History of India, since Ashoka and earlier is that of a disunited country, brave kings fighting among themselves, invaded by Greeks, Persians and Moguls later by British, French and Portuguese who came as traders and then established colonies. All these invaders looted our country.
First to see the need for unity was Chandra Gupta Maurya and his decendent Ashoka whose Ashok Stambh is the symbol of modern democratic India.
As the story goes Moguls destroyed our religious places and established mosques. Moguls did forced conversions, others incentivized conversions.
Social architecture of India of today is the result of ethnic mix left by these invaders. But the fact remains that this ethnic mix is Indian at the roots. Each one of them is Indian First and Indian Last. This was proved when all Indians united under the leadership of Gandhiji to fight the British for independence.
India has now embarked on a march towards modernity in all areas. This is achievable only if India remains united and is not entangled in the dark episodes of communal strife.
Is it wise to rewrite past history and reclaim all shrines even at the cost of colossal loss of innocent lives ? Present day Indians, belonging to any ethnic group, have nothing to do with what happened hundreds of years ago.
One ugly feature of modern democratic India is vote bank politics. If we do not resist this ugly attempt to divide us once again we will be thrown back Into the dark days of disunity and stop us from reaching our destiny in the comity of nations.
We must bear in mind that any attempt to rewrite history is only at the cost of colossal loss of innocent human beings. Can we redraw the map of India as it existed under Ashoka ? what is happening with Russia trying to regain its lost possession Ukraine or if China attempts to annex Taiwan ?
Let us unite and build a strong India, militarily, economically, politically and socially, such that no power on earth can ever dream of invading us.
We the People 