A thread on Lala Hardayal, the visionary!
Born as Har Dayal Mathur in the cursed city of Delhi, he was influenced by revolutionaries from a young age. Naturally, he was inclined towards the cause of freedom for his motherland.
He completed his education in the west and was barred from entering british india.
He completed his education in the west and was barred from entering british india.
In Paris, he joined a revolutionary magazine called Bande Matram (hail the motherland) published by the Paris Indian Society.
Cover of the August 17, 1909 issue of the Bande Matram depicting Madanlal Dhingra's execution.
Cover of the August 17, 1909 issue of the Bande Matram depicting Madanlal Dhingra's execution.
Pagari apani sambhaliyega 'Mir' !
Aur basti nahin, ye Dilli hai !!
Take care of your turban Mir !
(Mir here is ingriz saib)
This is not just any town, this is Delhi !!
- Lala Hardyal after delivering a rousing lecture quoting urdu poet Mir taqi.
Aur basti nahin, ye Dilli hai !!
Take care of your turban Mir !
(Mir here is ingriz saib)
This is not just any town, this is Delhi !!
- Lala Hardyal after delivering a rousing lecture quoting urdu poet Mir taqi.
But how does a random punjabi revolutionary concern Afghanistan? He made some extraordinary observations regarding the Hindu race and Afghanistan.
I shall quote him verbatim:-
I shall quote him verbatim:-
"I declare that the future of the Hindu race, of Hindustan and of the Punjab, rests on these four pillars: (1) Hindu Sangathan, (2) Hindu Raj, (3) Shuddhi of Moslems, and (4) Conquest and Shuddhi of Afghanistan and the Frontiers.
So long as the Hindu nation does not accomplish these four things, the safely of our children and great-grandchildren will be ever in danger, and the safety of the Hindu race will be impossible.
The Hindu race has but one history, and its institutions are homogeneous. But the Musalmans and Christians are far removed from the confines of Hindustan, for their religions are alien and they love Persian, Arab and European institutions.
Thus, just as one removes foreign matter from the eye, Shuddhi must be made of these two religions. Afghanistan and the hilly regions of the frontier were formerly part of India, but are at present under the domination of Islam.
Just as there is Hindu religion in Nepal, so there must be Hindu institutions in Afghanistan and the frontier territory; otherwise it is useless to win Swaraj.
For mountain tribes are always warlike and hungry. If they become our enemies, the age of Nadirshah and Zamanshah will begin anew. At present English officers are protecting the frontiers; but it cannot always be so!
If Hindus want to protect themselves, they must conquer Afghanistan and the frontiers and convert all the mountain tribes."
A visionary by all means indeed.
A visionary by all means indeed.
Personally, I haven’t come across any other intellectual who displayed such foresight. Many have told me about savarkar and his similar inclinations. If possible, drop me snippets of his work featuring Afghanistan.
Certainly, the Hindu race can never conquer Afghanistan as long as it simps for the so called dharmic religions, mainly buddhism and sikhism in this context but also zoroastrianism.
Whenever these religions have been in a majority, they haven’t shied from persecuting Hindus.
Whenever these religions have been in a majority, they haven’t shied from persecuting Hindus.
A minor dynasty known as the Hindu Shahi defended Afghanistan in a way completely unexpected from ‘small kingdoms’. Had the Hindu Kshatriya kings rejected buddhism, it is entirely possible that many tribes would still be Hindu, at least those in Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
Many regions in Afghanistan were forced to convert to islam very recently and these include the regions in the north. Guessing what would happen in a mirror scenario is worthless and is not the intention of this debate but I do recommend that Hindus ponder over their mistakes
Shoutout - @RakeshMuduli5 @kabul_shahi @AnanthSeth for guessing the correct answer. Also, do tell me about Pandit Lekh Aryamusafir?
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