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Mughals - How Tyrannic And Oppressive
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Interesting tale of Islamic conversion under Mugal/Awadh rule:

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->इतिहास की एक अजीबोगरीब विडंबना को बर्दाश्त करने को मजबूर सिहाइचपार। गोरखपुर-वाराणसी राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग के गगहा थाना के राउतपार चौराहे से करीब तीन किलामीटर पश्चिम में यह गांव स्थित है। इस गांव पर लम्हों ने खता की थी, सदियों ने सजा पाई वाली कहावत हू-ब-हू चरितार्थ होती है। एक ही माता- पिता की संतानें यहां हिन्दू-मुसलिम दो वर्गो में विभाजित हैं। बारह से अधिक पीढि़यों से यह विभाजन कायम है।
   गांव के पूर्व प्रधान शौकत शाही बड़े-बुजुर्गो के हवाले से बताते हैं कि बात मुगल सम्राट औरंगजेब के जमाने की है। उसने हिंदुओं पर जजिया कर लगाया। इस्लाम कबूल करने वालों को इससे छूट थी। उसी दौरान हमारे एक पूर्वज ने इस्लाम कबूल कर लिया। इन्हीं के वंश बेलि के क्रम में हमारा भी मजहब के आधार पर बंटवारा हो गया। अलबत्ता शाही टाइटिल तबसे लेकर आज तक हिंदू और मुसलमान दोनों में समान है। दोनों के लिए यह प्रतिष्ठा का सूचक है।
   गांव के पूर्व प्रधान व अस्सी वर्षीय अम्मार शाही की धर्मातरण की कहानी भी कुछ ऐसी ही है। श्री शाही के अनुसार बात लखनऊ के नबाब वाजिद अली शाह के जमाने की है। उस समय हमारे पूर्वज महाचंद इलाके के लंबरदार हुआ करते थे। कई गांवों का लगान वसूलने व उसको नबाब तक पहुंचाने की जिम्मेवारी उन्हीं की थी। मामखोर के एक शुक्ल जी उनके प्रबंधक हुआ करते थे। किन्हीं वजहों से लंबे समय तक नबाब को इलाके से लगान नहीं गई। श्री शाही के अनुसार संभवत: शुक्लजी ने लगान वसूलने के बाद भी उसे नबाब तक पहुंचाया नहीं। लगान वसूलने के लिए नबाब के लोग आए। वे महाचंद को गिरफ्तार कर लखनऊ ले गए। वहां महाचंद लंबे समय तक नबाब के कैद में रहे। उनके परिजनों व शुभचिंतकों ने लगान एकत्र किया और लखनऊ जाकर महाचंद को छुड़ाकर लाए। उस समय के ब्राहमणों ने महाचंद के लौटने पर कहा कि चूंकि वे नबाब की जेल में थे और उनका नमक खाया, लिहाजा उनका धर्म भ्रष्ट हो गया। इसके लिए उन्होंने शुद्धिकरण का तरीका भी बताया,पर महाचंद को धर्म के ये आडंबर कबूल नहीं थे। उन्होंने कहा कि वे बाकी जिंदगी समाज से बहिष्कृत रहकर भी गुजार लेगें। अपनी पत्‍‌नी व पुत्र को छोड़ गांव के बाहर एक झोपड़ी बनाकर वे अकेले रहने लगे। वहां पर उन्होंने एक बाग भी लगाया। उस बाग को आज भी इलाके लोग बाबा के बाग के नाम से जानते हैं।
   सब कुछ ठीक-ठाक चलता रहा, पर इस बीच महाचंद बीमार पड़ गए। पत्‍‌नी ऐसे समय में खुद को रोक नहीं सकीं। वे देखभाल के लिए पति के पास चली आई। कालांतर में उनको इसी दौरान एक और पुत्र पैदा हुआ। पहले पुत्र से जो वंश बेलि फैली वह हिंदू हुई। दूसरे पुत्र की वंशावली के लोग इस्लाम के अनुयाई माने गए। अम्मार शाही तो इसे ब्राहम्णों की साजिश मानते हैं। वजह चाहे जो हो एक ही मां-बाप के दो संतान, इसमें से एक हिंदू और दूसरा मुसलमान यह सिहाइचपार के साथ एक ऐतिहासिक विंडबना है।
http://www.jagran.com/news/statenews.aspx?...52804&stateid=1
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Village Sihaichpar is on Varanasi-Gorakhpur national highway. Families in this village are half Hindu and half Musalmaan. Elder sons take Hindu and younger Musalman.

1. It started during awrangzeb's time when Jazia was imposed upon Hindus (and not mentioned in this - other tyrannical land-grabbing tools imposed upon Hindu farmers). In horrible times, to protect their lands, and to save themselves from Jazia, families decided to convert one son in each family and transfer the land title in his name. This then gained momentum and continued this way to this date.

Above must have happened in other villages too, and then probably died out after awrangzeb's tyranny ended, but in this particular village, something else happened:

2. During Wajid Ali shah's tenure of awadh, there were some small insignificant ocuurance which reinforced this. There was some Hindu landlord, Mahachand, who was arrested by WAS under some 'gaban' charges. He lived in Nawab's jail for a few years. When freed, brahmins of the village refused to accept him as Hindu and prescribed the shuddhi for him, which the landlord refused, and became a recluse. All his sons before this even remained a Hindu, but younger son born after this event - since being an outcast - became muslim. That continues.
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