KP's ------ people with an eventful past ----III

Another event worth recording here is the glorious sacrifice of the ninth Sikh Guru His Holiness Guru Teg Bahadur whom a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits headed by Pandit Kripa Ram met at Anandpur Sahib (Punjab) with a request to save them from the forced conversion and the worst atrocities committed on them by Aurangzeb and his Governor. The Guru Sahib was so much moved by the condition and supplications of the KP’s that he asked the Pandits to challenge the King if Guru Teg Bahadur accepted to embrace Islam all Hindus would convert unanimously. Then Guru Sahib preceded to Delhi to meet the King but was arrested in the way and offered many tempting offers to convert along with severe threats of torture and death in case of refusal. The companions of Guru Sahib were subjected to most brutal tortures and killed in worst brutality in his presence. At last Guru Sahib was ferociously beheaded in the premises of Kotwalli, Chandni Chowk Delhi. The supreme sacrifice of Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib created a huge furore in the hearts of depressed Hindus of India and especially Pandits of Kashmir who resolved to die than to submit before the cruelty of Aurangzeb and his men. This supreme sacrifice actually paved the way for the Hindu flag still standing high in the Valley otherwise nobody could imagine the presence of even a single Hindu trace in the face of the iron hand that was used to convert fully the valley ethos into a pure Muslim Land.--- (to be continued)