INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INTO TRUE HISTORY

Newsletter No 28 of 16 October 1995

1 News and current affairs

1.1 Change of telephone numbers

Mr Godbole can now be contacted on 01234 357388 (home) and

0171 200 2512 (office)

1.2 Taj Mahal and the Great British Conspiracy

* All the work is now on a computer disc. A copy of the disc was sent to Viarj

Sardesai for spread on Electronic Mail in America.

* Four friends have promised a total of Rs 20,000 for publication, If you too want to help, it will be welcome. Publication will start as soon as possible.

1.3 Why Rewrite Indian History ?

Copies of this booklet are available from Mr Godbole.

1.4 The Falsity of Indo-Saracenic Architecture

Mr Godbole has typed all his notes. They need extensive editing. He needs a list of Hindu structures : temples, forts, palaces etc where semicircular or pointed arches, and domes are employed. Please write to him if you have details of such examples.

1.5 Taj Mahal: Facts and Fantasies

One slide show was arranged on 31 July at Rudolph Stiener School, Kings

Langley, Berkshire. 180 RSS workers who had gathered for a one week

camp, attended. Of these 150 were youngsters and 30 were elderly officials.

It was a hot sticky evening, but the show went well. As a result of this show

Mr Godbole met RSS officers from Patna, Baroda, Jaipur, Karnavati

(Ahmedabad ), and Holland

1.6 Around London Tour of places associated with Indian freedom fighters

Two such tours took place

• First one was on 18 June. Eight RSS workers of Leeds came in their minibus, five of Mr Godbole's friends also attended - Mr Tawari came from Peterborough, Mr Jahagirdar came from Southampton.

• Second tour was on 12 August. Twelve people attended, five were visitors from India, Mr Bhirang came from Southend on Sea. Mr Thakur came from Seven Oaks. Though it was a hot day (temperature 30 degrees centigrade) everyone enjoyed the tour. At 65 Cromwell Avenue, where Savarkar lived for three years, the owner of the ground floor flat Mr Robin Leanse became curious about our tour. He even extended his hospitality and invited us in his flat. We visited the living room where Savarkar and other friends dreamed of free India. Mr Hemant Padhya took many pictures. Mr Leanse is now interested in joining in one of our tours.

• Mr Malhar Kulkarni, a Ph D student of Pune University came to London for his work. He contacted Mr Godbole and went around some of the places on our tour on 17 September.

• Visitors from America have to wait for 9 to 10 hours at Heathrow Airport when they are on the way to India. They can easily visit some of the places associated with our freedom fighters in London.

If you can help in furthering this cause please contact Mr Godbole.

A query has been made for such a tour by Mr Pandav of Chicago. A six page leaflet was sent to him. This will enable any tourists from America to visit on their own.

• A video of the tour has been made. Modifications have also been made by Mr Padhya. It is expected that another attempt will be made in January 1996. It would then be considered satisfactory for general release. Mrs Godbole of Rochdale has prepared an audio cassette of whole Vande Mataram for use in this video.

1.7 British attitude and Indian attitude.

1.7.1 A BRITISH MURDERER

Nicholas Ingram a British born convicted murderer was finally sent to the electrical chair in America on 8 April 1995. He was electrocuted at Jackson in Atlanta, Georgia state. No one said that he was innocent or that he did not get a fair trial. One can understand his mother appealing against the death sentence. But look at the publicity in British papers and on TV and Radio! Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Carey also appealed - why? because Ingram was British!

Ann Campbell, Labour M.P from Cambridge raised the matter in the House of Commons. 70 MPs signed a motion asking for a pardon. And John Major the British Prime Minister had time to answer to two of Mrs Ingram's letters.

WHEN WAS SUCH CONCERN SHOWN BY THE NEHRUS AND GANDHIS FOR INDIANS?. Now you know why the British love them so much.

No one asked the question - But why did Ingram go to America in the first place? Now he must suffer or argued that he knew there was a death penalty in America, so why did he go there? Such questions are asked only by Indians.

1.7.2 HOSTAGES IN KASHMIR

On 7 July it was announced on radio that five mountaineers were kidnapped in Kashmir by Muslim terrorists. They were trekking in hills which the Foreign Office had declared a No Go Area. But the BBC presenter asked its reporter in India

" What is the Government of India doing about seeking release of these hostages? " Instead of asking " why on earth the mountaineers went to an area where two earlier kidnappings had taken place ? why did they go there in the first place ?

We must learn to be suspicious about such events. It may well be that these hostages are spies for western governments. They may be in league with their kidnappers. They may have deliberately gone there and arranged to be kidnapped to give publicity to so called grievances of Kashmir! Muslims. After all, our friendly paper the Guardian wrote in its editorial on 15 August 1995

"A degree of autonomy for Kashmir would help."

Had Indians been caught in a similar situation it would not have made headlines in the newspapers to start with. If it did the editors would have said " we did not ask them to go there. Now they must suffer."

1.7.3 ENDING OF WORLD WAR II

The British, with the help of Americans and the Russians won the Second World War 50 years ago. They celebrated that occasion on 19/20 August. Fine. But why a VE (Victory in Europe ) day for Germany's surrender but a VJ (Victory over Japan ) day for defeat of Japan? instead of a VP (victory in the Pacific) day?. Ah, that is simple. Japan is an Asiatic nation. Their defeat must be specifically mentioned.

The irony was that it was the Americans who defeated Japan not Britain. Once again the British made so much fuss about the suffering of their Prisoners of War ( PoWs ) held by the Japanese. But nobody asked the question," Why did the British soldiers go to Burma or Singapore in the first place? They went there to maintain the British Empire. So why should they complain when things turned out badly? " How many Indians had even thought of this question ? let alone ask.

1.7.4 YET ANOTHER BRITISH CRIMINAL

Nick Leeson, a trader made his employer Barings International Bank bankrupt by his shady deals in Singapore. After the collapse of the bank he made his way to Germany. Now he has the audacity to say," I want to be tried in Britain. I would not get a fair trial in Singapore!" And no reporter has said to him," You went to Singapore to enjoy life. You gambled, broke the law. Now you must suffer the consequences." His wife Lisa says," Nick is a British citizen, Barings is a British bank. It was British investors' money that was lost, so why not British Justice? "

( Daily Telegraph 13 Sept 95, p 29 )

1.8 Visitors

Prof. Shreenivas Tilak teaches Indology at Montreal University, Canada, He

stopped in London on his way to Durban, South Africa. He attended a Hindu

conference there. In London he met Mr Godbole on 6 July.

Dr Vijay Bedekar attended an international conference on the science of

museums, in Norway. On his way back to India he stayed at Mr Godbole's

home for a week in July.

1.9 Hindu Awakening at last?

Sangh Sandesh of July/August 1992 carried an appeal from Mr Varma. He says -

SIGNALS FROM THE PAST - AN APPEAL FOR MATERIAL FOR PARTITION - TIME HISTORY

The freedom struggle in India came to an end with the independence and partition of the country (in 1947 ) where the lives of 30 million Hindus ( Sikhs and Buddhists included ) were put to danger. .....Pakistan came into being and millions of people were killed or had to leave their hearths and homes and lead a life of refugees in this country (i.e. India )..... people had to face a humiliating plight, were tortured or converted to Islam : ..how many mothers and sisters had to set themselves ablaze, drown themselves in wells or had to drink poison :. how bravely the people fought to save their honour and dharma ....all this has to be properly recorded.

There was treachery, injustice and torture on one side and bravery, sacrifice and dedication to ancestral heritage on the other. That the saga of those incidents may not be lost to posterity, a project for collection of all material (incidents and facts) connected with partition has been taken up under Shree Baba Saheb Apte Smarak Samiti.........

At the end Mr Varma rightly says," These signals from the past will become directives for the future and to ensure that such incidents are never repeated again."

Mr Varma's address is :-

D N Varma

Secretary, Bharat Vibhajan Samagri Sankalan

Keshav Kunj

Jhandewala

Deshbandhu Gupta Road

New Delhi 110055

India

1.10 We are treated badly by others, but do we deserve better ?

1.10.1 Mr Laxman Govind Toye was an Architect. He published his

autobiography in Marathi in March 1993 entitled mee ek vastukalakar

On page 144 he tells us about Gandhi memorial in New Delhi. He says that he won a prize of Rs 4,000 for his design. But what kind of monument had he

mind? How does he portray Gandhi's treachery and betrayal of Hindus? his

constant capitulation to Muslim demands, his callous attitude to Hindu

(including Sikhs ) refugees who sought shelter wherever they could find including houses of Muslims who had gone to Pakistan ? His perverse logic in forcing Nehru and Patel to pay Rs 55 crores to Pakistan ? Mr Toye is conveniently silent on these questions. He was 24 years old at the time of Gandhi's assassination.

And as if this was not enough he shamelessly says that he even submitted a proposal for Jinnah's tomb in Pakistan!. Not only did he commit such a treacherous act he says so as if it was a matter of pride! (pp 145/146)

1.10.2 We came across a letter published in The New York Times of

7 December 1988. It is by one Dipen Bhattacharya of Durham. He talks of We

Bangladeshis. Hindus have been hounded out of that country ever since 1947

even when it was East Pakistan. The writer is obviously one of those who fled to India and then to America. And yet he is proud to be a Bangladeshi!. He says," Since its independence in 1971 Bagnladesh has ...... It has also been incapable of challenging neighbouring countries, especially India, to shoulder their part of the flood control problem."

Why should others treat us Indians any better ?

2 Historical findings

2.1 MUSLIM GRAVES

British newspapers carried an interesting news item on 14 January 1994.

The Sun reported " Council's Gaffe on Graves of Muslims "

Two hundred Muslims have been buried facing the wrong way at a council

cemetery in a blunder costing thousands of pounds. An Islamic priest was horrified when he visited the graveyard and discovered the bodies did not look east towards Mecca. .....Noreen Baker, chairman of the cemeteries committee

(Nottingham City Council) said :' We were given wrong advice.

We don't know who was responsible'

Sufi Ramzan, Spokesman for Nottingham Islamic Centre said :' What has happened was a sin but it was forgiven because it was not deliberate. We did not ask for bodies to be exhumed and reburied. We don't wish to disturb human remains.'

And yet historians want us to believe that the body of Mumtaz was exhumed after six months burial at Burhanpur, taken to Agra, kept in another temporary grave, and reburied in Taj Mahal!

2.2 WARTIME BRITAIN

The Daily Telegraph carried an article by Mr W F Deedes on 7 April 1995. He

wrote :- The rose coloured myths of wartime.

As VE-Day approaches, a wistful thought will pass through many minds,

particularly elderly ones. If only this country could somehow summon the will, the character, the virtues, which we displayed throughout the Second World War, how splendid it would be. During those years, so the thinking goes, we were a united nation, of one mind and purpose. Many of our young men became warriors. And even those who did not join the colours gave their best to the war

effort.

This portrait of ourselves at war, shortly to be reinforced by countless black and white photographs of smiling air raid wardens, gallant girls in the Women's Land Army, East End crowds cheering Winnie, and the Queen in overalls, takes a hard knock from what the Central Statistical Office seems to think an appropriate contribution to 50th anniversary celebrations.

Sadly, we were not all that virtuous. Criminals, it seems, could spare enough time from their war effort to raise the crime rate by half as much again between 1939 and 1945. Breaking and entering offences soared from 11,714 in 1939 to 21,260 in 1945 - mainly, it is disclosed as a result of looting of bombed properties. Yes the bodies of those killed in the Blitz were also looted.

The divorce rate soared. Those of us who censored soldiers' letters home know the reason why. A great many wives found separation from husbands locked into the Services impossible to bear. They sought and found consolation elsewhere. It became very hard on soldiers who received an inkling of this in the course of battle, when the mail from home came in. Those of us reading their anguished letters had insight into that.

In our corner of the battle for Europe, we counted heavily on the Sherman tank which was rolling off America's assembly lines. Privately, American citizens kitted out these tanks with every imaginable aid and comfort before they sailed for Europe. There were binoculars and map cases and hard chocolate and much else. So thoroughly were these Shermans looted by dockers over here when they arrived that only when a tank accidentally came through intact did we spot anything amiss.

I have described elsewhere how just after D-Day London dockers refused to load our motor battalion's unfamiliar half-track vehicles - also provided by America - on grounds that no rate had been prescribed for the work. No rate, no loading. So we loaded them ourselves, and a third of them sank before reaching the shores of France.

There were plenty of strikes, and strong male resistance to the growing labour force of women. Farmers served the nation splendidly, but even they had their funny little ways. War profiteers were not confined to our industrial cities.

By no means everybody accepted the increasingly stringent rations prescribed by the Ministry of Food. Those who could afford it paid for more than their share.

There was much urgent war work which was commissioned and paid for on the basis of " cost plus " - which meant that the manufacturer charged what he thought fit - with a margin for profit added and unchallenged. ....War offered more

temptations than peace to what we later came to know as the "spiv " Shortages breed rackets. I suspect there was less violent crime than there is today, but short of that, crime and dishonesty flourished, not least because policemen had too much else to do.

So how have we come through the last 50 years in the undiminished glow of those sunny posters which the Ministry of Information circulated as war-time propaganda? Most people under 60 have been brought up on this myth of a selfless, crimeless nation, dedicated to the defeat of Nazi Germany, alongside which John Major's Britain of today looks downright shabby, some would say decadent......

Of course, the war produced fine human qualities which are not much cultivated in peace. Some of its phases, the Battle of Britain, El Alamein, D-Day and much more will always shine in the pages of history. But this is a good moment to remember that the men and women in their uniforms who plunged into bombed buildings to rescue children, who defused bombs, or parachuted into occupied territory, are still with us.

Then we extolled our virtues. Now we parade our vices. Human nature does not alter much. We should take note of what Fighting with Figures belatedly reminds us of - and cheer up.

[ Fighting with Figures published by HMSO price £19.95 ]

3. How history gets twisted/ falsified even today

3.1 HOW THE BRITISH TREATED SAVARKAR.

Government of India produced a documentary on Veer Savarkar in 1984. It is well done in many respects. But we noticed three serious blunders -

(A) Internment in Ratnagiri [1924-37]

In 1924 Savarkar was released from prison on two conditions that -

(1) he will stay in Ratnagiri

(2) he will not take part in politics.

Both conditions were applicable for 5 years only. But the British administration kept on increasing the limit every two years. Eventually when Provincial Autonomy was granted, it was Jamnadas Mehta who secured unconditional release of Savarkar in 1937. The wickedness of the British does not come out in the film.

(B) The film also shows Savarkar writing on prison walls in Andaman Islands

(Kalapani), as if by permission of the prison authorities. What is the truth?

As a prisoner Savarkar was not allowed to keep any paper or pencil. To do so

was a punishable offence. One day he had an brilliant idea. Why not use the

prison wall ? So he started to write with a thorn of a tree - even that was an offence - and his elder brother was indeed punished for such an offence!

From time to time Savarkar was transferred from cell to cell. All the writings on the wall had to be memorised.

(C) Normally any prisoner would be allowed to settle outside the prison ( but

on Andaman Island ) after serving 5 years. Savarkar brothers were denied that facility even after 11 years - that was the barbarity of the British. Political prisoners were treated worse than dangerous murderers. The film producer simply states that due to increased public demand Savarkar was released from Andaman Islands in 1921.

3.2 PRISON CONDITIONS OF SAVARKAR / TILAK / NEHRU

In his biography of Lokamanya Tilak, Dhananjay Keer writes," Modern Indian

literature, especially its bright part, is much indebted to British tyranny over India. It made India richer in one way. By sending Tilak, Savarkar and later Nehru to gaol, Government inspired these great men to write great works. Tilak's Gita Rahasya and the autobiography of Nehru have attained world-wide publicity, and though equally important are Kamala and Gomantak, parts of the epic planned by Savarkar, they could not gain world-wide publicity as they are in Marathi."

( Lokamanya Tilak, 1969, p 329 )

This creates a false picture of writings under similar conditions. Let us look at the facts.

1. Tilak, aged 52 was transported to Mandalay in Burma in September 1908 The distance from Mumbai ( Bombay ) to Mandalay is 2600 miles by sea and train. His cell was 20 by 50 ft and its immediate isolated compound measured 130 by 50 ft in which Tilak was allowed to move freely in daytime. .... Apart from Kulkarni, a convict who cooked Tilak's food, he was kept in complete isolation. He suffered from dyspesia, diabetes and hernia. ... He was not allowed to read any newspapers of any kind. True, he was allowed to order his books from Pune. ....As the summer climate of Mandalay affected his health, he appealed to the Bombay Government in April 1910 to remove him to any place like Andamans which was cooler than Mandalay. But his appeal was turned down. ( so terrible was the heat)...

He wrote his Gita Rahasya during November 1910 and March 1911

( Lokamanya Tilak by Keer 1969, pp 320-329 )

Tilak himself wrote,"... For some time, only four books were allowed to be kept with me at a time. ....I protested and said I needed other books for reference....... My application was granted. ......They would not give me loose papers for writing. Only bound books with numbered pages were given. No ink and pen, but only pencils were given. No penknife was allowed and the pencils were mended for me by the jailer's peon. Ink and pen were only supplied when the monthly letter to Poona was to be written. "

( Bal Gangadhar Tilak by T V Parvate, 1972, pp 304/5 )

Savarkar's jail conditions were even worse than Tilak's. He was transported for life twice, to Andaman Islands. Distance from Mumbai ( Bombay ) to Andaman Islands is 1400 miles. True, Savarkarwas 28 years old when he arrived on Andaman in July 1911. But until his return to India in May 1921 he endured hard physical labour. He could not get any paper or pencil. His poems were written on prison walls by thorns - with constant fear of prosecution. When walls were whitewashed the poems were lost. So, they had to be learned by heart.

Such were the conditions under which Savarkar's poetry was born.

Jawaharal Nehru benefited from the sacrifices and struggles put up by earlier political prisoners. In 1930-31 he was arrested. But he enjoyed the status of 'A' class prisoners. He faced none of the hardships or deprivations faced by either Savarkar or Tilak. And what did he write? His own biography! That does not require any research or study. It was published in 1936 by John Lane of London. So, there was no difficulty in finding a publisher in London.

It is surprising that a scholar like Mr Keer should make such a grossly unfair

comparison.

3.3 INDIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857

We explained in our Newsletter 22 of 16 February 1993 that the British authors did not use the term Sepoy Mutiny to describe the events of 1857. Unfortunately it is the Indian authors who do so. And yet in Samagra Savarkar (complete works of Veer Savarkar) Balarao Savarkar has printed ( vol 1 Shatruchya shibirat page 160 )" In London Savarkar read the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 by Kaye and Malleson!"

Why blame others that they twist and falsify Indian history ?

Government of India banned Savarkar's book in 1909. But the order clearly refers to a book on Indian Mutiny.

Even Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan, the Muslim separatist wrote a book in 1858 entitled," causes of the Indian Revolt "

As we publish this newsletter, Balarao Savarkar has agreed to make

corrections in future editions of Savarkar's books.

4 Behaviour of Christians and Muslims today

4.1 MUSLIM FANATICISM

Algeria

on 5 May 1995 Michael Binyon Diplomatic Editor of the TIMES wrote,

" Algerian militants threaten to kill women."

Hundreds of thousands of wives, mothers and daughters of the troops, police and government servants fighting the Muslim militants in Algeria have been put under a virtual death sentence by an extremist group that has publicly threatened to kill them.

The Armed Islamic Group ( GIA), most violent of the Islamic fundamentalists fighting the Algerian military Government, published its warning in a communiqué to a London-based Arab newspaper. Previous warnings of terrorist action have usually been followed by bomb explosions and assassinations.

The warning, issued to women on Wednesday, was published in al-Hayat, and threatened to kill all women associated with the regime who failed to wear a veil or insisted in acquiring an education instead of remaining closeted in their homes.

The warning, signed by Abu Abdallah Ahmad, the group's leader, said that every woman still married to an "atheist" risked death. Fundamentalists define atheists as all those who advocate secularism or do not subscribe to their draconian interpretation of Islam.

" Every renegade's wife must leave him because the marriage is considered annulled without the involvement of a judge, because of his (the husband's ) heresy." It added," Every man who, after the publication of this statement, marries a woman under his authority off to a renegade - whether it is his daughter, his sister or his mother - leaves her exposed to death and himself to torture."

The GIA has consistently advocated ruthless violence and called for a strict Islamic state in which women would play no political or social role. Women have frequently been the targets for GIA killings and more than 20 have been murdered because they refused to accept a " temporary marriage " to Muslim fighters [ There is such a thing as a temporary marriage acceptable to Islamic Fundamentalists.]

Al-Hayat, owned by Saudi interests, is one of the most influential of the pan-

Arab newspapers.

4.2 ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

Pakistan

On 7 July Ahmed Rashid reported from Islamabad for the Daily Telegraph. He

says," Pakistan tries to end reign of terror."

Pakistan is waiting to see if talks between the government and the main opposition group in Karachi can bring the spiralling violence in the city to an end. The stability of the government of Prime Minister Benesir Bhutto and the country's badly-hit economy are at stake.

The Muhajir Quami Movement, the party of Urdu-speaking migrants from India, whose militants have plunged Karachi into the worst month of violence the port city has ever endured, has said it will send a delegation to Islamabad on Sunday to begin talks with the Bhutto government.

The talks, expected to start yesterday, were postponed after the movement's leaders said they had to consult their chief, Altaf Hussain, who is in exile in London. Islamabad has asked Interpol for Mr Hussain to be returned, but lack of an extradition treaty between Britain and Pakistan makes its unlikely that he will be forced to get back to Pakistan soon. More than 1,000 people have been killed this year in violence between heavily armed militants and police and paramilitary troops in Karachi The deaths include 334 people killed in June, the most since 1988 when the movement first began its campaign for a greater share of political power, jobs and Development funds in the commercial capital.

The Bhutto government depends heavily on support from Sindhis, the majority ethnic group in Sind province of which Karachi is the capital. In the past, powerful Sindhi politicians have sabotaged talks between the government and the Quami movement militants. The movement denies it is behind the violence and accuses the government of repression. Mr Hussain recently demanded the division of Sind province and the creation of a new Muhajir province. This is unacceptable to most Pakistanis because it revives memories of the dismemberment of the country in 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh from the then East Pakistan.

The violence increased at the end of June when militants closed off many areas to security patrols with road blocks and constant sniping. Using rocket launchers and machine-guns they attacked trains, bombarded a television station and other government buildings, set fire to more than 1,000 vehicles and hit an airforce transport plane. More than 100 security personnel have been shot dead by the militants. In several Karachi suburbs, citizen were without food or regular water and electricity supplies for over a week. In pitched battles this week, involving several thousand paramilitary soldiers with armoured cars, and hundreds of militants, the MQM was pushed out of most of its suburbs. But the violence is unlikely to end soon. ...... The government has taken other extreme measures to end the violence. On June 28, the Sind provincial government banned six Urdu-language newspapers in Karachi for spreading rumours, but the ban was dropped on Wednesday night.

So much for the Islamic Brotherhood of man! The picture has not changed for last ten years. Mr Godbole travelled to Karachi in December 1986. The fighting between the militants and armed forces was just as bitter as today.

4.3 MUSLIMS IN ENGLAND

Sandra Laville reported for the Evening Standard on 11 May 1995 :

WARNING AS LONDON RACE BATTLE IS FOILED

Community leaders and a senior police officer warned today that national

tensions between militant groups of Sikh and Moslem youths would erupt on the streets of London after stepping in to stop a planned battle between nearly 1,000 Asian youths.

Two hundred police officers, some with riot shields and batons, were called in yesterday to keep hundreds of Moslems and Sikhs apart during the second biggest festival on the Moslem calendar, the Eid Yi Adha, in Southall Broadway.

Twenty-five youths were arrested when clashes broke out over an 11-hour period during the celebrations.

4.4 RACIST MAIL BOYCOTT

The Independent reported on 15 August 1995 :-

Erfurt - Residents in Germany have forced a postman to change his job because they refused to accept letters delivered by a black man and complained to the authorities about him. Postal officials said residents from three villages in the southern Thuringia district protested orally and by letter at being brought their post by Julius Zime, who is from Mozambique and married to a German.

5. Victorian Britain

BBC2 carried a series called FORBIDDEN BRITAIN. More about it in the next

newsletter.

6. Why we cannot tell the truth

The Daily Telegraph reported on 8 September 1994 :-

CIA woman ' victimised for reporting on bosses '

A woman intelligence officer is claiming the CIA ruined her career because she reported her top deputy for wife beating, and security breaches by others. In an unusual sex discrimination suit, the woman claimed CIA officials retaliated against her, beginning in 1991, by denying her promotion and smearing her by falsely accusing her of misconduct.

The suit is remarkable because of the explicit nature of complaints. Although pseudonyms are used in the complaint, it is clear the accessions are aimed at senior officers. The woman identified as " Jane Doe Thompson " joined the CIA in 1968 and still works in its clandestine service, which recruits and handles spies abroad. The suit was filed in the district court in Alexandria, Virginia in July but was sealed because of security concerns. An unclassified and censored copy of the complaint was released on Tuesday.

We are all scared for our jobs. So are Indian historians who refuse to

face truth about Taj Mahal.

7. Acknowledgement

We are grateful to the following for their help :-

• For posting copies of our newsletters in India

Dr Bedekar of Thane, India

• For making copies of our newsletters and distributing them to friends:-

An anonymous friend from Pune, India, Dina Nath Behl of London, Raj Vora

of Dombivali, India (44 copies ), Viraj Sardesai of USA.

• For distributing copies of Why Rewrite Indian History? and Mr Godbole's

book on Taj Mahal to friends in America

Mr S Kale of London. ( 5 copies of each book )

• For arranging slide shows on Taj Mahal :-

Mr Sudhir Patel of Leicester.

• For arranging Around London Tour

Kishor Dhabi of Leeds ( our gratitude to Manohar Rakhe of London for

providing refreshments in the morning and lunch in the afternoon for 15

guests)

• For editing the video of Around London Tour :-

Hemant Padhya of Milton Keynes.

• For donating £5 for our cause :-

Mrs Dipali Ghosh of London.

• For arranging a collection of $200 for the publication of Mr Godbole's book

Taj Mahal and the Great British Conspiracy -

Viraj Sardesai of USA.

8. Publicity and Appreciation

Dr N K Bhide of Pune wrote that he heard someone praising our Around

London tour.

Sangh Sandesh of July / August 1995 carried an article by A S Kulkarni on

God bole's Around London tour

Please help by :-

* acknowledging the receipt of this newsletter to the following address

Mr V S Godbole

14 Turnberry Walk

Bedford

MK41,8AZ

UK

* sending money to Mr Godbole (in pound sterling or Indian rupees )

* making 5 copies of this newsletter and sending them to your friends.

* circulating this newsletter among your friends.

* trying to get parts of this newsletter published in various newspapers, magazines and periodicals

* arranging slide shows by Godbole at various social functions.