India Still Standing
Overcoming the Events that Tried to Destroy India and its Culture
By Stephen Knapp
History speaks for itself. It cannot be changed, but only revealed. This book presents the real history of events in India that we should never forget, and that we must make sure never happen again.
This book relates the invasions, challenges, massacres, and struggles of India’s people, and its illustrious heroes and how they fought to save it from the criminals who tried to destroy India and its culture.
This is a very encouraging book because in spite of all that India and its people have gone through, it shows that India is moving forward and thriving more now than it has in centuries. It also provides clarity in the ways in which we need to work to preserve, protect, promote and perpetuate its great Vedic traditions, for what India has always been the recognized teacher of the world for providing the most ancient roadmap to the upliftment of consciousness, spiritual understanding and realizations, and the means for cultural bridges across nations.
A number of topics presented herein make this book a strong testament to the power of India, how it has overcome the worst of conditions, and the glory of its spiritual teachings, such as:
The global benefits of Vedic culture
The meaning and importance of the Dharmic traditions
Self-defense in Vedic Dharma: Is It Our Duty?
A look at India’s invaders and the horrors they committed
The numerous attempts to destroy its Vedic culture
The truth on Kashmir and Pakistan’s terrorism in India
Some of India’s greatest heroes who protected the country, its people and its culture
The many ways India is still standing strong and moving forward
The basis of the Hindu identity and cause for unity
The easy means of being a Vedic ambassador to represent your culture
Herein are historical descriptions of how things really degraded because of the barbaric nature of the invaders of all kinds, but how India and its people remained steadfast, tolerant and determined until they finally managed to overcome the many challenges to again rise up and begin moving forward as they are today.
Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING * BEING A VEDIC AMBASSADOR
CHAPTER ONE: The Global Benefits of Vedic Culture....................................................... 6
CHAPTER TWO: Hindu Apathy, the Real Enemy, Exploited by World Religions .......... 10
CHAPTER THREE: Self Defense in Vedic Dharma: Is it Our Duty?................................... 14
WHAT IS SANATANA-DHARMA AND ITS IMPORTANCE * TO ALLOW EVIL FORCES TO OVERCOME DHARMA IS A FORM OF VIOLENCE * CAN SANATANA-DHARMA DISAPPEAR? * ENEMIES OF SANATANA-DHARMA SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL * WHAT KRISHNA SAYS IN BHAGAVAD-GITA * VICTORY * THE RIGHT LEADERS AND POLITICIANS * INTELLECTUAL KSHATRIYAS AND VEDIC AMBASSADORS * SATURATE THE MARKETPLACE * SANKIRTANA *
CHAPTER FOUR: A Summary of India’s Real History
The Numerous Attempts to Destroy its Vedic Culture.................................................. 40
ARYAN INVASION? * THE “HISTORICAL” PERIOD * THE HINDU KINGDOMS * THE MUSLIM INVASIONS * SHIVAJI AND THE MARATHAS * THE ARRIVAL OF THE PORTUGUESE * THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH * AFTER INDEPENDENCE * THE HINDU MOVEMENT FINALLY BEGINS TO RECOVER * INDIA’S FUTURE
CHAPTER FIVE: Thirteen Years of Killings in Tripura by the NLFT.............................. 111
HINDU GENOCIDE IN TRIPURA * NAGALAND: BAPTIST MILITANTS KILL LOCAL POLITICAL LEADER * MORE DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF EXTREMISTS * TWO KILLED, THREE ABDUCTED BY NLFT IN TRIPURA * INSURGENTS KILL 10 PEOPLE IN TRIPURA * TRIPURA CHRISTIAN MILITANTS MASSACRE 31 PEOPLE * 2003
CHAPTER SIX: A Look at India’s Invaders............................................................................. 125
ALEXANDER AND THE GREEKS * THE ARAB INVASIONS * THE TURKISH INVASION * RAJPUTANA STATES * MAHMUD OF GHAZNI * THE JIHADS OF SHIHABUDDIN, THE SULTANKALKA OF GHUR * MUHAMMAD OF GHUR * THE MAMLUK (SLAVE) DYNASTY * THE KHILJIS * THE JIHADS OF ALL-UD-DIN KHALJI * THE TUGHLAQS * SULTAN FIRUZ SHAH TUGHLAQ * THE SAYYID & LODHI DYNASTIES * THE BAHAMANIS * THE MUGHALS * ZAHIRU’D-DIN MUHAMMED BABUR * HUMAYUN * AKBAR * JAHANGIR * SHAH JAHAN * AURANGZEB * THE PORTUGUESE * THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY * THE INITIAL STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE * THE BRITISH RAJ * GENERAL REGINAL DYER—COMMANDER OF THE AMRITSAR MASSACRE
CHAPTER SEVEN: Islamic Destruction of Hindu Temples............................................... 168
CHAPTER EIGHT: Some of India’s Heroes Who Protected the Country, Its People and Its Culture.................................. 197
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJA * THE NATIONAL REVIVAL UNDER THE MARATHAS * THE MARATHAS – SAMURAIS FROM WESTERN INDIA * SHIVAJI MAHARAJA – THE VISIONARY SAINT SOLDIER * THE OATH OF INDEPENDENCE – AT RAIRESHWAR * SHIVAJI’S ENCOUNTER WITH AFZAL KHAN * AFZAL GOES UP TO PRATAPGAD * AFZAL MEETS HIS NEMESIS IN SHIVAJI * JIWA MAHALAYA * SANTAJI KAWJI * BIJAPUR STYMIED * THE SIEGE OF PANHALGAD * THE BRAVE DEED OF BAJI PRABHU DESHPANDE * ENCOUNTER WITH SHAISTA KHAN – AURANGZEB’S UNCLE * SHAISTA ESTABLISHES HIS HAREM IN SHIVAJI’S DEVGHAR (PRAYER ROOM) * SHAISTA IS LUCKY – HE ONLY LOSES HIS FINGERS * SHAISTA’S RETREAT FROM MAHARASHTRA * THE BRAVE DEED OF MURAR BAJI * THE TREATY OF PURANDAR * SHIVAJI’S VISIT TO AURANGZEB AT AGRA * IMPRISONMENT OF SHIVAJI * SHIVAJI’S ESCAPE FROM AURANG’S CLUTCHES * SHIVAJI MAHARAJA’S SEAL * CORONATION OF SHIVAJI AS CHATTRAPATI * NARVIR TANAJI’S IMPOSSIBLY BRAVE DEED * A “NAZARANA” – THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF THE MUSLIM SUBAHDAR OF KALYAN * KARNATAKA AND TAMIL NADU * CAMPAIGNS OF SHIVAJI * HEROES AFTER SHIVAJI * THE MARATHAS AFTER SHIVAJI MAHARAJA - SAMBHAJI * SAMBHAJI’S ASSASSINATION * RAJARAM, TARABAI AND SHAHU * AURANGZEB’S DEATH IN 1707 * PRIME MINISTERS PESHWAS BECOME DE FACTO KINGS * THE PESHWAS – BAJI RAO, BALAJI BAJI RAO, MADHAV RAO * THE PERSIAN INVASION OF 1740 BY NADIR SHAH * THE MARATHAS LIBERATE PUNJAB * PANIPAT - A RESULT OF COURT INTRIGUES AT PUNE * THE 3RD BATTLE OF PANIPAT * STAND-OFF FOR ONE YEAR * MAHADJI SHINDE * ADDITIONAL HEROES WHO WORKED FOR PROTECTING INDIA AND ITS CULTURE * MAHARANA PRATAP * TATIA TOPE * GURU GOBIND SINGH JI * BAL GANGADHAR TILAK * BHAGAT SINGH * RAMPRASAD BISMIL * DR. KESHAVA BALIRAM HEDGEWAR * M. S. GOLWALKAR * VINAYAK DAMODAR SAVARKAR * SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE * VALLABH BHAI PATEL
SOME OF THE GREAT WOMEN PROTECTORS OF THE COUNTRY AND CULTURE * DEVI AHALYA BAI HOLKAR * RANI CHENNAMMA * RANI LAKSHMI BAI OF JHANSI * MADAME CAMA * VANDANIYA LAKSHMIBAI KELKAR *
CHAPTER NINE: The Truth on Kashmir and Pakistan’s Terrorism in India.................. 261
Pakistan is a State Sponsor of Terrorism * Ethnic Cleansing of Hindus in Kashmir * Is Kashmir a Disputed Territory? * The Formation of Pakistan * The Formation of Kashmir as Part of India * How Kashmir Joined India * How Kashmir was saved from the Pakistani invasion * Pakistan’s pattern of aggression * United Nations Appointed a Commission: 1948 * Pakistan Violated the UN Resolution * Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) * Pakistan Refused to Withdraw * Pakistan Attacked India in 1965 * The Simla Agreement * Birth of Bangladesh * The Fourth Invasion of India by Pakistan
THE CONTINUING TROUBLE * THE PAHALGAM MASSACRE – APRIL, 2025
CHAPTER TEN: Are the Hindus Destined to Become an Extinct Race?........................ 279
CHAPTER ELEVEN: India Still Standing................................................................................ 291
GLOBAL POPULATION PROJECTIONS * ORIGINS OF THE EXTINCTION NARRATIVE * FUTURE STABILIZATION * LONG-TERM DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS * ADDRESSIING THE MINOR SHIFT IN INDIA * RESILIENCE AGAINST GLOBAL SECULARIZATION * THE NEW LEVEL OF HUNDU UNITY * THE RENEWED POPULARITY IN TEMPLES AND HOLY SITES * THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW RAM MANDIR IN AYODHYA * THE YOUTH * THE NEW GOVERNMENT * INDIA TO BE THE SPIRITUAL GURU OF THE WORLD * MOVING FORWARD
CHAPTER TWELVE: United Hindu Identity / United Hindu Cooperation......................... 312
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Basis of the Hindu Identity and Cause for Unity................ 317
HINDU UNITY THROUGH THE COMMON FACTORS OF THE DHARMIC IDENTITY
CONCLUSION: Preservation, Protection, Promotion for the Perpetuation of Vedic Culture ..................................................................................................................................................... 331
GLOSSARY / INDEX / ABOUT THE AUTHOR / OTHER BOOKS BY STEPHEN KNAPP. 353
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