The power of intoxication at times makes the best of a good person into a tyrannical predator. Who crosses the limits of incest and cruelty during his reign. From the past to the present, there have been many such rulers in the world, whose crimes committed in the name of power are inexcusable.
There have been cruel leaders in all times and ages, but the brutality of some leaders is the most dreaded in human history. But if someone called him great, then someone compared him with demons and demons. No matter how much a historian may try to twist these crimes, but orders to get humans alive in a tower made of bricks and cement will be called completely cruel.
Come, let us know from the pages of history about the 10 most cruel leaders of all time.
Attila The Hun
Attila the Hun, Reign : AD 434-453:
After the death of his uncle, Attila the Hun, jointly with his brother Bleda, assumed the throne of the Hunik (Hun) kingdom. The then center of the Hun Empire was centered in present-day Hungary. During his reign, Attila expanded the Hun Empire to present-day Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and the Balkans. Attila also committed a lot of atrocities on the people of the Roman community. Attila often used to say, There, where I have passed, the grass will never grow there.
Chengis Khan
Chenghis Khan, Reign: 1206-1227:
Chenghis Khan lived like a slave in his childhood. During his teenage years, he united the Mongol tribes. After this, he invaded and conquered a large part of Central Asia and China. His style of governance has been described as cruel in the pages of history. Historians say that he massacred people. Genghis Khan also came to India, but after accepting the defeat of Iltumish, the Sultan of Delhi returned only from the banks of the Indus river. He laid the foundation of the Mongol Empire. Chenghis Khan died in 1227.
Taimur, Reign: 1370-1405:
Taimur Lang aka Taimur Langra or Tamerlane invaded India in 1398. He crossed the Indus river and captured Multan and went up to Delhi. Taimur led military campaigns over a large part of western Asia, including modern-day Iran, Syria. In present-day Afghanistan, he built a tower by electing the living to the walls. During his reign, massacres were also conducted to crush the rebels. He followed the path of his ancestor Genghis Khan. He burnt the houses of people who followed other religions. Large-scale looting and selective massacre of Hindus in Delhi, Panipat, Meerut. The honor of hundreds of women was looted.
Queen Mary-I (Bloody Mary), Reign: 1553-1558:
The only child of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, Mary I (Mary Tudor) became Queen of England in 1553 by military invasion and soon returned to Catholicism (after previous rulers supported Protestantism) as the main religion. Founded by and married to a Catholic – Prince Philip II of Spain.
Over the next few years, hundreds of Protestants were put to death for opposing the imposition of Catholicism, and for this the British Queen Mary, also known as the ‘Bloody Mary’. Mary is the first queen to rule England. It was notorious for its persecution of Protestants during the restoration of Roman Catholicism in England.
Vladimir Lenin, Reign: 1917-1924:
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born on April 22, 1870, in the city of Simbirsk on the banks of the Volga River. Vladimir engaged in alleged revolutionary activities from adolescence. Arrived in Siberia after exile from St. Petersburg, and after marriage adopted the name Lenin in 1901. After spending nearly 15 years in Western Europe, he became the leader of the ‘Bolshevik’ faction of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party.
In 1917, in Soviet Russia, armed rebels led by Lenin overthrew the Tsarist government. This is known as the October Revolution. Power had come in the hands of Lenin, but for three years the civil war continued in Russia. During the period of revolution, war, and famine, Lenin neglected the countrymen. He ruthlessly suppressed every voice that rose against him. Lenin died on January 24, 1924. But left behind the ideology of Marxism-Leninism.
Joseph Stalin, Reign: 1922-1953:
Stalin was born in Georgia. He was influenced by Marx since childhood. Stalin also suffered exile because of his alleged revolutionary activities. During this, he lived in Siberia. After Lenin’s death, Joseph Stalin emerged as his successor. Stalin forced accelerated industrialization and collectivization in the 1930s, which was responsible for mass starvation, the imprisonment, and the death of millions in labor camps.
Stalin was not only a communist leader, he was also a dictator. In 1936, 13 Russian leaders were sentenced to death. Stalin is said to have executed 93 out of 139 men of his own party’s Central Committee and 81 out of 103 generals and admirals of the army. Because he feared rebellion. The Soviet Union tested the first atomic bomb during Stalin’s time. Stalin died on March 05, 1953.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler, Reign: 1933-1945:
Adolf Hitler was a dreaded German dictator. During his youth, hatred towards Jews and socialists started growing in his mind. During World War I, Hitler joined the army and fought on the side of Germany. But after the defeat of Germany, he left the army and joined the German Workers’ Party, which later became the Nazi Party. After this, he started inciting people against Jews and socialists. Germany had reached the center of power during the 1930s to 32 when the economic downturn hit Germany.
He declared himself the President and Supreme Justice of Germany. He selectively killed Jews in the name of a strict ban on tobacco. Nazi opponents were imprisoned. The Holocaust of Hitler’s reign was the gruesome genocide in history, in which six million Jews were massacred in about six years. Of these, 15 lakh were only children. By the end of 1941, Hitler’s German Empire included almost all European countries and a large part of North Africa. It is said that around 10 million people were killed by the Nazis under Hitler’s rule.
Mao Zedong, Reign: 1949-1976:
China’s alleged communist Mao Zedong, aka Mao Zedong, placed industry and agriculture in China under state control. Any form of protest against the power was swiftly suppressed. Mao’s supporters state that he modernized China. People say that 40 million people lost their lives through starvation, forced labor, and death sentences because of his policies. The Mao Zedong-Communist revolutionary is also known for his failed socio-political experiments. Despite this, millions of people and most politicians in China respect the ideology of Mao Zedong, who is responsible for the deaths of millions of his own countrymen.
Idi Amin
Idi Amin, Reign: 1971-1979:
General Idi Amin of Ugandan hated Asian people very much. He overthrew the elected government of Uganda through a military coup and declared himself president. During his brutal rule for eight years, he put millions of people to death. That is why he is called “Haivan”, “Daitya” and “Rakshasa”.
It is said about Amin, the enemy of humanity, that he used to drink people’s blood, was fond of eating soft meat. He expelled the Asians from Uganda. That period is called the dark chapter in the history of Uganda. It is also said that he was fond of spending time alone in morgues.
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet, Reign: 1973-1990:
General Augusto Pinochet has been the military dictator of Chile for 17 years. Augusto Pinochet Ugraate was born in 1915. In 1973, Pinochet overthrew the democratic government of Salvador Allende in Chile with the help of a US-backed coup. After this, there followed a period of violence and brutality. Reports say that many people ‘disappeared’ under the regime and 35,000 were tortured.
Civil rights were suspended two days after Pinochet became president, Marxist parties declared illegal. Censorship was imposed by curtailing the rights. He was later arrested in October 1998 while undergoing treatment in the UK. Then, he was extradited. In Santiago, he was accused of human rights abuses, tax evasion, and corruption, and he continued to face charges until his death.