One of the things that are discussed during the Emergency of 1975 is still raised in the famous Jaigarh Fort of Jaipur and unconfirmed stories of exploring treasures. At that time, the news of the search for treasury by the Indira Gandhi government spread so fast all over the world that the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto wrote a letter to Indira Gandhi asking for half of the treasury.
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Where did the treasure come from: Pakistan’s PM Bhutto may have sought a share in the treasury of Jaigarh in 1976, but we have to go back to about 500 years in history to get to the bottom of his letter to Indira Gandhi. In the year 1581, Akbar sent his commander Man Singh to crush the rebel tribes of Afghanistan.
According to the expectation of the Mughal emperor, Man Singh defeated all the rebels and re -established the Mughal rule over Afghan areas. It is said that during this campaign, Man Singh’s Rajput army found a huge treasure in the robbery, but instead of informing Akbar, Man Singh hid the treasure in the Amer Fort. Akbar did not know about this treasure.
How the secret of the treasure opened: After some time a book came in Persian, weeks Tilismat-e-Ambari. Which means the secret of 7 treasures of Amer. It was told in this book that 7 treasures are hidden under 7 ponds in Amer Fort. After this book, the stories of that treasure of Amer became famous. First the Mughals, then the later rulers and even the British tried to find the treasure several times, but no one got anything.
Indira Gandhi vs Maharani Gayatri Devi: India became independent in 1947. At the time of independence, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur was second, who was married to Queen Gayatri Devi. Maharani Gayatri Devi studied at Partho Bhawan of Shanti Niketan, Rabindranath Tagore. At that time Jawaharlal Nehru’s daughter Indira also studied there. It is said that bitterness continued in the relationship between the two. After marriage, Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar became the queen of Jaipur and Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India.
Search for treasure: In 1975, a year after the Emergency came into force across the country, i.e. on 10 June 1976, the Indian Army, Rajasthan Police and Income Tax teams raided Jaigarh Fort in Jaipur. The entire fort was dug and destroyed. Despite the curfew -like atmosphere, the news spread in Jaipur that the army and police are searching for the treasury of Amer on the orders of Indira’s son Sanjay. The question arose that if the treasure is in Amer, then why was a raid in Jaigarh. The answer was that both these forts are connected to each other through a tunnel.
Bhutto’s letter and Indira’s reply: Despite all the efforts of the government, this news spread across Pakistan and then all over the world. Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto wrote a letter to Indira Gandhi on 11 August 1976, reminding of the 1947 agreement and asked for half in the treasury. Indira kept silence at that time. But in November 1976, writing a counter letter to Bhutto, he said that “Dear Prime Minister Bhutto, after talking to his legal team, I found that according to the 1947 agreement, Pakistan has no compulsion to give a share in such a treasure … anyway, no such treasure has been found, so there is no question of giving part.
“Where did the treasure go: Later Indira Gandhi herself said that only 230 kilos of silver was found from Jaigarh Fort. But despite Indira’s statement, many rumors about the treasure in Jaipur are still prevalent. Some people say that the government was found there, which was taken to Delhi and then Switzerland, while according to some stories, the treasury was set up according to the treasury, the city himself was discovered and the city was discovered from the same treasury, according to some stories. Was there but there is no evidence in support of these two stories.