KASHMIRI PANDITS SEEK HELP FROM GURU TEGH BAHADURZindagi aap ki inaayat haiVarna hum Kab ke mar gaye hotay..(जिन्दगी आप की इनायत हैवरणा हम कब के मर गए होते।)(Our existence is a boon that you granted us , Else, we would have been finished long back)Iftikhar Khan ruled Kashmir from 1671 to 1675. He was the cruelest governor sent to Kashmir during the tyrannical rule of Aurangzeb.Aurangzeb was very eager to convert India, “the land of the infidels into the land of the faithfuls”. Iftikhar Khan used ruthless force to convert Kashmiri Pandits to Islam. Faced with grave threats from all sides , Kashmiri Pandits started leaving Kashmir to save their lives ,honour and Dharma. History and many Sikh scriptures inform us that there was a heap of a maund and quarter of Janeus (sacred threads) of the Pandits who had embraced Islam under the ruthless orders of Iftikhar Khan. Further ,it is also mentioned in many books that the embankment of Dal Lake was created from the sacred scriptures and religious books of Kashmiri Pandits who were forcibly converted .Tortured and suppressed , On May 25,1675, about 500 Kashmiri Pandits led by Pandit Kirpa Ram Dutt of Mattan went to Anandpur Sahib to seek help from Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji. The Guru was moved by their painful stories. He told them that their woes would end if some truthful and saintly person offers himself for sacrifice.At that moment, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's son, Gobind Singh Ji , who was nine years old, said; ”Who else can be more truthful and saintly than you! You alone can protect the Hindu religion and help these troubled people ” Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was delighted to hear the brave words of his son. He told the Kashmiri Pandits to meet Aurangzeb and tell him that if he can convert the Guru to Islam, they would gladly follow him. Aurangzeb summoned the Guru and tortured him for his refusal to convert to Islam.The Guru remained steadfast in his conviction and Dharma . Unable to change Guru's faith, Aurangzeb ordered the killing of the pious and saintly Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji. On November 11, 1675, Guru Tegh Bahadur attained martyrdom at Chandi Chowk, Delhi. Gurdwara Sees-ganj Sahib has been built at the spot to commemorate his martyrdom. Three of the Guru’s devotees, Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Dayala, were tortured to death a day earlier on the very spot on which the Guru was martyred.Guru Tegh Bahadur’s martyrdom is an event of greatest importance . He attained martyrdom for the protection of Dharma.How Guru Gobind Singh Ji later formed KHALSA and led a firm resistance against Mughals is a glorious chapter in the Sikh and Hindu history of the country. Pandit Kirpa Ram Dutt became Kirpa singh and sacrificed his life in the historic battle of Chamkaur sahib when he joined Si..
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