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

Hindu Vikramaditya, Hemoo
933. The many Rajput and Muslim states, which had collected together
under the leadership of Rana Sang, and who had aspired to re-establish the
Hindu empire had joined battle with Babar at Kanvah. But after fierce
fighting, Rana Sang was finally defeated and Babar laid the foundation of
the Moghal empire at Delhi. Soon in 1530, Babar died and was succeeded
by his son, Humayun, who in his turn was overcome by Sher Shah, the
founder of the Sur dynasty. As Sher Shah Sur captured Delhi, Humayun had
to wander in exile through various countries such as Kabul, Kandahar,
Persia and others, of which we need not give any detailed account. It is
enough to say that even in the royal dynasty of Sultan Sher Shah, the
upheavals, usual and inevitable in every Muslim regime, took place and
after violent rebellions and bloodshed, Mohammed Adilshah was at last
installed as the Emperor.
934. This Mohammed Adilshah had enturested his administration to an
able Hindu Vazir named Hemoo. Hemoo, too, without ever endangering his
Hindu religion in the least, appropriated the de facto power of the Sultan to
himself and ruled his dominions efficiently.
935. But this roused the jealousy and anger of other Muslim sirdars. In the
meanwhile in 1542, while he was yet in exile, Humayun had a son, named
Akbar, who was later on destined to be a great emperor. With the help of the
Shah of Iran (Persia), Humayun invaded India and burning the eyes of his
faithless brother, and inflicting exemplary punishments on other enemies,
he reconquered Delhi. But soon after his regaining the throne of Delhi, he
slipped over the marble staircase of his palace and died in 1556, giving rise
to anarchy everywhere. The last emperor of the Sur dynasty, Mohammed
Shah Adil, who was defeated by Humayun, had fled to the north-west
frontier. But his able minister, Hemoo, however, lingered on in Delhi itself,
trying to avail himself of that opportunity.
936. A very scanty reference has been made in the Muslim historical
writings about the past or future life of Hemoo, the valiant Hindu leader. A
Hindu historian was an impossibility at that time and whoever tried his
hand later on at writing history has not said anything independently about
Hemoo. But we have already shown in Chapter Seventeen about Hindu
Emperor Dharmarakshak (Nasir-ud-din), that his actual heroic deed is far
more important and reliable a proof than any written record. Similarly, we