Author: Raoji
The first Gujju
As Modi ascends the throne of Delhi on Monday,it is interesting to note that he is the third Gujarathi to do so.
Before him was Moraji Desai who became the Prime Minister of India in 1977.
But the first Gujju to sit on the throne of Delhi was in 1320.His name was Parmar alias Khusro Khan
Parmar was a native of the Bawariya region of Saurashtra in Gujarat, India.
In 1297, Alauddin Khilji sent an army under the command of Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan to plunder Gujarat. They first captured Patan by defeating the last Hindu ruler Karan Vaghela, then reached the Somanath temple in Saurashtra. Parmar was captured, converted to Islam and enslaved. Known as ‘Hasan,’ he was subsequently given the title Khusro Khan by Mubarak. As a favorite of Mubarak, he led armies to the south. The historian Farishtah writes about Mubarak’s homosexual relations with Khusro Khan and also that Khusro Khan was a shemale.
In 1320 Khusro Khan managed to kill Alauddin Khilji’s son, Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah, ending the Khilji dynasty. He captured the throne of Delhi and held it for four months, after which he was defeated and killed by Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, who founded the Tughlaq dynasty in 1320 in Delhi.-from Wikipedia
Weekend Mega Linkfest: May 23,2014
Some off beat reads for the weekend:
New Delhi’s Holy Trinity (Open)
In pictures:The Congress Gallery (GreatBong)
India is awake but Modiphobia continues (NitiCentral)
How a group of home buyers in Gurgaon tamed DLF (Caravan)
Stupid guy goes back to India (JaiArjun)
Travelogue:Mystical North Sikkim (TeamBHP)
The dogs of war (NationalGeographic)
The bike helmet law that triggered an insurgency in Nigeria (Atlantic)
Amazon’s wholesale slaughter (Forbes)
The trouble with IBM (BusinessWeek)
Murder in the name of Islam (Dawn)
Thailand’s coup:The path to the throne (Economist)
Narendra Modi:India’s strongman (Economist)
Movie Review:The Xpose (VigilIdiot)
In pictures:Yogendra Yadav sleeping (UnrealTimes)
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