INDIAN
INSTITUTE FOR TRUE HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Newsletter
No. 6 of
Dear Mr
We have now completed 2 years of our existence. There are 20 members in
1. Mr. Godbole (0234-57388)
1.1 Correspondence
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Editors of Des Pardes and Garvi Gujrat requesting them to publish
Godbole's analysis. Mr. B. Patel is to
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Mr. Bhide of R.S.S. Kenya, in appreciation of his Diwali greeting card. |
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Mr. Deshpande, a former UN expert on International Trade. But like many other high ranking Hindus, he
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1.2 The Economist weekly (7 Nov.1981) recently carried a review of John
Keay's new book "India Discovered".
Mr. Keay comes very near to Mr. Oak's findings and yet fails to grasp
the crux of the matter viz the entire concept of Indo Saracenic Architecture is
baseless. A letter was sent to the editor explaining how British Authorities had
consistently suppressed the truth about Taj Mahal and other monuments.
1.3 Due to sad demise of his father Mr. Godbole had to visit
Mr. B. Patel also had to visit
1.4 As stated in Newsletter No. 4, writing up of THE GREAT BRITISH CONSPIRACY
is now complete. This 76 page document sets out the formidable evidence in a
chronological order. Copies were given
to Mr. Oak, Mr. Athavale (
Mr. Godbole's analysis is now being revised.
1.5 Mr. Godbole's analysis of the Taj Legend was published in the December
1981 issue of EKATA, a Marathi monthly from
1.6 After a delay of more than one year Friends of India Society have
expressed their inability to publish Mr. Godbole's analysis.
Research findings
1.7 Rambagh at
The originally painted wall surfaces of the baradari in the Rambagh or
Aram Bagh traditionally ascribed to Babur and later associated also with
Jahangir and Nurjahan had previously been extensively plastered over (by whom
?) The flaking of the plaster revealed
at a few places the underlying paintings, a part of which was carefully
exposed. In the lintel on the baradari to the north a series of spirited and
life like animal figures were noticed. In one of the niches a fine painting of
a lady similar to the so called Madona at Fatehpur Sikri, also came to light
----- (Indian Archaeology 1957-58. Page 83)
Excavation at Rambagh
A red sandstone amalaka of a temple of early mediaeval period was
discovered.
(Indian Archaeology 1976-77 page ^9)
Indian Archaeology is an annual published by the Archaeological Survey
of India. They will go to all lengths
but never admit that Rambagh was a Hindu structure; misused by Mughals.
1.8 Hindu Garden Palaces
---- Again as bearing on the other side of the argument I have now to
mention that, on the right bank of the river about 5 miles above the fort there
is the site of an ancient garden palace called the garden and
(Archaeological Survey of
So there were Hindu garden palaces, centuries before Muslim invaders
come to
1.9 Native Muslims under Alien
Muslim Rulers.
It is a great fallacy that Indian Muslims ruled
1.9.1 Tavernier, the French jewel merchant, famous for his sentence "20,000
men worked on Taj Mahal for 22 years" tells us -
"--- Moreover the chiefs .are generally fugitives from
(Travels in
In Volume II pages 176-177 he says -
"--- I have elsewhere remarked that of the native Muhammadan
subjects of the Great Mogul there are but few in positions of command; this
is the cause why many persians go to seek fortune in India. Being clever they are successful in finding
means to advance themselves in (the profession of) arms, so that in the
Empire of the Great Mogul, as well as, in the kingdoms of
1.9.2 Bernier, the French doctor, who stayed at Aurangzeb's court for
eight years (1658-1665) tells us -
"- The majority of his (Great Mogol's) courtiers are Persians.
---- Moreover the Great Mogol is a foreigner in Hindoustan The court
itself does not now consist as originally, of real Mogols, but a medley
of Usbecs, Persians, Arabs and Turks or descendants from all these
people; known, as 'I said before, by the general appellation of Mogols. It
should be added however that children of the third and fourth
generation, who have the brown complexion, and the languid manner of
this country of their nativity are held in much less respect than new
comers, and are seldom invested with official situations; they consider
themselves happy, if permitted to serve as private soldiers in the infantry or
cavalry. (So what chance did the Indian
Muslims have?)
If the Omrah's life be sufficiently prolonged, he may obtain the advancement
of his children by royal favour, particularly if their persons be well formed,
and their complexions sufficiently fair to enable them to pass for genuine
Mogols.---"
(Travels in Mughal Empire by F. Bernier edited by V.Smith 1914 pp 209 to
212)
1.9.5 When the
Yusuf Adil of Bijapur was a Turk
Kasum Berid of Bidar came from
Kulee Kutub was a Persian.
(Raja Shivachhatrapati by B.M.Purandare.
1974 edition, p34)
1.9.4 Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1977 edition) tells us -
Akbar's administration (1556 to 1605)
The army - Mostly foreign in personnel, Akbar's army was originally
composed of Mongols, Persians, Turks, Uzbeks and Afghans
(Where were the native Indian Muslims?)
(Macropaedia Volume 9 page 58!)
1.9.5 Chief Minister of Nizam of
Ahmednagar was Malik Ambar (1605 to 1626) an Abassynian (Ethiopian)
1.9.6 Gias Beg a Persian came to
Asaf Khan's son Shaista Khan (whose fingers were cut by Shivaji) held
various high offices under Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb.
Shaista Khan's son Buzurg Ummed Khan was Subedar of Bihar (1683-1692)
Mir Shihabuddin was one of high generals of Aurangzeb. He came from
Mirza Miuzz a Persian of Mashhad
married to a sister of Aurangzeb's wife.
He was created Musai Khan and Diwan of the Pay Office Sept 1688. Diwan of
Muhammad Amu Khan came to
Mir Jumla was a similar adventurer. He became Prime Minister of
Golconda. Later on betrayed the King of
Golconda and joined the Mughals in last days of Shahjahan. His son Muhammad Amin Khan Hafiz was made Mir
Bakshi (Chief of all cavalary) by Aurangzeb; and was later made Governor of
Gujrat 1672-1682.
(Ref. Anecdotes of Aurangzeb and Historical Essays by Yadunath Sarkar
published by M.C.Sarkar and Sons 1912)
1.9.7 While describing some of
Aurangzeb's campaigns in the
1682-1707, Historian Setu Madhavrao Pagdi mentions following foreigners
Siege of Vishalgarh.
Muhammad Khan - a Turk of 5000 horse.
He came to
(Ref. Diwali issue of Lokasatta 1977)
1.9.8 Was the first Nizam
(1671-1748) born and brought up in
1.9.9. Nizam All's minister Ghulam Saiyad Khan, called Mushir-ul-mulk came
from
(New History of the Marathas by G.S.Saradesai 1956 Vol.111 pp 281-8)
Aliwardi Khan, a Turk came to
Mir Habib was a clever Persian of Shiraz. He rose to deputy governorship
of Orissa (c 1740)
(New History of the MarathasVol.11 page 221)
The list is endless. What a pity Gandhiji and Nehru did not know this
true history If it is taught; even today, it will have a tremendous
psychological impact on Indian Muslims. Historian Setu Madhavrao Pagdi
delivered a lecture on this subject at a largely Muslim audience at Bhiwandi
(near
Mr. Pagdi !
1.10 Nehru and Sanskrit
Was Nehru ignorant about Sanskrit?
We do not think so. In his book "Discovery of India" he tells
us - (pp 164 to 170)
Vitality and Persistence of Sanskrit
Sanskrit is a language amazingly rich, efflorescent, full of luxuriant
growth of all kinds, and yet precise and strictly keeping within the framework
of grammer which Panini laid down..
--- Sir William Jones observed as
long ago as 1784 "The Sanskrit language is of a wonderful
structure, more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin,
yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity both in the roots of
verbs and in the forms of grammer, than could possibly have been produced by
accident. So strong indeed, that no
philosopher could examine them all without behiving them to have sprung from
some common source which perhaps no longer exists ---"
Practically every
-- Sanskrit is still used for
some ceremonial purposes in
--- Speaking at the Oriental Conference held in 1937 at Trivendrum, Dr.
F.F. Thomas pointed out what a great unifying force Sanskrit had been in
--- Simple spoken Sanskrit is not
very difficult to follow for those who know well any of the present day Indo
Aryan languages - Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujrati etc. Even present day Urdu itself wholly an
Indo-Aryan language, probably contains 80% words derived from Sanskrit. It
is often difficult to say whether a word has come from Persian or Sanskrit, as
the root words in both these languages are alike. Curiously enough, the
Dravidian languages of South, though entirely different in origin, have
borrowed and adopted such masses of words from the Sanskrit that nearly half
their vocabulary is very nearly allied to Sanskrit.
-- It is interesting to note that in modern Thailand when the need
arose for new technical, scientific, and governmental terms, many of these were
adapted from Sanskrit.
-- Pashto, one of the Indo-Aryan
languages derived from Sanskrit is the popular language in the
--- The language of
--- Sanskrit it is well recognised, is allied to the European classical
and modern languages. Even the Slavonic
languages have many common forms and roots with Sanskrit. The nearest approach
to Sanskrit in
P 197 - I.tsing himself a fine scholar in Sanskrit, praises the language
and says it is respected in far countries in the north and south -- (He came
to
Sanskrit scholarship must have been fairly widespread in
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We cannot, therefore, agree with opinions expressed in our annual report
of 1981. If we read "Veer
Savarkar" by Dhananjay Keer (published by Popular Prakashan,
1.11 History Today
Sindhis of Poona (Pune) have recently started Sindhi Cultural and Fine
Arts Foundation. Speaking at the press
conference Mr.Vishnu Shahani said,"We came here as refugees in 1947. Mr. Balasaheb Kher then Chief Minister of
We wish them well ! But we feel
dismayed by their neglect of study of their history and history of
Let us recapitulate the events. Under the Government of India Act of
1935; Sind was separated from
And what happened after formation of Muslim League Government in
(Ref. Presidential address of Veer Savarkar - Tamilnad Hindu Parishad -
Salem 25 March 1940) The same story
continued day in and day out until all Hindus were expelled/ exterminated from
Would our Sindhi brothers awaken even today and support our cause
generously? Would they support the
efforts of re-conversion of Muslims and Christians on a grand scale?
In case you wish to contact Mr. Vishnu Shahani, his address is -
Modern Book Stall
Pune 411001.
2. Mr. Mukesh Patel (01. 452-5900)
His wife recently visited
3. Mr. S.G.Kulkarni (0252-710050)
He wrote to Indian Heritage Society,
He also noticed an article in The Sunday Times of 8 Nov.1981 repeating
traditional lies (Ticket t.o the Taj Mahal) .
Mr. Godbole took up the matter with Mr. Brian Jackman, Travel
Correspondent of The Sunday Times, and suggested that if he wanted to see Taj
Mahal again in view of our research work, it can be arranged. Mr. Jackman replied that should he wish to
write on Taj Mahal again he would take up our offer.
4. Mr. Bhupendra K.Patel (01 203-4408)
Dr. M.M.Gandhi is an influential Gujrati leader in
During his visit to Taj Mahal, last year, Mr. Patel wore a T Shirt with
the slogan "Taj Mahal is Tejo Mahalaya" printed on it. Such an action
is well worth imulating.
5. Information required by Mr. Oak.
(1). Cairo Public Library (
(2). Frontal photograph of sphinx is also required.
(3). On various buildings around Westminster Abbey -there are lotuses
embossed on front entrances. Details of the buildings and photos are required.
(4).
(5). Photographs of following are also required.
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Perambulatory passage
- Garud (Eagle) at front of the Church.
(6). Apparently St Pauls was a Pagan (Vishnu?) temple until 6th
century. Is there such a notice? Further research is needed.
(7). Detailed information is
required on following
Pre-Christian history of
the
Pre-Christian history of
the Romans
Legend of the Lion hearted
If you can help please write to him directly and keep Mr. Godbole
informed.
6. Books to Read
6.1 New History of the Marathas by
G.S.Sardesai,
Veer Savarkar requested famous historian Govind Sakharam Sardesai to
write the History of the Marathas in English, so that Non-Maharashtrians may
read it. This was in 1926. Twenty years
later this book, in three volumes came out (Sardesai was then 80 years old) Second
edition was published ten years later.
There is a copy in
6.2 Veer Savarkar by Dhananjaya Keer; Popular Prakashan,
An excellent biography of a tragic hero of our freedom struggle. Most of the details given in the book are
systematically suppressed by successive-congress governments. It must be read not only by us but by our
progenies as well. There is a copy in
the
6.3
This research work was written by Savarkar when in
In the preface Savarkar writes - It is my great desire that a complete,
extensive, detailed account of this war should be written by Indian writers and
this work of mine should become insignificant before their work. Savarkar's
desire was not fulfilled. Neither
Government of India nor any Historical Society has felt it worth while to
commence such a task. What an ungrateful
nation!
A copy of this book is available in
7. Annual Report 1981
Note - What follows is not a personal criticism of Mr. Oak only his
style.
Our Comments/Suggestions.
7.1 The Annual Report should now be called JOURNAL of our institute
7.2 Name of our institute should be changed to Indian Institute for True
Historical Research.(or some such similar name) as rewriting of history has
usually a sinister meaning in people's minds.
Hitler and Stalin rewrote history to suit their ideologies. We do not want to rewrite history on similar
lines. At the other end many people associate
rewriting history with correcting minor details. For example was Shivaji born in l62? or
1650? Rewriting does not convey the
meaning that we seek sensible interpretation of events using common sense, reason
and logic and insist on fundamental changes in our history.
7.3 The information should be
arranged according to U.C.C.
(Universal Classification Code).
At least following sequence should be
followed -
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News |
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Indian History - Ancient
Mediaeval Modern |
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World History - Ancient
Mediaeval Modern |
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History of Architecture |
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F |
Book Reviews |
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G |
Coming events |
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H |
Institution Affairs i.e. elections, new members, accounts etc. |
7.4 The main purpose of our work is to show how our history has been
twisted and distorted, how it has affected our mentality and how true history
can help us in reducing communal tension, lead to better understanding between
various sections of our society; correct appraisal of present day problems; regenerate
self confidence in ourselves etc.
Mr. Oak should have written few pages on how his view of world Vedic
heritage fits into our purpose of work.
7.5 Lack of continuity -
Our members do not seem to have the patience to see our work through.
Our Annual Report for 1976 carries news of Vishnu's Footprints in Humayun's
tomb. Dr. P.B.Sharma (now at
- Did anybody write to Archaeological Survey
of
- What was their reply ?
We traced the source of this information to a photographic archive in
7.6 We are very disappointed to see that our work has been given no
publicity.
7.7 Irrelevant Matters -
We do not see the relevance of following pieces of information
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Medical computer. Groom dowries. Modern News Agencies |
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Balance of terror |
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An ancient corpse, Shankaracharya Devotees |
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Musk deer; Andamans |
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Cow's Milk, Hindu |
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World war II revenge |
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P31 |
Cold water from hot lands |
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Lakshmi Durg in |
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Earliest recorded eclipse |
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Two centuries of Indian newspapers |
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Historical Humour, Epigrams |
7.8 Greatness of Islam (page
32)
There is no reason why we should feel sorry for the American women. Americans know the true nature of the
Pakistanis. They have been arming Pakistanis for last 30 years with the
deliberate intention of imposing a crippling burden of soaring defence costs on
7.9 Letters to presidents of Institutes of Architects in
The very first sentence is
disastrous - (I am approaching you on a matter which may not be of modern
professional relevance --) Any reader will react - If the matter is not of
relevance today, why bother?
7.10 There should be at least a two inch gap between successive letters.
7.11 Letters in the RIBA journal. Though this journal is read by
thousands of Architects and Historians throughout the world no one has dared to
challenge our letters. This vital information is missing.
7.12 Oriental Roots of Occidental life
Mr. Oak begins,"--- In this paper I propose to lead comprehensive
evidence to prove that from times immemorial up to the commencement of
the Christian era Sanskrit language and the Vedic way of life formed a common
world heritage.---". Such
beginnings abound in Mr. Oak's writing and are at the root of why his work is
not accepted by the scholars.
Does a lawyer begin the defence of his client by saying, "Now I am
going to prove that my client is innocent"? No. He states the events. Gives
his reasons for accepting or rejecting various pieces of evidence; produces his
analysis and then concludes that his client is innocent.
Would a scientist start his paper with the sentence - Now I am going to
prove that there is iron in this sample?
The answer is No. At the most he would say - I have been instructed
to find out if there is iron in this sample. He would then tell us of the various tests he
carried out and then come to his conclusion. If he concludes that iron is
present, he would also carry out some confirmatory tests.
Thus Mr. Oak's style is neither that of a lawyer nor that of a research
scholar (see newsletter No.2) and as a result he does not get the
recognition he deserves. We deplore this state of affairs.
7.15 Some Explanations
(A) The wealth of Hind 1650
(page 38)
In this article (Sir) Yadunath Sarkar describes various sources of
income of Shahjahan but does not tell us
anything about his expenses. This
creates a false impression that everything was fine, just fine under Shahjahan.
-- Encyclopaedia Britannica tells us - Shahjahan raised the land revenue
from 33% to 50%. (Hardly a sign of prosperity!)
See the 1974 edition, volume I
page 384.
-- Another author tells us -
Shahjahan introduced the practice of paying salaries to the mansabdars for only
4 months of the year instead of 12. (i.e. reduced their pay by 70%.- Again not a sign of plenty!)
Ref. - Edwardes and Garrett -
Mughal Rule in
-- Yet another author tells us - Shahjahan reduced the number of court
painters, keeping only the very best and forcing others to seek the patronage
of the princes and the nobles.
(in other words Shahjahan could
not afford to keep the painters of his father's days.) Ref. - Muslim Civilization in
We can give many details like this.
Need we say anything more about Yadunath Sarkar - the historian?
(B) Forced Conversions by Sufis. - (page 44)
Mr. Pagdi's article appeared in the 1979 Diwali issue of SOBAT a weekly
from
8 NEWS
8.1 Financial Help to Mr. Oak -
As suggested in Newsletter No. 2, a sum of Rs. 550 was paid to Mr.
Oak. The contributions were - Mr.
Godbole £ 7
Mr. B. Patel £20
Mr. R. Terparia £ 5
Total
£ 32
We intend to send similar contributions every year. Please send your remittance to Mr. Godbole at
54 Sudeley Walk,
8.2 Change in Telephone
Number
Mr Oak may now be contacted on
8.3 Obituary
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Dattaprasanna Katdare our life
member from Lonavia (near
8.4 Bigotted Historians
Unable to counter our arguments Bamber Gascoigne (TV presentetor of
university challenge) refuses to see us.
He wrote to Mr. Godbole "You can and I have no doubt you will put
me down a bigot ---"
8.5 New Members
M/s S.G.Kulkarni and N.T.Gidwani, friends of Mr. Godbole have joined us.
8.6 Recognition at last
(A) Ekata a Marathi monthly from
(B)
(C) The same issue of Manoos
carries an editorial on front page entitled - Towards true history. In it the editor Mr. Majagaonkar says ---- In
1944/5 many congress leaders denounced Subhashchandra Bose as a puppet of the
Japanese, but it is now revealed that even leaders like Jayaprakasha Narayana ,
and Ram Manohar Lohia were secretly trying to contact Bose. (See article by Shreepad Kelkar in Kesari, daily
from Poona 1 August 1981) and yet the same congressmen denounced Veer Savarkar
as recruiting agent of the British! Bose spoke as the supreme commander of the
I.N.A. on Singapore Radio,"- When due to misguided political whims and
lack of vision almost all the leaders of Congress party have been decrying all
the soldiers of the Indian Army as mercenaries, it is heartening to know that
Veer Savarkar is fearlessly exhorting the youths of India to enlist in the
Armed Forces. These enlisted youths themselves provide us trained men and soldiers
for our Indian National Army
(25 June 1944)---And now after 37 years true history is being
recognised. Government of
8.7 New Centre
We are very pleased to inform you that with 72 members a new centre has
been set up at THANE (near
C/o Dr.
V.V.Bedekar,
Shivashakti,
Dr. Bedekar
Hospital,
Naupada,
THANE
400602
Tel.No.
Bombay 591438
Dr. Bedekar met Mr. Godbole on 4 January 1982,
Yours Sincerely,
Sd/ N T Gidwami