If we imagine the Indian
peninsula as a giant traingle, then its three corners would be
Kashmir to the North-West, Arunachal Pradesh to the North-East and
the Southern Cap as the third corner. Historically the Hindus of
India have imparted great importance to these three corners as if
these were “the sacred corners of India”. Indians have tried
throughout the ages to keep these three sacred corners as independent
territories. The Muslim conquerors of India (both Delhi kings and
Mughals) mainly concentrated on the Northern plains. Mughals did
annex Kashmir but the other two corners remained out of reach for
them. Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir (ruled from 1658 to 1707) led
military expeditions in the South and in the North-East and brought
(temporarily) huge tracts under his control but at that time the
Mahrattas had established a barrier in the Central-India against any
expansion to the Southern most tip. Let us examine this “sacred
corners theory” in a little detail.
