely to Chittor.

Now the Sultan became agitated and decided to take revenge. So he
gathered a still greater army and attacked the fort. The Rajputs found
themselves unable to face the attack. So they decided to peform johar.
All the males armed themselves and came out of the fort. They fell
upon the Sultan's army and killed many of his soldiers. Seeing the end
inevitable, Padmini jumped into the 'johar' fire with all the women of
the fort. They burnt themselves alive in the fort. Alauddin captured
the fort but he could not lay his hands on Padmini.

Though Padmini is no more, her name still shines in the pages of
India's history. She lived for honour and died for its sake. India
will always remember her.


regards,
--rc


On 11/22/07, Rohit Mansukhlal  wrote:
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> > Ref: Not sure why the British didnt touch the 4 wives-rule though. I am
> > sure
> > they had good reasons.
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> > ****
> > By and large they never cared to interfere in the religious affairs,
> > social customs
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>   etc. of native Indians. Their prime motive was to exploit India
> economically like
>   their other colonial possessions. In any case, they undertook to abolish
> evil social
>   practices only when they were ensured some support from the sufferers
> themselves.
>   Lord William Bentick's name shines above all Englishman. To see an end to
> sati
>   custom once he reached a dusty village in Central Provinces ( I forget
> name ),
>   camped there for days bearing all sorts of discomforts of a tent in the
> middle of
>   Indian summer. Bentick, despite his firmness had to concede after two
> weeks when
>   the prospective Sati, a widowed Rajput woman gave up food and made clear
> her resolve
>   to die of hunger.
>   To prevent the village going berserk over the issue, Bentick atlast
> permitted this last
>   sati dying on the burning pyre and in exchange took hard promise from the
> village
>   and community leaders not to allow any more sati acts, failing which they
> were
>   threatened with the severest punishment. And his plan worked. That
> brought the
>   deadly custom by and large to an end in the C.P. ( today's M.P.),save
> occassional
>   secret incidents which might have taken place.
>
>   Rohit Zaveri.
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