New Delhi: Noted lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar is known for his explicit views on any political and social issues in the country. This time, he has courted controversy with his objectionable remarks. Akhtar took to Twitter and batted for Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s Indian roots. He compared Barack Obama with Shah Jahan and said the former president was born in US and hence had the right to contest elections but same favour couldn’t be extended to Mughal king Shah Jahan.
Justifying his remark, he said that Shah Jahan’s mother and grandmother were Rajputs and hence had 75% Rajput blood, hence he should have been treated as Indian.
Akhtar tweeted, “Obama’s father was a Kenyan his paternal aunts still live in Kenya but since Obama was born in US he had the right to contest the presidential election Shah Jahan was the 5th Gen in India his grand mom n mom were Rajputni ( 75 %blood Rajput) but they call him a foreigner”.
Obama ‘s father was a Kenyan his paternal aunts still live in Kenya but since Obama was born in US he had the right to contest the presidential election Shah Jahan was the 5th Gen in India his grand mom n mom were Rajputni ( 75 %blood Rajput) but they call him a foreigner.
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) July 26, 2021
It may be noted that Shah Jahan was one of the Mughal emperors, apparently the 5th generation of Mughal ruler in India. His grand-father Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar expanded his kingdom to great extent during his reign. To avoid bloodshed, he also practiced ‘soft invasion’ by getting married to princess of Rajput kingdoms. The Rajput wives of Akbar were also allowed to perform their Hindu rituals while being married to Muslim ruler.
Akbar had children with these Rajput wives also. Jahangir, Akbar’s son is also said to be from one of his Rajput wife, a princess of Amber. This trend continued with Jahangir also. Shah Jahan’s mother is said to be Jagat Gosain, a Rajput princess from Marwar, present day Jodhpur.
Differentiate b/w Invader & citezen: Netizens tell Akhtar
Twitter users however did not find this comparison noteworthy, with numerous users telling him the difference between a migrant and an invader. One Twitter user asked Javed Akhtar to invest in a dictionary since he was unable to distinguish between a foreigner, an immigrant and an invader.
Someone needs to know the difference between a foreigner, an immigrant, and an invader.
Invest in a dictionary. It helps.— Ratna Bajpai (@ratna_bajpai) July 26, 2021
Yet another Twitter user said Barack Obama became the US President through democratic process whereas the Mughals invaded India through mass murdering and destruction. Obama served his countrymen, while the Mughals ruled, the user said.
Mr. Obama took US Presidency through Democracy…Shah Jahan and Mughals had taken the throne through Conquest and Murder. Obama served His countrymen, Mughals Ruled…there is a vast difference. Having Hindu Wives was not Love of Land, it was Divide and Rule strategy..
— The Other Angle (@meaningless_Twt) July 26, 2021
Writer and columnist Saket succinctly highlighted how Shah Jahan was not raised as a Rajput and in turn raised an Islamic fanatic in Aurangzeb.
Still Shah Jahan wasn’t raised as a Rajput and in turn raised a fanatic Islamist in Aurangzeb. https://t.co/NGQH8grDUW
— saket साकेत ಸಾಕೇತ್ ?? (@saket71) July 26, 2021
Many highlighted Shah Jahan and Jehangir harboured hatred for indigenous people and their faith, which was predominantly Hinduism. Shah Jahan also ordered demolished 76 under-construction temple in Varanasi.
ShahJahan demolished 76 under construction temple of Varanasi. Was he Hindu or had he sympathy in Indian culture!! No..
He was son of barbarian Jahangir aka Salim who released order to kill Guru ArjunDev just for meeting his son Khusaro. Mughals were not Indians ever. https://t.co/lzPjZllT0l pic.twitter.com/zlfqY1TX7I
— Rajan Bhardwaj ?? ?? (@Proud__Indian7) July 26, 2021
Equating democracy with an oppressive monarchy! Obama was accepted by USA as he came thru the due democratic process. People chose him.
But Shahjahan wasn’t chosen by the people. He was product of a monarchy established by kiII***, rap*** and demoIition of faith of the natives.
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) July 26, 2021
This venomous Islamic “revivalism” bore fruit during the reign of the ultra-debauch and the sadist Mughal sultan, Shah Jahan who reintroduced Jizya, the pilgrim tax against Hindus. The story has been calculatedly omitted from the Muslim chronicles for obvious reasons.
— In Exile ? (@tr_kashmir) July 26, 2021
He never attacked on that country….. & here also they have right to fight election. Why two different things u r comparing ?
So
With 75% blood does they have Rajput names too?
People like u never want real harmony in country ….thus make tweets like this one.— kalpana Jhajharia (@kalpanajhajhar1) July 26, 2021
Did Obama destroy any Chuch in USA? Did he massacre Christians? If fact, he is a devout Christian.
Your ancestor Shah Jahan was a Muslim. He destroyed the great temple of Orchha in 1635.
76 Hindu temples in Varanasi were demolished on his orders. It is written in Badshahnama.
— Anupam K Singh (@anupamnawada) July 26, 2021
