“As Maharaja Suheldev rises in Bronze, India begins to bury the legacy of its Invaders”, Swarajyamag, June 13, 2025:
“Imagine a 40-foot bronze warrior on horseback, gleaming in the Uttar Pradesh sun – this is Maharaja Suheldev, whose recently unveiled monument in Bahraich by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, alongside Rs 1,243 crore in development projects, is a thunderclap announcing a new era.
It’s Bharat assertively reclaiming its rightful heroes and reshaping a history that was too often written to sideline its true champions.
This builds on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s earlier initiative for the Suheldev Memorial, a national vow to honour the king who crushed the invader Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. Bahraich, for centuries paradoxically famous for Salar Masud’s dargah and mela – a celebration of an aggressor – is now turning its face towards its true protector……”
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