08-24-2006, 09:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-24-2006, 09:15 PM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->2) This is not a Hindu army fighting an Islamic one. Sanga has plenty of Muslims in his forces.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
By this logic the INA wasn't fighting the British army because there were plenty of Indian's in the British army.
Shivaji also had some Muslims in his army but that doesn't mean he wasn't fighting as a Hindu for dharma against Aurangzeb's fanaticism and the Muslim rulers (including Abdali) had some Hindus as allies or as part of their forces, doesn't mean that they are not waging jihad (they themselves say so).
I am aware of Sanga and Babur's agreement and all that but just pointing out that if go by the above logic then even the INA wasn't fighting the British.
Sanga may not have thought of it as a religious war because of his earlier agreements with Babur but later rulers like Rana Pratap, Shivaji or Chhatrasal were indeed fighting for Hindus.
By this logic the INA wasn't fighting the British army because there were plenty of Indian's in the British army.
Shivaji also had some Muslims in his army but that doesn't mean he wasn't fighting as a Hindu for dharma against Aurangzeb's fanaticism and the Muslim rulers (including Abdali) had some Hindus as allies or as part of their forces, doesn't mean that they are not waging jihad (they themselves say so).
I am aware of Sanga and Babur's agreement and all that but just pointing out that if go by the above logic then even the INA wasn't fighting the British.
Sanga may not have thought of it as a religious war because of his earlier agreements with Babur but later rulers like Rana Pratap, Shivaji or Chhatrasal were indeed fighting for Hindus.