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Hindustan ke madhya-pradesh mein, Vindhya ki pahadiyon ke beech basа था **Rajya Chandrapur**.
Yeh rajya apne vaibhav ke liye pura desh mein mashhoor tha. Yahan ke khet sone ki tarah lahalahaate the, nadiyan amrit jaisi saaf thin, aur vanon mein haathi, sher aur mrig azaad ghumte the. Rajya ki daulat itni thi ki khazane mein sona-chandi ke dher lage rehte the. Vyapari door-door se aate the — Gujrat se moti, Kashmir se pashmina, Bengali se resham, aur Dakshin se masale. Chandrapur ka bazaar raat din jagmagata rehta tha. Log kehte the — “Yahan gareeb bhi raje jaisa khaata hai.”
Us rajya ka shasak tha **Maharaj Vikram Singh**. Lambi umar, chaudi chhati, safed daadi mein bhi uski aankhon mein wohi tej thi jo jawani mein hoti hai. Usne do shaadiyan ki thin.
**Badi Rani** — Maharani **Sugna Devi**. Umar mein thodi badi, lekin abhi bhi itni khoobsurat ki mahal ki daasiyan bhi usse dekhkar sharma jaati thin. Uske baal abhi bhi kale aur lambe the, jo kamar tak lehraate the. Uska badan bhari hua tha — bade, bhaari mamme, chaudi kamar, aur naram, gol jaanghein. Jab woh chalati thi to uske zevar ki jhankaar pura aangan mein goonjti thi. Uske chehre par ek alag hi shaan thi — jaise woh sirf rani nahi, kisi devi ka roop ho.
**Chhoti Rani** — Maharani **Kamla**. Sugna se kaafi chhoti, jawan aur tezi se bharni hui. Uske badan mein ek alag masti thi. Patli kamar, unche tight mamme, aur woh chaal jo dekhte hi mard ka dil bahka de. Uske honth hamesha thode se khule rehte the, jaise kuch kehna chahti ho. Aankhein gehrin, kaali, aur jab woh kisi ko dekhati thi to lagta tha jaise woh uski rooh tak dekh rahi ho.
Maharaj ke **saat putra** the — sabke sab jawan, balwaan, aur alag-alag swabhav ke. Kuch yudh-kale mein nipun, kuch sangeet mein, kuch rajkaaj mein. Sabke chehre par apne pita jaisi shaan thi.
Aur theen **rajkumariyan** — teenon hi apni-apni tarah se manmohini.
**Sabse badi** — Rajkumari **Indira**. Umar 22. Apni maa Sugna jaisi bhari hui. Lambi, tan-bhari, aur uske har kadam mein ek ajeeb si ghamand. Jab woh mahal ke corridors mein chalti thi to uske resham ke kapde uske badan se chipakte the, aur uske bhaari mamme har saans ke saath upar-neeche hote the. Uske baal hamesha khule rehte the, aur uski aankhon mein ek aisi bhookh thi jo chhupati nahi thi.
**Beech wali** — Rajkumari **Madhavi**. 20 saal ki. Kamla jaisi — patli, tez, aur ek ajeeb si masti se bhari. Uske honth hamesha muskuraate rehte the, jaise woh koi raaz jaanti ho. Uske badan mein ek naram, geeli si garmi thi. Kapde uspar is tarah se padte the jaise woh unhe pehenti nahi, balki woh uske badan se lipte hote the.
**Sabse chhoti** — Rajkumari **Trisha**. 18 ki. Abhi-abhi jawani mein aayi hui. Uska badan abhi bhi thoda kancha tha, lekin din-b-din bhar raha tha. Chhote-chhote, tight mamme, patli kamar, aur woh masoomiyat jo dekhte hi kisi ko bhi pagal kar de. Lekin uski aankhon mein bhi ab kuch badal raha tha — ek aisi uljhan jo har din gehri hoti ja rahi thi.
Mahal khud ek alag duniya tha.
**Chandrapur ka mahal** sangmarmar aur laal pathar se bana tha. Uske mehraabon par sone ki nakkashi thi. Andar ke corridors itne lambe the ki aawaaz goonjti hui door tak jaati thi. Raniyon ke mahal mein soft carpets bichhe the, diwaron par raas-leela ki chitrakari, aur har kamre mein khushboo se bhare diye jal te the.
Sabse sundar tha **Antahpur** — raniyon aur rajkumariyon ka niji mahal. Wahan ke bagiche mein gulab, chameli aur juhi ke phool khile rehte the. Beech mein ek bada sa sheeshe ka talab tha, jisme raat ko chaand apna chehra dekhta tha. Palang itne naram the ki unpar lette hi badan doob jata tha. Diwaron par patle pardon ke peeche se hawa aati thi, jo badan ko chhooti thi jaise koi haath phir raha ho.
Shaam ko jab diye jalte the, toh mahal ke andandar ek ajeeb si garmi fail jaati thi. Raniyon ke zevar ki jhankaar, rajkumariyon ki halki hasi, aur door se aati hui sangeet ki sargam… sab milkar ek aisi fiza banate the jo kisi bhi mard ko behka sakti thi.
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Maharaj Vikram Singh darbaar se uthkar seedha Antahpur mein chale gaye. Unka chehra peela padha hua tha. Taaj abhi bhi sir par tha, lekin uska wazan aaj bahut bhaari lag raha tha.
Dono raniyan uska intezaar kar rahi thin. Badi Rani Sugna Devi ek bade se diwan par baithi thin, paan chabate hue. Chhoti Rani Kamla unke paas hi leti hui thin, unke baal suhane se khule hue.
Maharaj andar aaye to dono uthkar khadi ho gayin.
**Sugna:** “Kya hua Maharaj? Darbaar se itni jaldi? Chehra dekhkar lagta hai koi badi khabar hai.”
Maharaj ne taaj utaara aur bhaari saans lete hue baith gaye. Unhone dono raniyon ko apne paas bithaya.
**Vikram Singh:** “Sugna… Kamla… aaj ek mukhbir ne darbaar mein aakar jo baat batai hai… usse meri neend uda di hai.”
**Kamla:** (thoda saamsamete hue) “Kya baat hai swami? Itna pareshan kyun ho?”
**Vikram Singh:** “Woh Afghan Sultan… jo pichhle do saalon se Sindh aur Uttar Bharat ke ilaakon ko raukhta ja raha hai… usne ab apni nazar Chandarpur par tikayi hai. Mukhbir ne kaha — uske lashkar ne Multan aur uske aaspaas ke saare qile jeet liye hain. Ab woh seedha idhar ki taraf badh raha hai.”
Sugna Devi ka paan haath se gir gaya.
**Sugna:** “Kya…? Itni jaldi? Humne toh suna tha woh abhi Punjab ke ilaake mein uljha hua hai.”
**Vikram Singh:** “Woh tha. Lekin usne wahan ke chhote-chhote raajon ko ya toh jod liya, ya koot diya. Ab uska next nishana hum hain. Chandarpur… kyunki yahan daulat hai, yahan anna hai, aur yahan se poora Madhya Bharat khula padta hai.”
Kamla ne Maharaj ka haath pakad liya.
**Kamla:** “Toh ab kya karna hai swami? Lashkar taiyar hai na? Hamare saaton putra bhi yudh-kushal hain…”
**Vikram Singh:** (muskurahat ke bina) “Lashkar hai, putra hain… lekin yeh Afghan alag hai, Kamla. Yeh log sirf jeetne nahi aate. Yeh lootne aate hain… aur jo unhe pasand aa jaaye, use le jaate hain. Raniyan, rajkumariyan… sab.”
Sugna Devi ki aankhon mein thodi si aag aa gayi.
**Sugna:** “Koi unhe hamari betiyon ko haath nahi lagaane dega. Main khud talwar uthwa lungi agar zarurat padi.”
**Vikram Singh:** “Sugna… baat sirf talwar ki nahi hai. Yeh Sultan bada chalaak hai. Woh seedha yudh nahi karta. Pehle dhamki, phir rishwat, phir tod-phod. Mukhbir ne kaha hai ki usne pehle hi kuch sardaron ko paise dekar humare khilaaf jodne ki koshish ki hai.”
Kamla ne apna sir Maharaj ke kandhe par rakh diya.
**Kamla:** “Toh aap soch rahe hain kya…? Kya hum unse sandhi kar lein? Ya ladne ka irada hai?”
Maharaj ne dono raniyon ko ek-ek karke dekha. Unki aawaz mein thakan thi, lekin ek gehra faisla bhi.
**Vikram Singh:** “Sandhi… shayad. Lekin uski shartein kya hongi, yeh sochkar hi meri rooh kaamp uthti hai. Woh sirf sona-chandi nahi maangega. Woh humari wafaadari maangega… aur shayad kuch aur bhi.”
Sugna ne dheere se kaha:
**Sugna:** “Kuch aur… matlab?”
Maharaj ne aankhein band kar liin.
**Vikram Singh:** “Matlab jo cheez use sabse zyada pasand aati hai. Jawani… aur khoobsurat chehre.”
Kamla ka chehra thoda sa safed pad gaya. Sugna Devi ne apne pati ka haath zor se dabaya.
**Sugna:** “Aisa kabhi nahi hoga, Maharaj. Chandarpur ki raniyan aur rajkumariyan kisi Afghan ke pair nahi dhoyengi. Pehle main mar jaungi.”
Maharaj ne aankhein kholin aur dono ko dekha. Unki aawaz ab bahut dheemi thi.
**Vikram Singh:** “Main bhi yahi chahta hoon, Sugna. Lekin raat ab andheri hone wali hai… aur dushman bahut paas aa chuka hai.”
Antahpur ke us kamre mein thodi der tak khamoshi chha gayi. Sirf diyon ki lau hil rahi thi, aur door se kisi veena ki sargam aa rahi thi… jaise kuch bigadne wala ho.
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Hindustan ke madhya-pradesh mein, Vindhya ki pahadiyon ke beech basа था **Rajya Chandrapur**.
Yeh rajya apne vaibhav ke liye pura desh mein mashhoor tha. Yahan ke khet sone ki tarah lahalahaate the, nadiyan amrit jaisi saaf thin, aur vanon mein haathi, sher aur mrig azaad ghumte the. Rajya ki daulat itni thi ki khazane mein sona-chandi ke dher lage rehte the. Vyapari door-door se aate the — Gujrat se moti, Kashmir se pashmina, Bengali se resham, aur Dakshin se masale. Chandrapur ka bazaar raat din jagmagata rehta tha. Log kehte the — “Yahan gareeb bhi raje jaisa khaata hai.”
Us rajya ka shasak tha **Maharaj Vikram Singh**. Lambi umar, chaudi chhati, safed daadi mein bhi uski aankhon mein wohi tej thi jo jawani mein hoti hai. Usne do shaadiyan ki thin.
**Badi Rani** — Maharani **Sugna Devi**. Umar mein thodi badi, lekin abhi bhi itni khoobsurat ki mahal ki daasiyan bhi usse dekhkar sharma jaati thin. Uske baal abhi bhi kale aur lambe the, jo kamar tak lehraate the. Uska badan bhari hua tha — bade, bhaari mamme, chaudi kamar, aur naram, gol jaanghein. Jab woh chalati thi to uske zevar ki jhankaar pura aangan mein goonjti thi. Uske chehre par ek alag hi shaan thi — jaise woh sirf rani nahi, kisi devi ka roop ho.
**Chhoti Rani** — Maharani **Kamla**. Sugna se kaafi chhoti, jawan aur tezi se bharni hui. Uske badan mein ek alag masti thi. Patli kamar, unche tight mamme, aur woh chaal jo dekhte hi mard ka dil bahka de. Uske honth hamesha thode se khule rehte the, jaise kuch kehna chahti ho. Aankhein gehrin, kaali, aur jab woh kisi ko dekhati thi to lagta tha jaise woh uski rooh tak dekh rahi ho.
Maharaj ke **saat putra** the — sabke sab jawan, balwaan, aur alag-alag swabhav ke. Kuch yudh-kale mein nipun, kuch sangeet mein, kuch rajkaaj mein. Sabke chehre par apne pita jaisi shaan thi.
Aur theen **rajkumariyan** — teenon hi apni-apni tarah se manmohini.
**Sabse badi** — Rajkumari **Indira**. Umar 22. Apni maa Sugna jaisi bhari hui. Lambi, tan-bhari, aur uske har kadam mein ek ajeeb si ghamand. Jab woh mahal ke corridors mein chalti thi to uske resham ke kapde uske badan se chipakte the, aur uske bhaari mamme har saans ke saath upar-neeche hote the. Uske baal hamesha khule rehte the, aur uski aankhon mein ek aisi bhookh thi jo chhupati nahi thi.
**Beech wali** — Rajkumari **Madhavi**. 20 saal ki. Kamla jaisi — patli, tez, aur ek ajeeb si masti se bhari. Uske honth hamesha muskuraate rehte the, jaise woh koi raaz jaanti ho. Uske badan mein ek naram, geeli si garmi thi. Kapde uspar is tarah se padte the jaise woh unhe pehenti nahi, balki woh uske badan se lipte hote the.
**Sabse chhoti** — Rajkumari **Trisha**. 18 ki. Abhi-abhi jawani mein aayi hui. Uska badan abhi bhi thoda kancha tha, lekin din-b-din bhar raha tha. Chhote-chhote, tight mamme, patli kamar, aur woh masoomiyat jo dekhte hi kisi ko bhi pagal kar de. Lekin uski aankhon mein bhi ab kuch badal raha tha — ek aisi uljhan jo har din gehri hoti ja rahi thi.
Mahal khud ek alag duniya tha.
**Chandrapur ka mahal** sangmarmar aur laal pathar se bana tha. Uske mehraabon par sone ki nakkashi thi. Andar ke corridors itne lambe the ki aawaaz goonjti hui door tak jaati thi. Raniyon ke mahal mein soft carpets bichhe the, diwaron par raas-leela ki chitrakari, aur har kamre mein khushboo se bhare diye jal te the.
Sabse sundar tha **Antahpur** — raniyon aur rajkumariyon ka niji mahal. Wahan ke bagiche mein gulab, chameli aur juhi ke phool khile rehte the. Beech mein ek bada sa sheeshe ka talab tha, jisme raat ko chaand apna chehra dekhta tha. Palang itne naram the ki unpar lette hi badan doob jata tha. Diwaron par patle pardon ke peeche se hawa aati thi, jo badan ko chhooti thi jaise koi haath phir raha ho.
Shaam ko jab diye jalte the, toh mahal ke andandar ek ajeeb si garmi fail jaati thi. Raniyon ke zevar ki jhankaar, rajkumariyon ki halki hasi, aur door se aati hui sangeet ki sargam… sab milkar ek aisi fiza banate the jo kisi bhi mard ko behka sakti thi.
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Maharaj Vikram Singh darbaar se uthkar seedha Antahpur mein chale gaye. Unka chehra peela padha hua tha. Taaj abhi bhi sir par tha, lekin uska wazan aaj bahut bhaari lag raha tha.
Dono raniyan uska intezaar kar rahi thin. Badi Rani Sugna Devi ek bade se diwan par baithi thin, paan chabate hue. Chhoti Rani Kamla unke paas hi leti hui thin, unke baal suhane se khule hue.
Maharaj andar aaye to dono uthkar khadi ho gayin.
**Sugna:** “Kya hua Maharaj? Darbaar se itni jaldi? Chehra dekhkar lagta hai koi badi khabar hai.”
Maharaj ne taaj utaara aur bhaari saans lete hue baith gaye. Unhone dono raniyon ko apne paas bithaya.
**Vikram Singh:** “Sugna… Kamla… aaj ek mukhbir ne darbaar mein aakar jo baat batai hai… usse meri neend uda di hai.”
**Kamla:** (thoda saamsamete hue) “Kya baat hai swami? Itna pareshan kyun ho?”
**Vikram Singh:** “Woh Afghan Sultan… jo pichhle do saalon se Sindh aur Uttar Bharat ke ilaakon ko raukhta ja raha hai… usne ab apni nazar Chandarpur par tikayi hai. Mukhbir ne kaha — uske lashkar ne Multan aur uske aaspaas ke saare qile jeet liye hain. Ab woh seedha idhar ki taraf badh raha hai.”
Sugna Devi ka paan haath se gir gaya.
**Sugna:** “Kya…? Itni jaldi? Humne toh suna tha woh abhi Punjab ke ilaake mein uljha hua hai.”
**Vikram Singh:** “Woh tha. Lekin usne wahan ke chhote-chhote raajon ko ya toh jod liya, ya koot diya. Ab uska next nishana hum hain. Chandarpur… kyunki yahan daulat hai, yahan anna hai, aur yahan se poora Madhya Bharat khula padta hai.”
Kamla ne Maharaj ka haath pakad liya.
**Kamla:** “Toh ab kya karna hai swami? Lashkar taiyar hai na? Hamare saaton putra bhi yudh-kushal hain…”
**Vikram Singh:** (muskurahat ke bina) “Lashkar hai, putra hain… lekin yeh Afghan alag hai, Kamla. Yeh log sirf jeetne nahi aate. Yeh lootne aate hain… aur jo unhe pasand aa jaaye, use le jaate hain. Raniyan, rajkumariyan… sab.”
Sugna Devi ki aankhon mein thodi si aag aa gayi.
**Sugna:** “Koi unhe hamari betiyon ko haath nahi lagaane dega. Main khud talwar uthwa lungi agar zarurat padi.”
**Vikram Singh:** “Sugna… baat sirf talwar ki nahi hai. Yeh Sultan bada chalaak hai. Woh seedha yudh nahi karta. Pehle dhamki, phir rishwat, phir tod-phod. Mukhbir ne kaha hai ki usne pehle hi kuch sardaron ko paise dekar humare khilaaf jodne ki koshish ki hai.”
Kamla ne apna sir Maharaj ke kandhe par rakh diya.
**Kamla:** “Toh aap soch rahe hain kya…? Kya hum unse sandhi kar lein? Ya ladne ka irada hai?”
Maharaj ne dono raniyon ko ek-ek karke dekha. Unki aawaz mein thakan thi, lekin ek gehra faisla bhi.
**Vikram Singh:** “Sandhi… shayad. Lekin uski shartein kya hongi, yeh sochkar hi meri rooh kaamp uthti hai. Woh sirf sona-chandi nahi maangega. Woh humari wafaadari maangega… aur shayad kuch aur bhi.”
Sugna ne dheere se kaha:
**Sugna:** “Kuch aur… matlab?”
Maharaj ne aankhein band kar liin.
**Vikram Singh:** “Matlab jo cheez use sabse zyada pasand aati hai. Jawani… aur khoobsurat chehre.”
Kamla ka chehra thoda sa safed pad gaya. Sugna Devi ne apne pati ka haath zor se dabaya.
**Sugna:** “Aisa kabhi nahi hoga, Maharaj. Chandarpur ki raniyan aur rajkumariyan kisi Afghan ke pair nahi dhoyengi. Pehle main mar jaungi.”
Maharaj ne aankhein kholin aur dono ko dekha. Unki aawaz ab bahut dheemi thi.
**Vikram Singh:** “Main bhi yahi chahta hoon, Sugna. Lekin raat ab andheri hone wali hai… aur dushman bahut paas aa chuka hai.”
Antahpur ke us kamre mein thodi der tak khamoshi chha gayi. Sirf diyon ki lau hil rahi thi, aur door se kisi veena ki sargam aa rahi thi… jaise kuch bigadne wala ho.
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