The Hidden Hindu Quotes

“Every day,
100 Sikhs were brought out of the fort and murdered in
public, which went on for around seven days. The Mughals
could hardly contain their joy while the Sikhs showed no
sign of dejection or humiliation. Instead, they sang their
sacred hymns; none feared death or gave up their faith. The
Sikh Sardars were subjected to tortures in front of Banda
Bahadur before being executed. Their heads were then
impaled on spears and arranged in a circle around Banda,
who was now squatting on the ground. He was then given a
short sword and ordered to kill his own son, Ajai Singh. As
he sat unperturbed, the executioner moved forward and
plunged his sword into the little child, cutting his body into
two.
Then pieces of flesh were cut from the body and thrown
at Banda’s face. His liver was removed and thrust into
Banda Singh’s mouth. The father sat through all this without
any signs of emotion. His powers of endurance were to be
tested still further. The executioner then stepped forwardand thrust the point of his dagger into Banda’s right eye,
pulling out the eyeball. He then pulled out the other eyeball.
Banda sat through all this as still as a rock. His face gave no
twitch of pain. The cruel devil then took his sword and
slashed off Banda’s left foot, then both his arms. But
Banda’s features were still calm as if he was at peace with
his creator. Finally, they tore off his flesh with red-hot
pincers, and there being nothing else left in their book of
tortures, they cut his body up into a hundred pieces, and
were satisfied”
― Akshat Gupta, The Hidden Hindu

“Banda Singh Bahadur was born
Lachman Dev in 1670 and later became a Sikh military
commander.
‘At the age of fifteen, he left home to become an ascetic
and was given the name “Madho Das”. He established a
monastery at Nanded, on the banks of the river Godavari.
That was where, in 1708 he was visited by, and became
a disciple of, Guru Gobind Singh, who gave him the new
name of Banda Singh Bahadur. Equipped with the blessings
and authority of Guru Gobind Singh, he assembled a fighting
force and led the struggle against the Mughal emperor. After
establishing his authority in Punjab, Banda Singh Bahadur
abolished the zamindari system and granted property rights
to the tillers of the land. In 1715, Banda Singh Bahadur was
captured from the Gurdas Nangal fort and put in an iron
cage. The remaining Sikhs from his troop were captured and
chained. The Sikhs were brought to Delhi in a procession
with 780 Sikh prisoners, 2,000 Sikh heads hung on spears
and 700 cartloads of slaughtered Sikh heads to terrorize the
population. They were put in the Delhi fort and pressurized
to give up their faith and become Muslims. On their firm
refusal, all of them were ordered to be executed.”
― Akshat Gupta, The Hidden Hindu