भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

the whole of Bengal came forward to chastise Jalaluddin for this national
crime. They acquiesced in the Muslim domination without a murmur!
855. One more capable Hindu Jamindar, who was a proud adherent of
Hinduism, had nearly managed to do as much. But his efforts too ended in
disaster. Of the few brave Hindu warriors who rose in rebellion against the
Muslims and fought tooth and nail, the only one who can be ranked along
with Rana Pratap and Baba Banda was Maharaja Pratapaditya of Jashodhar.
Although his sphere of activity was not very large and although for want of
active and potent support from the Hindu community, he was in the end
defeated, his name will ever be remembered in the history of Hindu
independence movement!
856. KASHMIR: For want of space, it is enough to say here that while the
Muslims were wantonly subjugating Gujarat, Malwa and other provinces of
north India, Kashmir was completely immune from the Muslim influence
till the fourteenth century of the Christian era, being governed by the Hindu
Kings, sometimes vigorously and potently enough, at others mildly but
always independently! The last of its Hindu Kings was Sendev. The history
of Kashmir is written by Pandit Kalhan under the name ‘Rajtarangini’. This
Sendev had appointed one Muslim, named Shahmir or Mirza, to be some
official of the state and later on raised him from post-to-post, until he was
made the Chief Minister of the State. What happened elsewhere in the
history of many Hindu States also happened here, and after the death of
Sendev, this very Muslim Minister treacherously destroyed this Hindu State
on the strength of a very cleverly preconceived plan, and usurped the throne
of Kashmir under the title ‘Shamsuddin’.
857. Of course, just as the Hindus ultimately liberated the whole of India
from the Muslim hands, similarly our Hindu Sikhs and Dogras not only
freed Kashmir from the Muslim bondage, but they also marched
victoriously to Laddakh, on one side, and to Gilgit, on the other, and
proudly planted the Hindu standard there—but after fighting many grim
battles and in course of time—some centuries afterwards!
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