Mahmud Ghaznavi was an 11th-century Turkic origin ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, who attacked Punjab 17 times and finally invaded Punjab in 1022.
Muhammad Ghori, a Turkic ruler, conquered Ghazni from the Ghaznavids and became its governor in 1173. In 1186–87, he conquered Punjab, bringing the last of Ghaznavid territory under his control and ending the Ghaznavid Empire and defeated a Hindu ruler Prithviraj Chauhan in 1192.
Later, one of Muhammad Ghori slaves, Qutab-ud-din Aibak went on to conquer North and Central Indian territories and founded the Delhi Sultanate, the first Islamic empire in India with Delhi as its capital.
The Delhi Sultanate is a term used to cover five short-lived kingdoms or sultanates of Turkic origin rules from Delhi between 1206 and 1526 when the last was replaced by the Mughal dynasty.
The five Turkic dynasties ruled their empires from Delhi:
The Mamluk (1211–90),
The Khalji (1290–1320),
The Tughlaq (1320–1413),
The Sayyid (1414–51)
The Lodhi (1451–1526).
The Turkic origin Mamluk Dynasty, (Mamluk means "Owned" and referred to the Turkic youths bought and trained as soldiers who became rulers throughout the Islamic world), seized the throne of the Sultanate in 1211.
The sultans eventually lost Afghanistan, Punjab, and Delhi to the Mongols. The Sultanate declined after the invasion of Emperor Timur, who founded the Timurid Dynasty and was eventually conquered in 1526 by the Mughal king Babar.
Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur, a Chagatai Turk from Ferghana valley in Central Asia, who invaded Punjab and dethroned the Lodi dynasty ruling India in 1526. Babur established the Mughal Empire in India and became India’s first Mughal emperor.
Ahmed Shah Abdali, an 18th-century Afghan king who is also the founder of the modern state of Afghanistan in 1747 and eight times lofted and plundered Punjab from 1748 to 1767-68.
Punjabi tribes, castes and the inhabitants of Punjab revolted against the invaders of Punjab, but in a personal capacity and without uniting by the natural affinity of Punjabi people. However, Punjabi Sufi Saints were in a struggle to awaken the consciousness of the people of Punjab.
Baba Farid - 12th-13th century, Damodar - 15th century, Guru Nanak Dev -15th - 16th century, Guru Angad - 16th century, Guru Amar Das - 15th - 16th century, Guru Ram Das - 16th century, Shah Hussain - 16th century, Guru Arjun Dev - 16th - 17th century, Bhai Gurdas - 16th - 17th century, Sultan Bahu - 16th-17th century, Guru Tegh Bahadur - 17th century, Guru Gobind Singh - 17th century, Saleh Muhammad Safoori - 17th century, Bulleh Shah - 17th-18th century, Waris Shah - 18th century, along with spiritual grooming and moral character building of Punjabi people, provided the ideological atmosphere to Punjabi nation to liberate themselves from the slavery of foreign Muslim invaders to defend their land, to protect their wealth, to save their culture and retain their respect by ruling their land and governing the people of their nation by their own self.
Baba Farid - 12th - 13th century is considered as the first spiritual poet of the Punjabi language.
Guru Nanak Dev -15th - 16th century, the founder of Sikh Religion condemned the theocracy of Mughal rulers, and was arrested for challenging the acts of barbarity of the Mughal emperor Babar.
Shah Hussain - 16th century approved Dulla Bhatti’s revolt against Akbar as; Kahay Hussain Faqeer Sain Da - Takht Na Milday Mungay.
Baba Waris Shah - 18th century said of the barbaric and brutal invasions of Punjab by the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abdali that; "Khada Peeta Lahy Da, Baqi Ahmad Shahy Da" ("We Have Nothing With Us Except What We Eat And Wear, All Other Things Are For Ahmad Shah").
The spiritual grooming and moral character building of Punjabi people by the Punjabi Saints and Punjabi poets stimulated the natural affinity of Punjabi people, taught the lesson to the various tribes, castes and the inhabitants of Punjab and forced them to unite into a broader common "Punjabi" identity. Therefore, Punjabi nationalism started to initiate in the people of the land of five rivers to defend their land, to protect their wealth, to save their culture and retain their respect by ruling their land and governing the people of their nation by their own self.
Therefore, struggle started to liberate Punjab from the invaders of Punjab and almost 777 years of foreign rule, starting from the Turkish invader Mahmud of Ghazni in 1022 after ousting the Hindu Shahi ruler Raja Tarnochalpal, until the time Maharajah Ranjit Singh entered the gates of Lahore on July 7, 1799; Punjabis had not ruled their own land.
In 1800 century, the religious ratio of Punjabi people in Punjab was 52% Muslim Punjabis, 41% Hindu Punjabis, 6% Sikh Punjabis, and 1% others. Muslim Punjabis and Hindu Punjabis were in the support of the Sikh Empire of Punjab. Prime Minister of Sikh Empire of Punjab was a Hindu Punjabi Dhian Singh Dogra and Foreign Minister was a Muslim Punjabi Fakir Aziz-ud-Din. Religion was a personal subject in Sikh Empire of Punjab. Justice was provided to the inhabitants of Punjab without discrimination of religion.
The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the oldest in the world, spread all over the Indus region, which it today Pakistan. Its main cities Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Texila, Mehar Garh are situated in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pukhtoon Khawa, and Balochistan well within Pakistan.
Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World, and of the three the most widespread, covering an area of 1.25 million km2. Entire populations of people were settled around the basins of the Indus River, one of the major rivers in Asia, and another river named Ghaggar-Hakra which once used to course through northeast India and eastern Pakistan.
Also known as Harappan civilization and Mohenjo-Daro civilization – named after the excavation sites where the remains of the civilization were found, the peak phase of this civilization is said to have lasted from 2600 BC to around 1900 BC. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture is evident in the Indus Valley Civilization making them the first urban centers in the region. The people of the Indus Civilization achieved great accuracy in measuring length, mass, and time. And based on the artifacts found in excavations, it is evident the culture was rather richer in arts and crafts.
Therefore, the question arises that why the names of Pakistani Missiles are named after the Invaders of Punjab?
Ghaznavi Missiles: Ghaznavi is a surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile named after Mahmud Ghaznavi.
Ghauri Missile: This series of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles is named after Muhammad Ghori.
Babur Missile: A medium range subsonic cruise missile, it was named after Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur.
Abdali Missile: This short-range supersonic ballistic missile is named after Ahmed Shah Abdali.
Pakistan or the land of Indus Valley Civilization has own great personalities for naming the Missiles of Pakistan than why instead of inhabitants of land the names of Missiles are named after the Invaders of Punjab?
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