chapter--4
wen gaurav gained his consciousness he found himself in the caretaker's room.. he tried to get up bt groaned.. his head felt heavy.... the old caretaker helped him to get up,and supported him with a pillow at the back of his neck....
the caretaker--aap abhi thk hain sab ji?
gaurav--lagta to hain....
the caretaker smiled and offered him a glass of water... he drank it hurriedly.. his throat had become all dry....after gulping down the water he felt much better...
the caretaker--sab ji us kamre mein jane ki zaroorat kya thi? aur manju(the younger caretaker) itna dara hua hain ki kuch batata hi nhi... aisa kya hua wahan par?
gaurav shuddered to think of wat he had seen....
the caretaker---wo kamra Maharaja Sumer Singh ki eklauti beti ki thi...
gaurav-- sumar singh ki beti?
the caretaker--haan...rajkumari heera....
gaurav remembered the painting on the wall... it was of a princess....
gaurav--- kya usiki tasveer hain wahan par?
the caretaker smiled--aapne dekha use?haan.. wo unhiki tasveer hain.. rajkumari heera ki... unki sare tasveer usi kamre mein rakha hua hain....par jo tasveer diwar par hain.. bas ek wohi sahi halat mein hain.. baki sare tasveer shayad nasht ho chuka hain....
gaurav---par kaise?
the caretaker---sab ji fir to aapko puri baat batani padegi....thk hain.. suniye....
"rajkumari heera,sumer singh ki eklauti beti...bht khubsurat thi.....
FLASHBACK:-
She was the most beautiful princess.... so much so that all the kings and princes of other states used to go crazy over her beauty.... she was nt only beautiful.. bt also vry intelligent and a brave fighter... she was taught archery,sword fighting,and wat nots... on one side she was like goddess Saraswati educated in all possible knowledge by numerous teachers... and on the other side she was like goddess Durga.. a brave and efficient warrior....
a number of proposals used to come evryday frm different states for heera.. bt sumer singh loved her so much that he was not at all ready to part frm her..
it was the period wen the british had slowly started to take over indian kingdoms and states... discontentment and rage flourished among all the indian kings and princes whuse kingdoms were treacherously conquered by the british and they were slowly forming an army against the huge british force... sumer singh was one among the leaders.... Under the Docrine of Lapse,his kingdom was also under treat as he had no appropiate heir to the throne after him.. together they had decided to defeat the british in the battlefield.... Heera too,had accompanied her father then, in the disguise of a general warrior(male)...
at frst the battle was in favour of the Rajputs only... bt slowly it started to lose its grace...as the british brought in the tanks and the cannons...evn the Rajput's brave blood and their shining swords fell weak in frnt of their shrewdness and technological power... they lost the battle and with that they lost evn their freedom... all their kingdoms were conquered and plundered.... and all the survivors were taken prisoners.... Heera was also among them alongwith her wounded father.... they were taken to Bengal and kept there for some days...
There,on one unfortunate day... Heera's feminity was revealed...to one of the traitors,an indian general of the british army... while she was taking bath.....
her extraordinary beauty and her grace...made him go crazy over her in a single moment and a strong desire to acquire her grew inside him.....
This man was extreamely shrewd and dangerous... at frst he tried to propose her..bt she understood his intentions and immediately rejected his appeal... she hated traitors.... he did nt give up... he started to blackmail in the name of her father.... she did nt pay any heed to him... then one day... he actually murdered Sumer Singh.....
Heera was devastated... she had nvr expected that this cud become so big that her father wud be killed lik this... lik a coward..... each drop of her tears wich she shedded on her dead father turned seemed to turn into glowing balls of fire.. she promised to herself that she wud avenge her father's death... no matter what price she wud pay for it.. no matter wat consequences she wud face after that... she wud take his revenge.. evn if that meant GIVING UP HER OWN LIFE FOR IT....
and that was wat she did.... although there wasnt any evidence... history says that both of them died wen a fire broke out in the headquarters.... some say that it was heer who had deliberately started the fire... becoz at that time she was supposed to be in the prisoner's castle and not at the headquarters... not only the general,bt also many other british officials died in that fire.... Heera took her revenge after all....
" aur aise hi... heera ne apna waada pura kar liya.... us aag mein heera ne apni khubsurti..apni jawani.. yaha tak apni anewali puri zindagi kurbaan kar diya.... aisa balidan to koi rajput aurat hi kar sakti thi.... aur uske apni rajput hone ka sabud bhi de diya...apni zindagi ke badle....."
the caretaker sighed..... tears rolled down gaurav's cheeks... he wiped them away..... he cudnt help it.... the story of the princess moved him so much that he lost control of his emotions.. he closed his eyes and recalled the painting in his mind... so serene...yet so powerful.. so beautiful..yet so brave she was.....
the caretaker---sab ji us hadse ke baad... angrezwalo ne gusse me akar yahan heera ki sare nishaniyan mita di....uski cheezein,unki tasveerein,sabkuch nasht kar diya sabji... sabkuch nasht kar diya.. lekin fir bhi.. abhi kuch tasveerein us kamre mein hain... jahan aap behosh ho gaye the......
gaurav slowly got down frm the bed.... he felt much better then... the caretaker helped him...
gaurav---aab main thk hun.. apne kamre mein jana chahta hu...
the caretaker-- chaliye main aapko chod deta hun....
vry late at night,suddenly gaurav woke up frm his sleep.... he looked around him.... evrythng was normal... then he heard it....... he heard it agen..... soft sound of anklets on the stone floor..... he froze instantly.....unable to move in fear..... the sound of the anklets came closer and closer.... the hair at the back of his neck stood up as the sound stopped just outside his door.... he strained his ears bt cud nt hear anythng anymore... a strange silence almost choked him and he found it hard to breathe..... just then..all of a sudden..... the lights went out..... the room became totally dark..... Gaurav shrieked out in terror as the door flung open noisily and a gust of wind entered the room,upsetting the big flower vase kept on the table beside his bed,bringing it down to pieces.....
gaining all his strength,gaurav jumped down frm his bed...ran towards the door and closed it with a BANG...he placed his back on the door and waited..... no... nothing more happened and no sound was heard.... evrythng turned to normal once agen........
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