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

TEMPORARY PACIFICATION
Jung. The whole of the Deccan hung upon one word
from the lips of Sir Salar Jung. If the Nizam of Hyder-
abad had joined the National Revolution, the whole of
the Deccan would have risen like one man, and the cord
of English rule, already strained to breaking point by
the risings in the north, would have been snapped to
pieces. Nor can we say that no one preached to Salar
Jung the doctrine of a patriotic rising against the English.
Though we take for granted that he was too "loyal" to
let love of religion, country, and independence even
whisper such a thought into his mind, still the people of
Hyderabad were precipitately urging him to join the Re-
volution. But, in spite of all these efforts, Salar Jung
would not move. So, on the 12th of June 1857, Hydera-
bad assumed a more terrible form. On that day, pro-
clamations signed by important Moulvies began to adorn
the walls; Revolutionary handbills were seen everywhere
in heaps; there were crowded meetings of Moslems in
the Mosque and violent Revolutionary lecturers bound the
people by oaths to drive the Kaffir Britishers out of the
land! Still, Salar Jung would not move; nay, he even
arrested some of the popular leaders and handed them
over to the British authorities! Therefore, towards the
evening of the 17th of July, the city of Hyderabad actual-
ly rose and ran with shouts of "Din, Din!" to release
their imprisoned leaders and, following the flag signifying
independence, rushed at the British Residency. The
Rohilla Sepoys of the Nizam's own army and about five
hundred of townsmen actually began a battle. Under
these circumstances, Hyderabad felt assured that, though
Salar Jung would not openly join them, he would secretly
sympathise with them, as other States had done, or at
least that he would not join the side of the British. But
Salar Jung disappointed them in every particular; he
did not remain indifferent, but joined the Britisher and
helped to slaughter the soldiers of his own state. In the
skirmish, the Revolutionary leader, Torabaz Khan, was
killed and Moulvie Alla-ud-din fell into the hands of the
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