ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUR&#362 GOBINDA</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>GUR&#362 GOBINDA</i>, by Harn&#257th Bose, first published in 1908, is a play written in colloquial Bengali literary tradition, with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh as the hero. There are altogether twenty-two major characters, out of whom at least nine come from the pages of history, i.e. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and his two sons, Fateh Si&#7749gh and Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh (the latter wrongly referred to as J&#299t Si&#7749gh), M&#257t&#257 Gujar&#299, Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b and Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h, Princess Jah&#257n &#256r&#257 and the Muslim divine, Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h. The play opens with a denunciation of the intolerant religious policy of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's prediction that the unjust and oppressive rule must end is endorsed by a Muslim S&#363f&#299 as well. Determined to resist the intolerant religious policy of Aura&#7749gz&#299b, the Gur&#363 took up the cause of Kashm&#299r&#299 Br&#257hma&#7751s who were being forced to renounce their faith. The Gur&#363's martyrdom brought his successor, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, on the scene. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh became the symbol of resistance to bigotry and tyranny. Besides Hindus some liberal-minded Muslims also sided with him. Among them are mentioned Aura&#7749gz&#299b's sister, Jah&#257n &#256r&#257, and Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h, the famous Muslim <i>faq&#299r</i>. The drama ends on the optimistic note of uniting Hindus and Muslims for fighting oppression. The author had in this plot a moral for his contemporaries to join hands together to resist the British colonial rule.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Him&#257dr&#299 Banerjee<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>