Tuesday 21 January 2014

Sher Shah in Rohtas fort





Reasons of construction

Rohtas Fort

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Sher Shah constructed Rohtas Fort to block Emperor Humayun's homecoming to India after defeating him in the Battle of Kanauj. This fort slander on the old GT road between the North (Afghanistan and western Pakistan today) to the Plains of Punjab. The reason of its construction was to suppress the local tribes of this region Potohar. Sher Shah Suri was well aware of the bravery of Potohari people since they had the history for defending their lands for thousands of years and the old king of Northern Punjab known as King Porus face up to Alexander the Great and fought so hard that Alexander decided to leave him as a King of Peruvia that was later known as Northern Punjab or Potohar. Gakhars were not local tribe of Potohar region. They helped Hamayoun to escape from India after his defeat in the battle of Kanauj, and as a reward Hamayoun helped Gakhars in occupying Potohar region, which was originally own by local tribes such as Khokhars, Janjua Rajputs, Minhas Rajputs and some other clans. These local tribes were allies of Mughal Emperor Babur but they refused their allegiance to Hamayoun as he helped Gakhars in occupying their lands instead they allied with Sher Shah Suri. The local tribes of Potohar were already fighting with Gakhars. Sher Shah instructed the local tribes to help construct the fort to crush the Gakhars. when the latter became openly disobedient and persecute labourers who attended the construction.

The Fort was built by Todar Mal under orders of Sher Shah.

1 comment:

  1. he biggest achievement of Sher Shah Suri was the introduction of current currency of India and Pakistan the Rupee. He was the main who started to build a grand highway the GT Road (Grand Trunk Road). Later on Mughal completed it in this region. Currently the Grand Trunk of GT Road could be seen from the Bangladesh to the Afghanistan. This grand road crosses the soils of India and Pakistan. The Government of India and Pakistan have transformed this road into a latest and modern road (highway).

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