India has had to face foreign invaders many more times than most
other nations. The majority of these came through the Khyber
pass in the North West of India. These invaders were lured
either by riches of India, zeal to convert people to their
beliefs or world domination through force. Th Afghans were among
the last to come across the Khyber. By the late 1700s Afghans
has set up small city states all over Punjab and North West.
Rohillas of Awadh (UP), Tipu Sultan of Mysore, Nawab of
Malerkotla, Multan, Kashmir all were ultimately descended from
the invaders. The Afghans wrecked havoc on local population in
their territories. Rapes and forced conversions were commonplace
in the Afghan ruled territories. Children born out of forceful
marriages and rapes were given a special caste of "Ranghars".
And Ranghars were specially targeted by Maulavis to fill them a
zeal of Islam, in order to make them fighters of Islam. The
Sikhs opposed these Afghan landlords and were able eventually to
wrest control of the biggest ci