Today the charismatic leader, Narender Modi delivered another excellent speech in Madison Square. It was magnificent and he completely mesmerized the crowd both in US and the TV viewers in India equally. I will not go into those details.
One thing, which I caught hold of from his speech was this sentence "Slavery of 1000-1200" years. I am not trained as historian but I just wanted to mark that date
1192 - Prithviraj was defeated and that marked the long period of slavery of India till 1947
So, 1947 - 1192 = 755 Years
So, as per this dateline, India was under slavery only for 755
Did Modi got his numbers wrong or was this just a slip of tongue or a gross overestimation. I think it was none. What perhaps Modi was referring to was
1. Attack on India (old upto Sindu / Indus river) by Afghan / Turks
2. Attack from north on Samarkand
Well the dates are right to mark 1000 years of slavery, but perhaps the reference suits more to
1. Afghanistan
2. Pakistan
India (as currently defined) was slave only for 750 years. Nothing wrong in mentioning 1000-1200 with a broader view, but consider the fact that - Pakistan considers start of those years of slavery as years of liberation from rule of "Idol Worshipers"
So, Pakistan will consider these years as years of glory. But what about India, we still have an "Aurangzeb Road, Babar Road...... and so many other roads in the names of people, who committed mass murders going by each and every historical record" Perhaps this was done around 1940's when Indian elite was trying to convince Muslims to stay with India. ............But do we still need to keep these road names same and remove the names of those mass murderers and looters.
Some might agree they were rulers and aristocrat...blah blah.......then lets have a road by name of
This will show India is recognize the roads by not only the suppressors and murderers on national level but on international level.
One thing, which I caught hold of from his speech was this sentence "Slavery of 1000-1200" years. I am not trained as historian but I just wanted to mark that date
1192 - Prithviraj was defeated and that marked the long period of slavery of India till 1947
So, 1947 - 1192 = 755 Years
So, as per this dateline, India was under slavery only for 755
Did Modi got his numbers wrong or was this just a slip of tongue or a gross overestimation. I think it was none. What perhaps Modi was referring to was
1. Attack on India (old upto Sindu / Indus river) by Afghan / Turks
2. Attack from north on Samarkand
Well the dates are right to mark 1000 years of slavery, but perhaps the reference suits more to
1. Afghanistan
2. Pakistan
India (as currently defined) was slave only for 750 years. Nothing wrong in mentioning 1000-1200 with a broader view, but consider the fact that - Pakistan considers start of those years of slavery as years of liberation from rule of "Idol Worshipers"
So, Pakistan will consider these years as years of glory. But what about India, we still have an "Aurangzeb Road, Babar Road...... and so many other roads in the names of people, who committed mass murders going by each and every historical record" Perhaps this was done around 1940's when Indian elite was trying to convince Muslims to stay with India. ............But do we still need to keep these road names same and remove the names of those mass murderers and looters.
Some might agree they were rulers and aristocrat...blah blah.......then lets have a road by name of
- Yakubu, for their achievements in Nigeria
- Jamat-e-Eslami , Indian Govt. can request Bangladesh for special release for ingratiation
- Turkey for their achievements in Greece, Antolia and Kurdistan
- Hitler, we all know
- Mugabe, still alive, can come to inauguration of road
- Khmer Rouge, some still alive
This will show India is recognize the roads by not only the suppressors and murderers on national level but on international level.
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