Brutal Attacks on Uttarakhand by Cruel Jagirdars (Chieftains) of Cruel, Cunning Akbar the so called Great

(History of Kumaon from 1000-1790 AD)

         (History of Chand Dynasty Rule in Kumaon)

History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar) - Part 168

                                              By: Bhishma Kukreti

                  The so called great Akbar was in fact a cunning Badshah. The historians of Ain-e- Akbari and Tarikhe Badauni tell the brutality by chieftains of so called great Akbar.

                      According to Ain-e-Akbari , the Kanth- Gola (Shahjahanpur) chieftain of so called the great Akbar (most probably Husain Khan Tukdiya) attacked and looted Uttarakhand and destroyed Hindu temples and worshipping places. The chieftain of Kanth-Gola (Shahjahanpur) of so called the great Akbar was mean, cruel, and inhuman.  The brutal Kanth –Gola Jagirdar (chieftain) of so called the great Akbar learned that there are huge quantity of gold and silver in the temples of Shivalik mountain series and above region. The brutal, dead set against Hindu, Kanth –Gola chieftain of so called the great Akbar attacked various regions of Kumaon and looted the regions viciously.  The Tarikhe Badauni states that cruel chieftain of so called great Akbar reached to that hill region where Sultan Muhmmad was killed by Chand or Katyuri soldiers. It is said in the above book that cruel, mean, malicious, unkind chieftain of so called the great Akbar paid tribute to Sultan Muhamad. Neither historical evidences nor folklores support the events of  Tarikhe Badauni but the accounts show the brutality of Shahjahanpur chieftain of so called the great Akbar. According to Tarikhe Badauni, Husain Khan reached to Raika kingdom (now in Nepal) near Tibet and looted there. Tarikhe Badauni states that Kumaoni soldiers paid pain to soldiers of cruel chieftain of so called the great Akbar.

                    Around 1575, the army of Shahjahanpur chieftain of so called the great Akbar attacked on Vasantpur of Kumaon. Vasantpur was very wealthy city. There in Vasantpur, the army of Shahjahanpur chieftain (Jagirdar) of so called the great and secular king Akbar destroyed the Hindu worshipping places, destroyed villages and looted the region with brutal means. Kumaoni soldiers resisted and the cruel chieftain Husain got wound on his solder. After looting and destroying Vasantpur region, the cruel chieftain returned to Shahjahanpur and he died in Gadhmukteshwar.    

                 Now the question is raised on the historians who titled Akbar as the Great. Without permission from Akbar, his chieftain could not attack on any territory and looted inhumanly. It means by nature, the so called great Akbar was mean, cruel, inhuman and brutal. The so called great Akbar used to order his chieftain to loot worshipping places and harass, suppress the Hindu people and before people, he used to show that he was kind and secular.  

** Read other cruelty and brutality of chieftains of Akbar in the History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar) - Part 169

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti -bckukreti@gmail.com 18/10/2013

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(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

                           

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -169

History of Kumaon (1000-1790) to be continued….

 Middle Himalayan, Indian Medieval Age History of Chand Dynasty rule in Kumaon to be continued…

  (Middle Himalayan, Indian Medieval Age History (740-1790 AD to be continued…)

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