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

roused the Gurkhas to the sense of their own importance and strength and let
us hope of their duty too, which as the foremost section of the Hindu people,
they owe to Hindudom as a whole. This year the citizens of Nepal, Gurkhas
and Newaries observed in Calcutta the birthdays of their King and Minister
as national festivals and several distinguished Hindus took prominent part in
the proceedings. The National banner of Nepal was raised and all Hindus
worshipped the colours of the only independent Kingdom with a fitting
devotion and ceremony. National songs were sung by the Gurkhas, which
exhorted them to organise and serve their Motherland and strive as
champions of the Hindu Dharma and the Hindu race. These are the first signs
of the awakening of a great people. That even the little interest and love that
the Hindu outside Nepal manifested and extended towards our countrymen
and the brethren in Nepal, should have within a year’s course, roused the
Gurkhas and made them respond so deeply, it all augurs well for the
Sanghatan.
The Hindu Sabha of Ratnagiri and Nasik and Bombay and Sindh and
Poona and Calcutta set the example, which was quickly followed by other
Sabhas at Delhi and several other places by organising public meetings and
conveying public congratulations to His Majesty and His Excellency on their
respective birthdays and assure them of the deep love, regard and pride that
the Hindus feel and cherish as regards the Hindu Kingdom and the confident
hope that it will, God willing, serve as the main mast of the movement of
Hindu Sanghatan.
Thus, the work of a year is not disappointing, it is even gratifying, for not
only the Hindus have grown conscious of Nepal but what is far more
important, Nepal, too, has grown conscious of herself. Let us not forget that
what is done is as nothing in respect of what is yet to be accomplished. For
all movements that are at present agitating the heart of Hindudom, none is so
pregnant with results, great and glorious, as is the movement that aims at
bringing the Hindus of Nepal in line with their co-religionists and
countrymen outside Nepal and enthusing them with one hope and inspiring
them with a great ideal, wield all Hindudom into an organic and mighty
whole. This is what Hindu Sanghatan aims at.
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