Revenge of history
Revenge of history is an article which is written by Muhammad Bilal Ghori.

American Professor Robert D Kaplan, best known for his books "Monsoon" and "Balkan Ghosts", has written another excellent book, which is a New York Times bestseller. "The Revenge Of Geography" is title of the book. This book shows how hollow and baseless ideas like Mother Earth and Patriotism are. Human history tells us that when rivers change course, climate change makes it difficult to settle in a region, and the lack of resources leads to migration, the search for new pastures and fertile land that speaks to Mother Earth. I stand out. I think history is more cruel than geography. No matter how hard you try to distort history, it reappears in its original form. Gentlemen who drive a car will be well aware of the fact that if you do not look in the rear view mirror of the car again and again, the car gets into an accident. If you, after tearing up this rearview mirror, realize that the cars behind you will no longer be a nuisance and you will move forward with satisfaction, what can be said but misunderstanding and ignorance? They look in the mirror and try to find out something about the revenge of history. Lahore is not only a geographically important city but also a center of political activity. Political analysts believe that no political struggle can be successful unless it has the support of Lahore. As if this city is the center of change, the heart of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, but history shows that no one has been able to maintain their rule over this city for more than 100 years. 

Today, in 2021, Lahore is the provincial capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In 1921, it was ruled by the British Crown and the Governor of Punjab, Chaudhry Sarwar, who is holding the post, was then held by Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan, the British Governor. In 1821, the Lahore Darbar was all over Joban and the Lion of Punjab, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was the Mukhtar of Lahore. The Sikhs set foot here in 1767 and in 1846, before 100 years had passed, the British snatched power from them. However, if we go back 100 years, Lahore was ruled by a weak Mughal ruler. In January 1748, Ahmad Shah Durrani ousted the Mughals and captured Lahore. Going back 100 years, in 1621, Lahore was under the rule of Mughal Crown Prince Jahangir. Jahangir's son Khusro Mirza revolted and besieged Lahore with Guru Arjun Dev but was defeated. Later, during the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, Lahore remained a part of the Mughal Empire. The founder of the Mughal Empire, Zahiruddin Babar, conquered Lahore in 1524, before Sultan Bahlol Lodhi of Delhi captured Lahore in 1441 and annexed it to his empire. Free in 1305, the Mongols sacked Lahore and then the Tughlaq dynasty set foot in Lahore. Going further back, in 1266, Sultan Balban conquered Lahore, but in 1287, Amir Timur attacked and destroyed Lahore brick by brick. In 1223, Khwarezm, the current king of Uzbekistan, Jalaluddin, conquered Lahore, and in 1228, Sultan al-Tamish's army took over. In 1187, the Ghurids invaded Lahore and after the death of Sultan Shahabuddin, Lahore was ruled by his deputy and successor, Qutbuddin Aibak. Earlier, in 1021, after the conquest of Lahore by Sultan Mehmood Ghaznavi, Malik Ayaz was appointed governor here. When a student of history narrates these facts, the rulers of the time are offended by these things and instead of looking in the mirror of history and correcting their direction, they try to silence this historian and researcher who shows the mirror. They do not know that history survives even if the narrators are picked up and disappeared. History has a strong memory like a camel's malice and an elephant's. The revenge of history never ends. When the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb Alamgir defeated his brother Darashkoh, he intended to suppress those who supported Darashkoh. A fatwa was issued to justify a quatrain of Sufi Sarmad and then Mansoor Hind, Sufi Sarmad was beheaded at Jamia Masjid Delhi. Aurangzeb thought that the old image had been erased and the dead of history had also been buried with Sarmad, but this dead body came out. The history of Aurangzeb's oppression is still alive today.

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