AMAZING HISTORICAL FACTS - SIKHS IN DELHI
If you are a North Indian and especially if you are a delhite , You must be aware of some popular places in Delhi such as : Mori Gate, Tees Hazari, Mithai Pul, Moti Bagh (Nanak Pura) etc.
Now please go through this write up to know the history behind these names:
It was the year 1783 when Sikh leader Baba Baghel Singh conquered Delhi back from the Mughal king Shah Alam. On 11th March 1783, the Sikh army marched to Delhi on horses and elephants and unfurled Nishan Sahib at Red Fort. Thousands of Sikhs celebrate the day as Fateh Diwas.
Born in the 1730s in village Jhabal Kalan (झबाल कलां), Amritsar, forefathers of Baghel Singh became followers of of Guru Arjan Sahib in the 1580s. Baghel Singh first invaded Delhi in January 1774, and captured the area up to Shahdara. The second invasion was in July 1775, when the Sikhs captured the area around the present-day Pahar Ganj and Jai Singhpura. Majority of the fighting took place where present-day New Delhi is located. Shortage of supplies forced Sikhs to temporarily halt their conquering spree, but Red Fort was the final aim. On 11th March 1783, the Sikhs entered the Red Fort in Delhi and occupied the Diwan-E-Aam. Mughal emperor Shah Alam II was the ruler at that time.
Following capture of Red Fort by sikhs, Emperor Shah Alam II reconciled with the circumstances; offered treaty and accepted sikhs' terms, including construction (by sikhs) of gurudwaras on following sikh historical sites.
(i) Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib, where Guru Tegh Bahadur had been executed on the orders of Mughal king Aurangzeb
(ii) Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib
(iii) Gurudwara Bangla Sahib,
(iv) Gurudwara Bala Sahib,
(v) Gurudwara Majnu Da Tilla,
(vi) Gurudwara Moti Bagh,
(vii) Gurudwara Mata Sundri and
(viii) Gurudwara Baba Banda Singh Bahadur at Mehrauli.
Not many know but even today Delhi stands witness to the brave act of Baba Baghel Singh. The place where Baba Baghel Singh stopped with his troop of 30,000 men in Delhi, is now known as Tees Hazaari (तीस हजारी).
When the Mughal emperor got to know that the Sikhs are planning to attack Delhi, he ordered all the gates of the Red Fort be closed, especially the ones with access to the rations so that the Sikhs upon running out food would get compelled to go back. Some of the Sikhs, though, accidentally came across a mason who informed them about a part of the wall of the fort which had caved in, but the exterior was intact. The Sikhs reached the spot with the help of the mason and rammed logs of wood through the wall and entered. This place is now known as Mori Gate (मोरी गेट), where the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT Delhi) now stands. After winning the Red Fort, the Sikhs distributed sweets. The place is now known as Mithai Pul (मिठाई पुल).
When we talk about Indian history, especially pre-British era, we leave out the glorious history of the Sikhs? Their courage to stand up against forceful religious conversions? The brutal treatment of the Sikhs by the then rulers? Mughal history in a whitewashed form is taught in school syllabus across the country and Sikh history is pushed away in the background?
Let us read and talk a bit more about our heroes, lest they are forgotten.
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