Who was Queen Padmavati?

The fanatical Hindus revived a legendary character into heroin

Dramatic story of superstition

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, have one thing in common; both rulers are nationalists, conservatives, and anti-Muslims. Whenever a bomb explodes or someone fires at others, their first reaction is that this "terrorism" must have been carried out by Muslims. It is actually a "mindset" or way of thinking created by the British during the last two or three hundred years.

Three hundred years ago, when British, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, etc. began to occupy Muslim countries with the help of modern weapons, the scholars there waged jihad against the invaders. In order to discredit scholars and ordinary Muslims, Western intellectuals began to portray them in their writings as barbaric, savage, extremist, ruthless, and even insane.

 This propaganda was carried out in the Western world in such a way that ordinary Muslims in the West began to consider all Muslims as extremists, militants, and ignorant. This notion has become so entrenched in the West that even in the 21st century scientific age, it affects millions of non-Muslims from India to the United States.

Unfortunately, the coin of the Western media is running around the world. Thus, he continues to portray Muslims as terrorists, arrogant and savage, while the atrocities perpetrated by religious extremists and nationalists on Muslims and other minorities in non-Muslim countries do not become more prominent.

For example, the life of an ordinary Muslim in India today has become a torment. If he does even the slightest action against the will of the Hindu majority, then Hindu extremists burn him alive or kill him in public. Even the police do not dare to stop the extremists. Under Modi, the rule of these Hindu extremists is being established in all walks of life.

Now take the movie "Padmavati". The film is the brainchild of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, a director, producer, and screenwriter. He first made a film called "Baji Rao Mastani" which has become very popular among the Hindu people. But Hindu extremists called her new film, Rani Padmavati, controversial. He claims that the film distorts the personality of the queen by filming romantic scenes of the Muslim king, Allauddin Khilji and Padmavati.

Surprisingly, most Hindu historians also agree that Rani Padmavati is a mythical and fabricated character. This character was introduced by a Muslim poet, Malik Muhammad Jaisi in his poetic story "Padmavat" in the year 1540.

Historically, Malik Mohammad Jaisi himself is a mysterious figure. His living conditions are not recorded in any historical book. They just moved from one area to another among the people of Odh. He used to write poetry in Odhi language which is spoken in present day Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He died in 1542.

According to Padmavati, Queen Padmavati was the daughter of a king of Sri Lanka. Ratan Sen, the king of the Indian state of Chittor, learned from the mouth of a talking parrot that he was very handsome. So he set out in search of the queen, crossed the seven seas to find her, and finally married her and brought her to Chittor.

Once Raja Ratan fraudulently expelled one of his Brahmin courtiers from Rajdhani. He went to Allauddin Khilji, the courtier of Delhi. One day while talking, he mentioned the beauty of Padmavati in front of the Shah. So Allauddin also became restless to get Padmavati.

According to Padmavat, Allauddin again attacked Chittor to ensure the capture of Rani Padmavati. The fighting lasted for several months. He finally killed Raja Ratan but before Allauddin reached Rani Padmavati, he became sati with his maids and sacrificed his life.

Raja Ratan was a Rajput king. Therefore, today, especially among Hindu Rajputs, Rani Padmavati is considered a symbol of chastity and courage. A woman who sacrificed her life to save her honor from a non-Hindu king. It seems that even in the 21st century, Hindu Rajputs consider a purely mythical character to be a real person.

The truth is that most of the Hindu deities are the creation of fictional stories, myths, and legends, of which Ramayana and Mahabharata is the most prominent. It is a sign of his weak faith and ignorance that he has made the legendary character of a Muslim poet, Rani Padmavati, a reality and now has blind faith in her.

It is the result of this blind devotion that Hindu extremists have threatened to kill Sanjay Bhansali and the actors of the film Padmavati. Announced that if the film is released, they will burn the cinema. A leader of the ruling BJP has announced that the Hindu who kicked Sanjay Bhansali in the shoe will be rewarded. The Hindu extremists raised such a fuss against the film that it was stopped from being released.

Surprisingly, Muslims should have protested against the Padmavati film. Sanjay Bhansali calls himself a secularist, but in the film, he portrays Allauddin Khilji as a cruel, fanatical, and lustful Muslim king. This presentation is tantamount to distorting historical facts. Character assassination of a Muslim ruler.

The fact is that Sultan Allauddin Khilji (reigned: July 1296 to January 1361) has been a capable administrator and a great general. It played a significant role in making India a major economic and military power and implemented beneficial social and economic reforms in the society to improve the system of government.

Allauddin Khilji defeated the invading Mongol army not once but five times. If the Mongols had occupied India, the map of India today would be very different. The reason is that wherever the Mongols went, they played brick by brick in this area. If they had occupied India, then perhaps the ancient temples in India today would not have the names and symbols of which the Hindus are very proud.

According to the history books, in 1303 AD, Allauddin Khilji really attacked Chittor. The reason was that many rebels of the Delhi Empire had taken refuge there. Allauddin defeated Raja Chittor's army and conquered the difficult fort.

The famous Sufi poet Amir Khosrow was also with Allauddin in this battle. He later wrote about the wars of the Delhi Sultans in a book, Khazina al-Futuh. Nowhere in this book is there any mention of Rani Padmavati.

Zia-ud-Din Burney is a famous historian during the reign of Sultan Allauddin Khilji. His book "Tazkira Feroz Shahi" is world-famous. Burney also mentions Allauddin's Chatur campaign, but does not mention a woman named Rani Padmavati. Zia-ud-Din Burney was against Sultan Khilji. He could easily have discredited the Sultan by mentioning the incident of Rani Padmavati.

Why was Queen Padmavati sati? ( sati means-According to Hindu mythology, after the death of the husband, the widow is said to have been burnt to death in her husband's grave.)

Interestingly, even in Jaisi's "Padmavat", Sultan Allauddin Khilji was not held responsible for Queen Padmavati's sati. The queen was satiated by a Rajput king, Deva Pala, who ruled the kingdom of Kasambah Halnar.

Due to Padmavati, many kings, and queens of Rajasthan wanted to marry Padmavati. Among them was Diva Pala. According to this poetic story, Sultan Allauddin Rani's husband was arrested and taken to Delhi. In the absence of her husband, Raja Deva Pala sent a message to the queen to marry her. The king gave him several false offers but Padmavati refused.

Later, the queen made a move to free her husband. When Padmavati's husband reached home, the queen told him that Deva Pala's intention was to fast. As a result, war broke out between the two Rajput kings. In this battle, Ratan and Deva Pala, both kings were killed. After that, Padmavati, exhausted with grief, committed suicide. According to Padmavat, it was not Sultan Allauddin but a Rajput king who was responsible for the death of Rani Padmavati.

Remember, it is the Rajput kings who caused the Afghan rulers to invade India. This war was started by the Rajput king, Jayapal, when he invaded Ghazni (Afghanistan). Thus a long war broke out between the Rajputs and the Afghans in which many battles took place, but for these Rajputs, the Rajputs were the greatest enemy than the Afghans and the Turks. Despite being a purely mythical creation, Padmavati reveals this fact.

This is why when Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni invaded Gujarat in 1025 AD, Rajput Raja Bhim I was ruling there. He sought the help of another Rajput king, Prithvi Raj Chauhan, against the Sultan, but Prithvi Raj refused to help him because of enmity between the two families. This theory was formulated many centuries later by British and German historians that all the inhabitants of India belonged to the "Hindu nation". In fact, in the past, India was divided into different states that were at war with each other.

Jadavapur University in Calcutta is one of the best universities in India. The professor is a history teacher at the university. In 2012 He authored an English language book, “Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia”. In this book, Professor Kushk has elaborated on the war ethics of the ancient Hindu rulers.

Professor Koshkak reveals in the book that women were the most persecuted in the wars between the Rajput rulers. When an anti-Raja Rajput ruler took over the state, all the women belonging to the royal family, especially the sheep and goats, were divided among the victorious armies.

Indrani Chatterjee, an Indian-American, is an assistant professor of history at the University of New Jersey, USA. In 2006, his English book, “Slavery and South Asian History”, was published. In it, Professor Andrani mentions a horrific incident.

It so happened that in 1433 AD, the Rajput king of Jodhpur, Mokal Singh, was assassinated by his brothers (uncle and mayor). The two brothers then took refuge in the fort of Raja Chittor. A few years later, Mokal Singh's son, Rana Khambar, attacked Chittor.

Rana Khambar conquered the fort and killed both his uncles. Rana then built a platform over the corpses of his uncles and their companions and turned it into a pavilion. The number of these marriages was so high that they took place all day long.

The Rajput rulers used to kidnap the daughters-in-law of the opposing kings and make them part of their harem. Incidents of their bullying and bullying have been narrated by Indian historians themselves. These eye-opening incidents show that the Rajput rulers exploited the women living in their states to the fullest. The situation is the same today.

In Rajasthan and neighboring Indian states, many Rajput families kill their daughters at birth. That is why there is a severe shortage of girls in these states. Even in the case of dowry, the burning of daughters-in-law alive is common among Rajputs. But these Rajputs sometimes blame their sins on Sultan Allauddin Khilji and sometimes on Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. Obviously, this process is much easier than facing the bitter truth.

It so happened that in 1025 AD, the Rajput king of Jodhpur, Mokal Singh, was assassinated by his brothers (uncle and mayor). The two brothers then took refuge in the fort of Raja Chittor. A few years later, Mokal Singh's son, Rana Khambar, attacked Chittor.

Rana Khambar conquered the fort and killed both his uncles. Rana then built a platform over the corpses of his uncles and their companions and turned it into a pavilion. The number of these marriages was so high that they took place all day long.

The Rajput rulers used to kidnap the daughters-in-law of the opposing kings and make them part of their palaces. Incidents of their bullying and bullying have been narrated by Indian historians themselves. These eye-opening incidents show that the Rajput rulers exploited the women living in their states to the fullest. The situation is the same today.

In Rajasthan and neighboring Indian states, many Rajput families kill their daughters at birth. That is why there is a severe shortage of girls in these states. Even in the case of dowry, the burning of daughters-in-law alive is common among Rajputs. But these Rajputs sometimes blame their sins on Sultan Allauddin Khilji and sometimes on Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. Obviously, this process is much easier than facing the bitter truth.

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