भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History by Veer Savarkar
स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर द्वारा
DevanagariHindipublished494 पृष्ठ
पृष्ठ 176, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 176
- In this brief account, one great proselytizing movement in the
fifteenth century deserves some slight reference. That is the rigorous
proselytizing movement carried on by the Portuguese missionaries after the
passing of Gomantak into the Portuguese hands, and the opening of the
centres of Christian propaganda on the Malabar coast. Their first energetic
and determined archbishop to convert the Hindus by means of any horrible
atrocities was Saint Xavier, who came to the land of Gomantak by about
A.D. 1540. After moving heaven and earth for the spread of Christianity (of
course in his horrible way), he wrote several letters to the Emperor of
Portugal about the obstacles in his way of proselytization. - In one of his letters to the Portuguese King, he complains that the
Portuguese officers in India, in spite of the fact that they were Christians
themselves, irreverently set at naught, his orders in respect of the
propagation of their faith. They were entirely given to lustful pleasures and
a life of luxury, and were always on the lookout for every means to grow
rich. Money was their God. To the service of the true God, to which the
missionaries like himself had dedicated their lives, those officers, never did
lend any helping hand. “The Second necessity for the Christians”, he wrote
in his letter addressed from Amboina (Moluccas) to D. Joao III, King of
Portugal on May 16, 1545, “is that your Majesty establish the Holy
Inquisition, because there are many who live according to the Jewish law
and according to the Mohamedan sect, without any fear of God or shame of
the world. And since there are many, who are spread all over the fortress,
there is the need of the Holy Inquisition and of many preachers.” In one of
his letters to the Society at Rome, he wrote, “If it were not for the
opposition of the Brahmins, we should have them all embracing the religion
of Jesus Christ.” These Brahmins were alleged to hinder the progress of the
Christian proselytizing movement. While the Christian missionaries went
on converting thousands of Hindus to Christianity, these ‘wily’ Brahmins
were found to be secretly taking them all to the banks of the Mandvi river
and bluffed them into bathing in the river; after reciting some verses, in
order to wash off all sins of being converted to Christianity, they were
declared to be original Hindus. Thus, with these and various other blatant
lies, these Brahmins were alleged to be purifying a number of Hindu
converts to Christianity. In spite of all attempts to intimidate and terrorise
these Brahmins, they were said to be carrying on their activities
nonchalantly. Xavier complains that the Portuguese officers in India did not