१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

THE ERUPTION
cow-mother, forget now your minor differences and unite
together in this sacred war ! Jump into the battlefield
fighting under one banner, and wash away the name of
the English from India in streams of blood ! If the
Hindus will join hands with the Mahomedans in this war,
if they will, also, take the field for the freedom of our
country, then, as a reward for their patriotism, the killing
of cows will be put a stop to. In this holy war, he who
fights himself, and he who helps another to fight, by
means of money, will attain earthly and spiritual freedom!
But, if anyone will oppose this Swadeshi war, then, he
will strike at his own head and be guilty of the sin
of suicide ! ”
Leaving Rohilkhand for the present to make its prepara-
tions for defending the Swaraj which it has got back, we
shall go to Benares and Allahabad to see what is taking
place there.
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