Shams Ur Rehman Alavi
Raja Man Singh led the Mughal army and fought the Mewar army, nearly 445 years ago.
Man Singh's army had Hindus and Muslims. Mewar army too had both Hindus and Muslims.
In fact, Hakim Khan Sur fought against the Mughal army. In medieval era, people fought for power or prestige but were not as petty to look at everything from a religious lens.
The battle of Haldighati was not the sole such battle. All attempts to communalize, fall flat. Was Raja Man Singh good?
Were all the North Indian or even South Indian rulers who never opposed Delhi or later allied with British rule, bad? And the lone man who died fighting, is termed villain!
Respect courage, then praise everyone's valour or condemn the cowards too. Medieval era was different. They had their culture, traditions and alliances as per need of the hour. Read with open mind, without bias and taking sides.
It was on June 18, 1576 that the battle of Haldighati was fought.
The battle like many others were not about Hinduism or Islam. Almost all the other Rajput states' rulers were with the Mughal kingdom. Similarly, Muslim soldiers were part of Mewar army too.
Now let's go to another century. Or see the case of Deccan or other parts. Shivaji's army had a large number of Muslims. He had Muslim generals and confidantes.
Unfortunately, after independence people who were in search for hetoes of their communities, in order to connect self with them and boost own ego, started looking for personalities from religious and other angles, like kinship. Communalism was injected and battles, petsonalities were chosen as 'our' or 'their' in this race.
[Shams Ur Rehman Alavi]
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