Heritage of Martyrdom - 3
The mogul Emperors had established their rule in Northern India and they had given posts of Subedars to take care of these parts under them. Punjab being border state the best Subedars were put up here and it was literally converted into military camps where soldiers needed large amount of rations. Most of the villages were with Hindu population and agriculture was also in their hands. All those people who converted into Islam under fear were given agriculture land and they were mostly Shudras. It was now turn of South where Moguls wanted to concentrate to win over territories and establish Islam. They didn't fear Sikhs because like them there was brotherhood in them and they were against idol worship. There was a bloody war for succession in Mogul reign where Shahjahan was made captive and Aurangjeb took over as Emperor after a bloodbath. Moguls who had taken liberal view and policy of tolerance towards non -Muslim was not agreeable to Emperor Aurangjeb. He wanted to revive the barbaric tradition of his great grand father Babur and convert people into Islam by force. His contemporary Guru Har Rai and Guru Harkishanji were also summoned to give clarifications in the matters of religious phrases enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib as he was told they were anti Islam. Guru Har Rai could not tolerate the distortion in Guru Nanak's Bani by his own son so he was banned from Guru's vision after he returned visiting Emperor Aurangjeb. For Guru Har Rai the conviction to own beliefs and those of Guru Nanak was more important then the love of a son. At the tender age of eight Guru Harkishanji also showed the same conviction and understanding of Bani and proved his love for the Almighty in the darbar of Aurangjeb. Such holy men who stand for their beliefs and convictions the worldly Kings cannot touch them.