Way back in the 17th century, Nader Shah's army invaded Hindustan. Nader Shah, King of Persia, crossed the frontier and swept down towards New Delhi and the worst affected were the Hindu people, who were humiliated and treated like animals.
He looted treasure and was taking 2000 women with him.
He was the first invader who was here only to plunder and kill, with no intention of staying. His troops reached Delhi, where they killed 1,50,000 people, both Hindus and Sikhs. According to Speaking Tree, he looted India and was carrying a lot of Indian treasure and more than 2000 Hindu women along with him.
Women were exploited by his army.
The Hindu women were exploited as a property of the army. But the worst part was that they were forced to accept Islam or else get slaughtered. Many of the women at that time chose to die.
Then came Sardar Jassa Singh, Commander of the Sikh army.
The news spread like fire and was heard by Sardar Jassa Singh who was the Commander of the Sikh army at that time. Sikhs were very few in numbers while the army of Mughals was in hundreds of thousands. Sardar Jassa Singh decided to attack Nader Shah's army at midnight.
They planned to attack the army at night and save the women.
It was once, when Shah's army along with the captive Hindu women, were crossing a river, they decided to rest for the night. All the Sikhs nearby then made a plan to attack the army at night and free the captive Hindu women.
Though they were less in number, they decided to attack a huge army.
Despite them being much less in number in comparison to Shah's army, they decided to attack at the peak of the night. They believed that maybe it would give them a chance over the sleeping army.
They saved the women, but many stayed behind to fight the army.
Though they were successful in rescuing the Hindu women and sending them off running with a few Sikh men to a safe location, the remaining stayed behind to fight the army.
Those who stayed were outnumbered and all were slaughtered.
The Mughal army mocked those martyrs, calling them fools to make an attempt to attack a huge army with a few men in hand.
And ever since then the jokes on Sikhs were spread out.
Initially, instead of being grateful for their heroism, some people would say that the Sikhs are in their senses only at night.
The Sikhs should be proud!
To all those who didn't know this part of the story, I guess you know now. The Sikhs should be proud of the 12 o'clock incident, because of them, the dignity of India and its women was restored.
I hope you liked the story.