It is said that if you want to demoralize an entire population, distance them from their past. So that they become identity-less because a race of people that doesn’t know about their past will not look to claim the future and will be kept divided.
All this fits good on the current Indian scenario, where the history books are filled with praises of the invaders who came and destroyed our country like Mughals and other barbaric islamic invaders. It is the need of the hour that Indians- both hindus and muslims wake up to the fact that these people are not to be idealized but rather vilified. We should look to our own great history heroes that fought these invaders. From Rajput kings like Prithviraj Chauhan to Hemu and marathas. There are numerous stories that have been kept hidden from us in an attempt to make us not aware of our past.
if schools are not doing their jobs ,then we should support online content creators that do, and blogs like Dharmayudh are doing a great job of bringing Indian history to new generation indians. It is our duty to support these .
You can read about the surprising and heroic Uttarakhand queen who defeated mughals in a humiliating fashion -here.
or about the glorious Prithviraj Chauhan and his battles with mohammad Ghori here.
Lesser known characters like Hemu– the last hindu king of delhi also have been featured. You may read his life story -here or his battles with Mughals here(he defeate akbar)
Let us remember that teaching the true history of india to our young generation should be a priority for us .
King Hemu-the great. A Heroic but forgotten character of Indian Histoy