Dulla Bhatti and Lohri festival
Rai Abdullah Bhatti alias Dulla Bhatti was not a controversial figure but a great revolutionary warrior of Punjab he was a Muslim Rajput who held the knowledge of rebellion against Akbar's monarchy.
The area between the Ravi and Chenab rivers is called Sandal Bar.
It is named after Dulla Bhatti's grandfather Sandal Bhatti. When King Akbar tried to impose the Akbari religion by force, Sandal Bhatti revolted. The battle of Ravi was fought and the kilns fought and won with unconventional weapons. On this King Akbar summoned Sandal Bhatti for talks in Lahore and killed him by deception and imprisoned his associates in Kabul. Sandal Bhatti's body was packed in a sack and sent to his son Rai Farid Khan.
Sandal Bhatti's Diwan Khana was then taken over by his only son Rai Farid Khan Bhatti. He waged a guerrilla war against the Mughals. He too was summoned to Lahore by King Akbar under the pretext of negotiations and was killed by deception. Rai Farid Khan Bhatti's body hung from the high tower of Lahore, Chaubarji, for four days.
Dulla Bhatti, the only son of Rai Farid Bhatti, was born. This is said to be the first food given to the child, usually with water, rose water, or honey. He married Nooran, the daughter of his uncle Rehmat Khan Bhatti. He was kept unaware of the atrocities of the Mughals by his mother, whose name was Lady. But when some prisoners were released from Kabul, Dulla Bhatti found out. He selectively killed King Akbar's companions including Karar (merchants), moneylenders (capitalists of that era), and religious pundits. He used to plunder the caravans of the Mughals and distribute the wealth among the poor. That is why Dilla Bhatti is called Robin Hood of Punjab.
King Akbar ordered one of his warriors Mirza Nizam Din to arrest Dilla Bhatti. Mirza Nizam-ud-Din's fame was due to the fact that he had conquered a strong fort of Kasur, which is called the Kandhala fort.
When Akbari's army attacked, Dulla Bhatti had gone to Chiniot to meet his uncle Rehmat Khan. In his absence, his friend Nero Posti fought hard against the Mughals but Nero Posti was martyred while fighting a large army of Mughals. The Mughals took Dula Bhatti's mother Ladi, his wife Nooran, who, thanks to her beauty, was called Phalran, meaning flowers, took her and other women captive and marched towards Lahore.
On the way, he passed by Rati Pindi. The chiefs of Rati Pindi were not against King Akbar but against Dulla Bhatti because Dale Bhatti had also killed his chief on the charge of treason. But Lal Khan Bhatti, an old man from Rati Pindi, said that enmity with Dulla Bhatti is a matter of mutual respect, we will not allow the Mughals to take their mothers and daughters. So, in the battle and in the battle, old Lal Khan also showed the essence of his sword. Meanwhile, Dulla Bhatti also arrived online. The Mughals were defeated and Mirza Nizamuddin fell at the feet of Mother Ladi. Here mother Ladi addressed Dulla and said forgive him because the lion does not eat the prey lying in front of him. Mirza Nizam Din was spared and the prisoners were released.
Dulla Bhatti was finally arrested and hanged in Lahore on March 26, 1599. Akbar thought that his public execution was to set an example to the people that the fear of death on the gallows would discourage other resistance fighters, but Dulla Bhatti proved to be very steadfast.
Rai Abdullah alias Dulla Bhatti is buried in Miani Sahib Cemetery, Lahore.
This is how Shah Hussain, the Sufi poet, described his last words. "No proud son of Punjab will ever sell the land of Punjab"
Bhati Chowk Lahore is also a monument to him.
Dulla Bhatti was the proud son of this land who, like Tipu Sultan, refused to live under the sway of a large army and armies of the enemy.
The enemies of Punjab's history honored the thieves and robbers but the heroes and martyrs of Punjab were forgotten by issuing fatwas of disbelief.
A festival of Lohri Punjab
The Mughal emperor's official planned to kidnap a beautiful Hindu girl and bring her into the harem - Dulla Bhatti was informed he took the girl to his shelter in the jungle - there he married a Hindu boy - this marriage I was neither a parent nor a Pandit. During this time I started reading something different
This is one of the traditions which the Punjabis describe as the background of the Lohri festival which is celebrated in January every year and this song is one of the songs of Lohri. Hindus and Sikhs wait for Lohri all year round. On Lohri day, children go from house to house singing Lohri and taking candies, sweets, and money. In the evening, Lohri songs are sung in remembrance of the furnace around the fire.
The new generation of Pakistani Punjabis whose Muslim Dala Bhatti in the area used to save the honor of others does not even know what Lohri is.
This is the authentic history that is repeated in a systematic way on the occasion of Lohri and other Punjabi festivals.
This date was written by Shah Hussain
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