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Supplementary Affidavit
In
Support of
Civil
Misc. Writ Petition No.
of 2004
(Under Article
226 of constitution of India)
(District – Agra)
Institute of Rewriting Indian
History Through its Founder President, P. N. Oak.
S/O Late Shri Nagesh Krishna Oak, R/O - Plot No. 10, Goodwill Society,
Aundh, Pune – 411007 and another
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Union of India through Secretary,
Human Resources
and Development (HRD.),
Government of
India, New Delhi. And others
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This is What
which is written by Archeological Survey
of India (ASI) has written outside and inside of Taj Mahal Building For Making
The World to live in Foolish Paradox of Falsehood
The Taj
Mahal (As displayed On Marble Stone
Planted Out Side Taj Building )
The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shahjahan ( reign
1628-1656 AD) . Grand Son of Akbar ,the Great in the memory of his Queen
Arjuman Bano Begum, entitled “ Mumtaj Mahal”. She was niece of emperors Noor
Jahan and grand daughter of Mirza gihas Beg “ Etmaudola “ Vajeer of emperor
Jahangir, She was born in 1593 and was married to Pricne Khurram ( Shahjahan)
in 1612.She died in 1631 on the birth of the child at Burhanpur, where she was
tempering burried . Six months later, her body was transferred to Agra and
finally enshrined in the crypt of main tomb. Shahjahan who died in 1666 was
also borried here- The Taj Mahal is the Mausoleum of both Mumtaj Mahal and
Shahjahan originally styeed as “
Roza-e-Munaware” and “ Roza-I- Mumtaj Mahal”. Gradually it become famous as Taj
Mahal and Aj-bb-Ka Roza. (The Garden Tomb of Taj Queen).
It is cited on the right bank of river YAMUNA at a point where it take
sharp turn and flow east ward. This location has a correct orientation for the
adjunct the mosque. Minimum thrust of water and, above all. A large nature lake
to provide it with a protective cover of masture. The river with 30 feet deep
clean water was the constituent of its original design.
It’s land was acquired in lieu
of four HAVELIES. The construction begin from the foundation wells were let to
support the huge building. Artitions were requisitioned from the whole of the
empire and from central Asia and Iran, while bricks from internal scalton
were locally made. While marble for
external surfaces were obtained from
Makrana. It was completed in 1648 in 70 years. At the cost of about Rs. 4 Crore
( 40 milions) when Gold was sold at Rs.15/- Tola (11.66 Grams).
In all it covers an area of 60 Bighas. As terrian gradually sloped from
south to north towards the river, it is laid out descending terraces at the
southern point in the four courts in the main gate infront of tombs of
Akabarabadi Begum and Fatehpuri Begum. The two other queens of Shahjahan on its
south corner on the second terraces in a spacious Charbagh Garden divided into
four quarters by broad shallow canals, with wide walk baway and cypress avenue
on the sides. They are studded with fountains which were fed by over head water
tank situated in the adjoining Bagh Khan-I- Alam.
The main tomb is placed at the
north edge of the garden. It intigrated the Taj in blue sky and provided it a
beautiful natural back ground, which was constantly changing from sun rise to
mid-night. The changing colours of sky descended softly on its white marble and
looked ever new at every moment. This newness the secrete of its beauty. The
main tombs was designed under.
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Supplementary
Affidavit
In
Support of
Civil
Misc. Writ Petition No.
of 2004
(Under Article
226 of constitution of India)
(District – Agra)
Institute of Rewriting Indian
History Through its Founder President, P. N. Oak.
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Aundh, Pune – 411007 and another
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Human Resources
and Development (HRD.),
Government of
India, New Delhi. And others …………...Respondents
The Taj Mosque and Jam’ at
Khanah (1631-48) ( as Displayed inside Taj Building)
The Taj Mosque is built on a reside platform on the western side of the
main, white Marble tomb and its exact replica is there on its eastern side in
perfect symmetry. The eastern building is called ‘ Jamat- Khanah’ as ‘ Mehman –
Khanah’. It is not worthy that, more than fulfilling the need of a house of
prayer and a house of assembly, these identical building flank the main tomb
effectively and help to present the white marble monument in an aesthetic
setting, and thus do they from an integral part of the Taj design.
The facade of the mosque is composed of a central Iwan, flanked on
either side by a single arch entrance, almost half the dimensions. Ornamental
arches have been framed above these sides arches. Octagonal towers attached to
the corners are surmounted by octagonal chhatris, while the turrents attached
to the quoins of the Iwan and the side arches are growned by pinnacles. The
interior is composed of three bays which are roofed by three bubous domes. The
central one on the have being larger. Padmakosh and Kalash finials have been
used to crown them as usual the domes, chhatries and pinnacles combine to make
up a beautiful super structure. Dados have carved naturalistic plant designs.
The rest of the mural space, including the ceiling is either panelled to bear
ornamental cartouches or finished with incised painting in red and white
colours, n highly stylished design. Through it is built of red sandstone, white
marble has been used on a large scale, e.g. on the domes and cupolas of the
chhatries, and in the spandrels of the arches inlaid with rare polychrome stone
the total effect is simple, yet graceful.
The jamat Khanah on the eastern side is exactly similar to the mosque
except that it does not have a mihrab (central niche denoting the direction of
the Kabah), Minbar (pulpit) musallas (arches space marked in the pavement),
zenana (ladies) sections enclosed by marble railin Quranic inscriptions or tank
(hauz) in its front. But it has a curious historical records made in stone. At
the northern end of its platform, in its front, is inlaid, by Black marble an
exact replica of the Kalash final which crowned the main dome of the Taj Mahal.
It measures 30 feet 6 inch in length and the width of the resent is 5 feet 4.5
inch. The present final measure 32 feet and 5.5 inch. The original, thick gold
plated Kalash measured 30 feet 6 inch. It was replaced by Captain Joseph Taylor
in 1810. The second one was again replaced in 1876 by a final which measured 32
feet. The third one replaced in 1940 and present one is the fourth final in
succession. The replica of the final was made on the platform Jamat Khanah by
Nathuram in 1888 as a memorial to the original final. It is remarkable that
both these are monumental buildings capable of standing independently an else.
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Supplementary Affidavit
In
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Civil
Misc. Writ Petition No.
of 2004
(Under Article
226 of constitution of India)
(District – Agra)
Institute of Rewriting Indian
History Through its Founder President, P. N. Oak.
S/O Late Shri Nagesh Krishna Oak, R/O - Plot No. 10, Goodwill Society,
Aundh, Pune – 411007 and another
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Union of India through Secretary,
Human Resources
and Development (HRD.),
Government of
India, New Delhi. And others
…………...Respondents
Taj Mahal Forever (As Told To The Visitors by
A.S.I.)
Taj Mahal, the seventh
wonder of the world, symbolizes India. Taj Mahal means “Crown Palace” and is in
fact the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb. It is best
described by an English poet, Sir Edwin Arnold, as “Not a piece of
architecture, as other buildings are, but a proud passion of an emperors love
wrought in living stones.” In is a celebration of woman’s love, exquisitely
portrayed in marble. And that’s the way to appreciate it !
The Taj was built over a
period of 22 years from 1632, as a tribute to a beautiful woman and as a
monument for enduring love by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Plunged into grief
by the death of his beloved wife, the Empress Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan had the
Taj constructed to enshrine her mortal remains and be a center of pilgrimage.
It was designed by the Iranian architect Ustad Isa. The workmanship on the Taj
is said to be purely Indian. Shah Jahan was known to have patronized Indian
artisans irrespective of religion and caste.
The Taj is the biggest and
most rewarding attraction in India to tourists from everywhere. No visit to
India is complete without an expedition to this shrine of mystique and love.
The story behind the Taj is
a poignant one, In 1612 Shah Jahan the fifth Mughal emperor was betrothed to
Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Banu Begum). Prince Khurram (Shah Jahan) had been
married twice before he met and married Mumtaz Mahal. The marriage was a true
love match, and Mumtaz became her husband’s inseparable companion for 19 years
on all his journeys and military expeditions. She was his trusted political
adviser and counsel. On June 17, 1631 Mumtaz Mahal breathed her last after
delivering her 14th child, at the age of 39. She and the Emperor
were on a military campaign at Burhanpur in the Deccan region. The Emperor had
to be summoned from the battlefield to be with his dying wife. Saddened by her
sudden demise, Shah Jahan resolved to immortalize their love. It said that
Mumtaz Mahal on her death he construction of Taj Mahal began, Mumtaz Mahal was
given a temporary burial in the Zainabadi garden in Burhanpur for a period of
six months, then the body was exhumed and brought to Agra, for the final
burial.
Shah Jahan purchased a plot
of land from Raja Jai Singh on the banks of Yamuna River for building the Taj
Mahal. Raja Jai Singh was also instructed by Shah Jahan to provide a regular
supply of special, hard and non-porous marble from the quarries of Makrana. A
21/2-mile (4.02 km) road ramp was built to haul huge pieces of marble to the
site of the construction. Strangely the scaffolding of this magnificent
building was made, not of wood or bamboo, but with bricks.
Taj Mahal is placed on a
high plinth (platform). The plinth is 6.7 m (21.98 ft) high and covers an area
of 95 sq. m (1,022.57 square feet). There are four elegant tapering minarets,
one on each corner of the plinth. Each of the minarets is 41.6 m (136.48 ft)
high and is capped by a small cupola. The minarets, not only balance the main
structure of the mausoleum, but are also placed in such a way that in case of a
mishap, they do not fall over the main edifice. Each pillar has a letter
written on it, which put together spell the word ar-rahman (all merciful) – one
of the many names of Allah.
The main structure of the
Taj Mahal is square and is beveled at its corners. Each side of the Taj Mahal
is 56.6 m (185.69 ft) long. On each façade, arched recessed arranged in two
stories flank a high iwan in the center. The top border of the iwan on each
side rises higher than the rest of façade, thus concealing the neck of the dome
behind it.A central bulbous dome crowns the magnificent structure. This dome is
further surrounded by four chhatris (domed canopy, supported by
pillars/cupola). Each of which is topped by a small finial. The dome is an
important component of the Islamic style of architecture, as it is believed to
be a link between heaven and earth. While the square structure of the edifice
represents the material world, the dome symbolizes the vault of heaven. The
octagonal part symbolizes the transitional phase between heaven and earth. The
dome is topped by a brass finial, whose tip rises to a height of 73 m above the
ground. The entire structure of the dome is designed as a replica of God’s
throne in paradise, where a gigantic pearl dome stands supported by four
pillars. According to Islam the rivers of grace flow through this dome. The
outer walls of the Taj Mahal are decorated in a number of places with shallow
marble carving apart from the elegant pieta durraa work, which can be seen near
arched recesses and borders.
The entrance
to be tomb leads you to the central hall, which houses the false tombs and has
four small octagonal halls, grouped around it. The original graves are located
in a crypt, which is directly below the central hall. The four smaller rooms
were original created for housing the graves of other members fo the royal
family. The tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, in whose honour the Taj Mahal was built, lies
directly below the dome. The tomb is placed in such a manner that it is a
direct alignment with the main entrance. The tomb of Shah Jahan is much larger
and is placed next to that of his beloved queen.
The
cenotaphs are decorated with exquisite pietra dura (stone inlay) work. Apart
from unexcelled inlay work the cenotaph of Mumtaz Mahal is inscribed by 99
different names of Allah.It is said that as many as 35 different types of
precious and semi-precious stones were used in the inlay work done on the Taj.
Turquoise, jade, agate, coral, lapis lazuli, onyx, bloodstone, carnelian,
jasper, garnet and malachite were used to decorate flowers like lily and
honeysuckle. Carnelian and lapis lazuli were preferred for their colour and
luminosity. Precious and semi-precious gems were imported from all over the
world. White marble came from makrana mines of Rajasthan, Crystal was imported
from china and Lapis Lazuli from Ceylon. Jasper came from Punjab, Carnelian
form Baghdad, agate form Yemen, and the finest Coral from Arabia, Bundel Khand
jewelers provided garnets and diamonds from merchants from 114,000 cartloads of
sandstone was provided by the former Mughal capital.
The beauty
of the Taj Mahal is accentuated by the garden laid out in the Persian Charbagh
(four garden plan) style. The entire area of the Taj complex is 580 m (1,902
ft) by 300 m (984 ft), while the garden alone makes up an area of 300 m (984
ft) by 300 m (984 ft). each garden within the Charbagh was divided in 16
flowerbeds, making a total of 64. It is said that each flowerbed was planted
with 400 plants. Trees were planted carefully in accordance with the symmetry
of the overall plan. The trees, which were generals preferred, were either
cypress (Cuprussus) (signifying death) or different fruit bearing trees
(signifying life). These trees housed once of the most exotic birds, all of
which added to the breathtaking environs of the Taj.
The money
labour and devotion involved in building of Taj cannot be calculated. The River
Yamuna was diverted of flow right and enhance the beauty of Taj Mahal. The most
outstanding feature of Taj is its proportion and compositions, the construction
was systematic. The only asymmetrical object in the Taj is the casket of the
emperor, which was built beside the queens, as an afterthought.
One can see
two identical building on either side of the Taj. These monuments are entirely
made of red sandstone. While both these buildings are mosques, the one towards
the west (left side of the Taj) is important and used for offering prayers, as
it not only sanctifies the Taj but also faces Mecca. The replica on the other
side is known as the Jawab (answer).
The true
tragedy of Taj Mahal lies in the final years of Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan had a
desire to build a replica of Taj Mahal in black marble as his own mausoleum but
fate intervened. When he was 65, his son Aurangzeb imprisoned him in Red Fort
at Agra and become the successor of the throne. In the last years of his
imprisonment and until his death in 1666, he somehow managed to have a gaze at
Taj Mahal through the grillwork of the prison, the building, he had dedicated
to his beautiful wife.
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ANNEXURE NO. S. A. -
Supplementary Affidavit
In Support of
Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. of
2004
(Under Article
226 of constitution of India)
(District – Agra)
Institute of Rewriting Indian
History Through its Founder President, P. N. Oak.
S/O Late Shri Nagesh Krishna Oak, R/O - Plot No. 10, Goodwill Society,
Aundh, Pune – 411007 and another
VERSUS
Union of India through Secretary,
Human Resources
and Development (HRD.),
Government of
India, New Delhi. And others
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( Extract Of Vedic Culture In India Written By
P.N.Oak)
To ensure a strong, just and peaceful social
structure, well-trained and dedicated military forces are a necessity.
Realizing this, Vedic culture provides for a Kshatriya class which while
adhering to the highest standards of purity and simplicity in governance never
hesitates to crack-down heavily on demoniac forces with super-demoniac force.
That is the lesson one
learns from all Sanskrit scripture dealing with the life-stories of Vedic
heroes and of divine avatars. Whether one reads of the Narasimha Avatar in
which Lord Vishnu appearing in a half-human, half-lion form clawed-out the
entrails of the tyrannical ruler, Hiranyakashyap or of Parasuram who 21-times
routed all unruly administrators through, out the world, or of Rama who slew
the all-powerful Ravan who was a terror to the contemporary world, or of
Krishna who, as counsellor to the Pandavas, insisted on their taking full
advantage of every weakness of the enemy in the Mahabharat war, the only lesson
conveyed is that tyrannizers must be annihilated.
Manu, the great law-giver or all humanity has also ruled that the aggressor must be slain outright without the least hesitation (vkrrkf;ue~ vk;kUre~ g~U;knso vfopkj;u~)
And yet over the centuries, under the debilitating practices of Jain-ism and Buddhism over-emphasizing asceticism and ahimsa (i.e. non-killing), Hindus in India, long forgetting their Vedic teachings, reeling and bucking under the thousand-year-long terror-invasions of Muslim tyrants, have been reduced to a set of whimpering weaklings and milksops; so much so that even their leaders like M. K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, sliding even-deeper into the morass of appeasement and more appeasement, appeared tailor-made for the general public.
The surprising result of this progressive weakening
is highlighted in one historic happening. In 1905-1906 when the British
administration in India sought to divide Muslim-majority areas of East Bengal
from the Hindu-majority areas of West Bengal a public agitation whipped up by
strong-willed Hindu leaders such as Lokamanya B. G. Tilak, compelled the
British administration to quickly abandon that plan. But later in 1947 when the
earlier staunch Hindu leaders had all died and the political field was left
open for M. K. Gandhi and Nehru they presented to the Muslims on a platter not
one but two slices of India, one in West Punjab and the other in East Bengal
and yet insisted on retaining in India a vast Muslim population to act as a
permanent Trojan Horse.
All followers of Vedic
culture everywhere must beware of such leaders. The proper place for preachers
of ahimsa and asceticism is a temple or a Himalayan peak. One occupying or
controlling a mundane throne in Delhi has no talk of ahimsa. He must be
prepared to defend every inch of the country’s territory and slay the enemy.
Eversince the end of the
Mahabharat era Hindus have progressively weakened. They have developed suicidal
tendencies of collectively sponsoring the interest of minority communities
against their own, of promoting the prosperity of diabolically hostile
neighboring enemy-nations, and of turning the other cheek.
Alarmed at this rot one very
respected thinker, Mr. P. N. Sharma of Delhi contributed an article titled The One lesson from History which India
Never Learnt – to the December 28, 1982 A. D. issue of the quarterly
journal titled Itihas Patrika published
from THANE (India)
The article observed “With a
view to comprehend the enormity of this aspect of history, a stock-taking in
the chart of only important foreign invasions that India suffered is given
below :-
1. First invasion of India by
Darius, King of Persia – 519-518 B. C.
2. Second invasion of India, by
Alexander, from Greece, 325 B. C.
3. Third invasion of India, by
the Sakas, from Central Asia, 180 B. C.
4. Fourth invasion of India, by
Kushans, from Asia, 120 B. C.
5. Fifth invasion of India, by
the Huns, from Central Asia, 120 A. D.
6. Sixth invasion of India, by
Mohamad bin Kasim, from Syria, 712 A. D.
7. Seventh invasion of India,
by Subuktagin Ghaznavi from Afghanistan, 987 A. D.
8. Eighth to the 24th
i.e. 17 invasion of India, by Mohamad Ghaznavi, 1000-1030 A. D.
9. 25th to 32nd
i.e. eight invasion of India, by Mohamad Ghori, 1175 to 1206 A. D.
10.
33rd invasion of India, by Tamerlain, from Central Asia,
1398 A. D.
11.
34th invasion, by Babur, from Central Asia, 1526 A. D.
12.
35th invasion of India, by Humayun, from Central Asia, 1555
A. D.
13.
36th invasion of India, by Nadir Shah, from Persia, 1739 A.
D.
14.
37th invasion of India, by Ahmed Shah Abdali, from Persia,
1756 A. D.
15.
38th invasion (battle of Plassi), by the British, 1757 A. D.
16.
39th invasion by Pakistan (capturing part of Kashmir), 1947
A. D.
17.
40th invasion by China (capturing part of India), 1962 A. D.
18.
41st invasion of Pakistan, 1965A. D.
19.
42nd invasion of India, by Pakistan, 1971 A. D.
Why was India the victim of so many terrors and
plunder raids a stretch of 2,500 years? Because after having amassed immense
wealth through its own industry and valour in bygone, and after having
administered a worldwide kingdom, India had suddenly lowered its guard and gone
ascetic under the debilitating influence of Buddhism and Jainism like the
ruling Indian National Congress under M. K. Gandhi. Hindus still afflicted by
that fakiri mania are committing the blunder of entrusting all administrative
and political powers to persons and parties wedded to non-violence.
Mr. Sharma
points out that even a person wanting to steal some chairs from a neighbour’s
house would think twice about the resistance he would possibly meet, while in
the case of India a host of Muslims marauders continued pouring-in-traversing
hundreds of miles and carrying back immerse loot with impunity.
Hundreds of
Hindu princely houses ruling in India prided themselves in raiding one
another’s kingdom but never did they unite in a combined front against the
dangerous Muslim foe.
Confronted with
a similar situation, Japanese showed great sagacity and patriotism when in 1868
A. D. Japanese splinter-states surrendered their petty dominions and forged a
united front against Western powers threatening to make inroads into Japan.
Mr. Sharma
points out that even after the attainment of Independence in 1947, a tiny
Muslim Pakistan had the audacity to attack India thrice and China also invaded
India once. Each time the aggressor made away with large chunks of Indian
Territory. And yet Hindus kept on singing the praises of their leaders who did
not plan or organize a single retaliatory hit to reconquer their lost
territories. Is this the way to rule a country? Is a person frittering away his
inherited assets considered ultra-clever or an idiot?
Mr. Sharma
agonizingly poses the question of how on earth we alone proved to be an easy
prey for such attacks, in which our armies have been badly mauled, our women
were compelled to seek immolation en masse, our youngmen and women were marched
off to be sold as slaves for rape and sodomy in distant lands, and our forts,
places, temples, towers mansions and bridges were lustily declared as Muslim
construction.
All this misery,
progressive impoverishment and tyranny to which India has been subject for the
last 2500 years must arouse the Hindus to be once again militarily strong and
aggressive. Let our Defence Ministers hereafter to termed Offence Ministers.
Rama and Krishna need to be resurrected from their fetish status to be
installed on high pedestals as military leaders so that Hinduism may once again
govern the world. Hinduism alias Vedic culture is the only creed which known
how to live and let live. All other religions have strife and intolerance
built-in within them which destine them to annihilate others and then finish
themselves with internecine warfare. The United Nations Organization and its
education organ, the UNESCO would find their task of uniting the world under a
world government easier if they propagate Vedic culture.
Regulated Warfare
Under the Vedic tradition even warring parties have
to abide by certain strict rules. These enjoin, for instance, that as far as
possible, disputes should be settled by individual combat. In such combats the
mutual might of the contending parties should be of an equal footing at the
start. The fight, whether of individual or armies is to be conducted in the
open away from inhabitation so as not to disturb civilian life. A fallen or
defeated foe is not to be harmed or humiliated. Terror and torture are totally
ruled out. A total war and scorched-earth policy is never to be indulged in,
and the foe is not to be compelled to make common cause with the rival. This is
known as Dharma Yaddha.
Because of its long
Vedic training and discipline the Hindu warrior class was sworn to such
warfare.
Therefore when
the rapacious Muslim invasions came spreading torture and terror in their wake,
poisoning public water reservoirs, burning standings crops, taping women, slaughtering
children, maiming adults, selling presoners as slaves, and compelling everybody
to become a Muslim and fight to decimate their own kith and kin and culture and
fill the coffers of West Asian Muslim countries the Hindus were aghast with
disgust and disbelief. In the face of such atrocious total war the Hindu reeled
back in horror. His heart revolted at that sight than rather than be a party to
such mass agony and misery the Hindu preferred to buy peace for the populace at
any cost. That is the Hindu mentality built-up pacifist training over
generations.
It has persisted
down to our own era. Despite a thousand years of fierce struggle against an
unscrupulous Islam, Hinduism is still throwing up leaders like Gandhi and Nehru
who still pursue a policy of appeasement and buying peace at any cost.
Thinkers like P.
N. Sharma whom I have quoted above, are justifiably worried that the inherent
softness, gentility and refinement of the Hindu mind might ultimately enable a
rampant Islam and a subtle Christianity to sabotage and wipe out Vedic culture
from the face of the earth.
If such a
development ever takes place cannibalism will supreme. Vedic culture is the only hope of mankind. Without Vedic culture the
virtue of every women and the liberty of every man will be in constant
jeopardy. History tells us that under Christianity and Islam men, women and
children were sold in the bazaar like chattel and chicken.
Perhaps such a
tragedy will never recur. Lord Krishna has asserted that Vedic culture is
eternal. And this cosmos is certainty governed by mighty divine miracle-forces.
Yet let us not thinks for granted. So far as is within our power let Hindus
adjust themselves to this new situation of a total war. Hindus must steel their
to fight tooth for tooth and eye for eye. So long as a war is on, let not a
Hindu talk of his Vedic and Upanishads. Their ideals can be preached only after
the war so that there may not be another war. But even expecting that is too
much because wars seem to be a recurring phenomenon. Therefore, Vedic culture
does indeed provide for a permanent professional warrior class, namely, the
Kshatriya class.
The only change
now is that if Adharma Yuddha is the
rule of the day, Hindus must be prepared to fight the enemy in this new manner
until Hinduism is once again able to inculcate the sense and discipline of
Dharma Yuddha in the whole world.
History is
replete with instances that for the unscrupulous, monstrous Muslim invades from
West Asia no trick was too mean and no treachery too base. Hindu generals and
rulers were often put off their guard by a show of submission, invited for
honourable parleys with solemn oaths sworn on the Koran, only to be hacked to
death treacherously, unawares. There are also instances of mediaeval Muslim
generals and rulers begging for temporary shelter for Muslim women and children
in Hindu forts but sending instead soldiers in the guise of burqa-clad woman
and then treacherously murdering the Hindu king and defeating his army.
Hindus :
Hindus have thus proved too gullible and too soft.
Horrified by the enemy’s atrocities Hindus invariably often sued for
dishonorable peace, this progressively losing men and territory. Hindus must
learn to convert and reconvert people to their own faith as the enemy does. Tit
for tat should be the rule. And this is exactly what the Ramayan, Mahabharat,
Bhagavad Geeta and Manu Smriti teach. Yet Hindu preachers have failed the
public. They have totally distorted the heroic message of our scripture namely
to fight to the bitter end with all one’s might for a righteous cause,
unmindful of all other considerations and teach the enemy a deterrent lesson.
What is Real Surrender?
Hindu rulers warriors labour under the false notion
that an enemy who begs to be let alive is to be released. That is not at all
the import of Vedic scriptures. An enemy must be deemed to have properly
surrendered only if he agrees to help spread Vedic culture. If he doesn’t he
deserves no mercy. Merely begging for life is no ground for mercy. Even a
common criminal will plead for his life when cornered and arrested. But is that
any ground for clemency? In fact the arrest of a person is pre-requisite for
punishment and not a step towards release.
As a result of the misleading precept of their
priests and preceptors Hindu leaders failed not only in not reconverting
captured Muslim to Hindu-dome but they failed even in reclaiming their own
temples and mansions converted into mosques and mausoleums by the enemy. Thus
is the height of folly. It is such suicidal traits which must quickly abandon
and learn to be strict, stern and fierce with faithless enemies.
Destruction of
Hindu Temples.
[p. 449] It had been brought to the notice of His Majesty
that during the late reign many idol temples had been begun, but remained
unfinished at Benares, the great stronghold of infidelity. The infidels were
now desirous of completing them. His Majesty, the defender of the faith, gave
orders that at Benares, and throughout all his dominions in every place, all
temples that had been begun should be cast down. It was now reported from the
province of Allahabad that seventy-six
temples had been destroyed in the district of Benares.
Christian Prisoners.
[Text, vol. I. P. 534.] On the 11th
Muharram, [1043 A.H.], Kasim Khan and Bahadur Kambu brought * * * * 400
Christian prisoners, male and female, young and old, with the idols of their
worship, to the presence of the faith-defending Emperor. He ordered that the
principles of the Muhammadan religion should be explained to them, and that
they should be called upon to adopt it. A few appreciated the honour offered to
them and embraced the faith: they experienced the kindness of the Emperor. But
the majority in perversity and wilfulness rejected the proposal. These were
distributed among the amire, who were
directed to keep these despicable wretches in rigorous confinement. When any
one of them accepted the true faith, a report was to be made to the Emperor, so
that provision might be made for him. Those who refused were to be kept in
continual confinement. So it came to pass that many of them passed from prison
to hell. Such of their idols as were likenesses of the prophets were thrown
into the Jumna, the rest were broken to pieces.
EIGHTH YEAR OF THE REIGN, 1044 A.H. (1634 A. D.)
The Peacock Throne.
[p. 62.] in the course of years many valuable gems
had come into the Imperial jewel-house, such one of which might serve as an
ear-drop for Venus, or would adorn the girdle of the Sun. Upon the accession of
the Emperor, it occurred to his mind that, in the opinion of far-seeing men,
the acquisition of such rare jewels and the keeping of such wonderful
brilliants can only render one service, that of adorning the throne of empire.
They ought therefore, out to be put to such a use, that beholders might share in
and benefit by their splendour, and that Majesty might shine with increased
brilliancy. It was according ordered that, in addition to the jewels in the
Imperial jewel-house, rubies, garnets, diamonds, rich pearls and emeralds, to
the value of 200 lacs of rupees,
should be brought for the inspection of the Emperor, and that they, with some
exquisite jewels of great weight, exceeding 50,000 miskals, and worth eighty-six lacs of rupees, having been carefully
selected, should be handed over to Be-badal Khan, the superintendent of the
goldsmith’s department. There was also to be given to him one lac to tolas of
pure gold, equal to 250,000 miskals in the weight and fourteen lacs of rupees in value. The throne was
to be three gas in length, two and a half in breadth, and five in height, and
was to be set with the above-mentioned jewels. The outsider of the canopy was
to be of enamel work with occasional gems, the inside was to be thickly set
with rubies, garnets, and jewels, and it was to be supported by twelve emerald
columns. On the top of each pillar there were to be two peacocks thick set with
gems, and between each two peacocks a tree set with rubies and diamonds,
emeralds and pearls. The ascent was to consist of three steps set with jewels
of fine water. This throne was completed in the course of seven years at a cost
of 100 lacs of rupees. Of the eleven
jewelled recesses (takhta) formed
around it for cushions, the middle one, intended for the seat of the Emperor,
cost ten lacs of rupees. Among the
jewels set in this recess was a ruby worth a lax of rupees, which Shah Abbas,
the King of Iran, had present to the late Emperor Jahangir, who sent it to his
present Majesty, the Sahib Kiran-i sani, when he accomplished Sahib-kiran
(Timur), Mir Shah Rukh, and Miza Ulugh Beg. When in course of time it came into
the possession of Shah Abbas, his name was added ; and when Jahangir obtained
it, he added the name of himself and of his father. Now it received the
addition of the name of his most gracious Majesty Shah Jahan. By command of the
Emperor, the following masnawi, by
Haji Muhammad Jan, the final verse of which contains the date, was placed upon
the inside of the canopy in letters of green enamel. * * *
On
his return to Agra, the Emperor held a court, and sat for the first time on his
throne. * * Yaminu-d daula Asaf Khan was
promoted to the dignity of Khan-khanan.
[Conquest by Najabat Khan of several
forts belongs to the samindars of Srinagar, and his subsequent enforced
retreat.]
The following
is the account given of the throne in the Shah-Jahan-ndmd
of Inayat Khan : “ The Nau-roz of the year 1044 fell on the Id-i fitr, when His Majesty was to take
his seat on the new jewelled throne. This gorgeous structure, with a canopy
supported in twelve pillers, measured three yards and a half in length, two and
a half in breath, and five in height, from the flight of steps to the
overhanging dome. On His Majesty’s accession to the throne, he had commanded
that eighty-six lacs, worth of gems
and precious stone, and a diamonds worth fourteen lacs, which together make a crore
of rupees as money is reckoned in Hindustan, should be used in its
decoration. It was completed in seven years, and among the precious stones was
a ruby worth a lac of rupees that
Shah Abbas Safavi had sent to the late Emperor, on which were inscribed the
names of the great Timur Sahib-Kiran, etc.”
Rebellion
of Jaihar Bundela and his son Bikramajit.
[Text, vol. ii p. 94.] His Majesty in the second year of
his reign pardoned the misdeeds of this turbulent man, and sent him on services
to the Dakhin. After a while he took leave of Mahabat Khan Khan-khanan, the
ruler of the Dakhin, and retired to his own country, leaving behind him his son
Bikramajit, entitled Jagraj, and his contingent of men. On reaching home, he
attacked Bim Narain, Zamindar of Garha, and induced him by a treaty and promise
to surrender the fort of Chauragarh. Afterwards, in violation of his
engagement, he put Bim Narain and a number of his followers to death, and took
possession of the fort, with all the money and valuable it contained. Bim
Narain’s son accompanied Khan-dauran to Court from Malwa, taking with him an
offering, and he made known to the Emperor what had happened. A farman was then sent to Jajhar Singh,
charging him with having killed Bim Narain, and taking possession of Garha,
without the authority of the Emperor, and directing him to surrender the
territory to the officers of the Crown, or else to give up the jagirs he held in his own country, and
to sent to Court ten lacs of rupees
in cash out of the money which had belong to Bim Narain.
Extract
from BRITAIN IS A HINDU LAND (Written by Sri P. N. Oak)
1. That
to trace the underlying Vedic culture of Britain, let us start with the very
name England. That is of Hindu, Sanskrit origin. To understand this let us turn
to the French who have an older and more continuous civilization than that of
the British. The French word for English and the English people is ‘Anglais’.
The terminal ‘s’ is silent and therefore the name is ‘Anglai’. This is the
Sanskrit word ‘Anguli’ i.e. a finger. That Ancient Hindu Explorers and
administrators who fanned over a virgin Europe looked across the English
channel and called the British isles ‘Anguli’ (‘sthan’ or ‘desh’) i.e. a finger
– size, finger-length. If one imagines Europe to be a palm-size, palm-shaped
continent Great British appears to be an ‘Anguli’ namely (an extended) finger.
That the terminal ‘land’ stems from Sanskrit Sansthan as we shall presently
explain. The Sanskrit word ‘granthi’ is spelled as ‘gland’ in English. Likewise
the Sanskrit word ‘lamp-sthan’ os lamp-stand in English. That proves that the
Sanskrit terminations ‘anth’ and ‘than’ change to ‘and’ in English. Therefore
Angulisthan came to be spelled in English a Anguliand alias England. That
In Sanskrit the suffix ‘ish’ signfies something ‘in the style of’. In English
too the suffix ‘ish’ retains its original Sanskrit meaning. Take the Sanskrit
word ‘baal’ signifying a child. The suffix ‘ish’ when added to the Sanskrit
word ‘baal’ the derivative ‘baalish’ mean exactly what ‘child-ish’ means in
English. By this rule the language of the Anglai people (or land) came to be
known as Anguli-ish i.e. English. Therefore Anglai and Angulish (i.e. English)
are Sanskrit words deriving from ‘Anguli’.
2. That the word Britain too is of Sanskrit
origin. The Sanskrit term was Brihat – Sthan i.e. the Great Isles. In course of
time Brihatsthan was corrupted to Britain in popular speech. That Britain
itself signified ‘the Great’ isles was forgotten but the memory of ‘greatness’
persisted while the Sanskrit connotation was forgotten. That led to the
addition of the objective ‘Great’ which explains the current name Great
Britain.
3. That this has a parallel elsewhere. The name
‘Nile’ (pronounced ‘Neel’) was given to the Egyptian river by Indian explorers
struck by its blue waters. Later its Sanskrit meaning was forgotten. Nile
(Neel) was taken to be a proper noun and the adjective ‘Blue’ was added to it
leading to the current name the ‘Blue Nile’.
4.
That
the term Anglo-Saxon is Sanskrit ‘Angla Saka Sunuh’ implying the descendants of
the Sakas in England. Surnames like Peterson, Anderson, Jacobson are of the
Sanskrit, Hindu tradition of describing a person as son of such and such. In
some cases the English ending ‘Son’ is the earlier Hindu ending ‘Sen’. Thus
Anderson is the English corruption of the Hindu name indrasen. Ireland is Arya Sthan and Scotland is
Kshatra-sthan. Wales in Sanskrit signifies a seaside region.
5.
That
Hindu temples abounded in ancient Britain when Vedic culture pervaded the West.
It has been already explained above that place-names ending in ‘shire’ testify
to the existence of Shiva temples. Ancient
Hindu temples lie in unrecognizable ruins throughout Great Britain and Ireland.
Christian fanaticism prevents modern European scholars from publicizing them.
One such famous temple existed on the Hill of Tara, alias Taragarh, (in today’s
Indian parlance), in Ireland. The Hill of Tara consequently a sacred site on
which Sanskrit-speaking Hindu Kshatriya kings used to be crowned for centuries.
A 5000 years-old Vedic temple was discovered late in 1997 A. D. in Stanton Drew
village in Somerset. The ochre-colour of sacred Vedic tradition is represented
in the tunics of that colour worn by the British sovereigns Bodyguard.
6.
That
in Britain also had temples of ochre-coloured stone as are common in India. One
such stone known as the Stone of Scon is of such holy, hoary Vedic antiquity
that is forms part of the throne on which every British sovereign is crowned. Garg was a Vedic sage who had his
hermitage-school in Britain. His name is currently malpronounced by British
people as Jorje through spelled as George. Another famous temple is the
wel-known stonehenge. It has been carbon-dated to be of 2000 B. C. The temple
has astronomical marking to chart the raising and setting of the sun and moon.
Its presiding deity used to be taken in a procession to the Avon river three
miles away. The deity was so consecrated as to be illumined by the rising sun’s
rays on the longest day. These are all hindu Vedic traditions. Ancient churches
throughout Great Britain and Europe are astronomically oriented which proves
that they are captured Hindu temples since Hindus were the only people known to
be shaping their lives day after day on astronomical considerations at that
remote age. The information about the Stonehenge and its above-mentioned
implications is recorded in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
7.
That
an American professor, Lyle Borst has in his book titled ‘Megalithic Software’
adduced that the Westminister Abbey and St. Paul’s in London occupy the sites
of ancient of ancient sun and moon temples respectively. Godfrey Higgin’s book titled “The Celtic Druids” leads valuable
evidence indicating that Hindu had colonised the British isles long before the
Roman conquest. That book, published in 1829 A. D. is available in the British
Museum library in London. Under Roman rule London was known as Londonium. This
is a corruption of the much ancient Sanskrit terms Nondanium signifying a
pleasing place.
8. That A characteristic of Hinduism is that is
a universal mode of life and code of conduct which applies to all humanity from
the very start of the universe. Therefore according to Hinduism entire humanity
is one brotherhood and the whole globe is its common home.And since Hinduism
recognizes that thinking differs from person to person ( fi.Ms fi.Ms efrfHkZ=k ) (as the
Sanskrit adage goes) Hinduism does not demand any dictatorial subservience to
any prophet, any scripture or any specific mode of worship or prater. Hinduism
leaves everyone totally free to his or her own spiritual thinking if any, and
follow any mode and timing of prayer and worship if at all. That all-pervasive
and all-embracing broad-mindedness of Hinduism alias Vedic culture includes in
its wide sweep, like a loving, doting mother, everybody from a stark atheist to
a staunch theist unlike Islam and Christianity subjecting everybody to one
prophet, one scripture and one mode of worship.
9. That From time-immemorial Vedic
hermitage-schools known as Gurukulam were conducted all over the world by
learned Sanskrit-speaking gurus i.e. teachers. Therefore the current English
word Curriculum is obviously an English malpronunciation of Sanskrit
‘Gurukulam’. The Vedic Guru was a Neeteacher teaching Raja-neeti, Dharma-neati,
Yuddhaneati etc. ‘Nee’ droppong-out from that term Neeteacher has led to the
current English word ‘teacher’. The term ‘student’ is a jumble of three
Sanskrit words Sa-tu-adhywant implying he (or she) is undergoing studies.
Education is an English malpronunciation of the Sanskrit term adhyayan. School
is an improper pronunciation of the Sanskrit word Shala as will be easily
realized if the letter ‘C’ retains its alphabetical pronunciation ‘si’ Sanskrit
‘a’ is intonated in the west as ‘O’. for instance Rama changes to Rama; Papa to
Pope, Naas to Nose etc. Similarly collage is the Sanskrit term ‘Shala-ja’
signifying an institution stemming from the end of schooling. Intermediate is
Sanskrit ‘Aantar-madhya – stha’ (vkareZ/;LFk)
meaning the period sandwiched between school and degree course. The Bachelor
degree (B. A, B.Sc, B.Com, LL.B, M.B.B.S. etc.) is incongruously conferred even
on married women in modern times (though the adjective ‘Bachelor’ is never applicable
to women in English) because in ancient Vedic hermitage-schools all students
used to be invariably unmarried male bachelors studying in Vedic Gurukulams
around the world, from about the age of 8 to 25. That degree still conferred
all over the world even in modern times despite the irrelevance of one’s
marital status, is clinching proof of worldwide Vedic culture in ancient times.
The ‘Master’ degree (M.A. or M.Sc.) is the Sanskrit Maha-Stir ( egkLrj ) signifying a
higher-than-ordinary (‘Bachelor’) level.
10. That the term ‘Bachelor’ is not only the
English equivalent of Sanskrit ‘Brahmachari’ but is actually a malpronunciation
of that Sanskrit word as is apparent from the letters ‘b-ch-r’ common to both.
Speaker addressing audiences exclaim ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ which are Sanskrit
terms. ‘Lad’ and ‘Lady’ in English are the same as ‘Lada’ and Ladi and ‘Ladka’,
‘Ladki’ darling (boy and girl) in Hindi and also ‘Laadka, Laadki’ in Marathi.
‘Gentlemen’ is the Sanskrit term ‘Santulmana’ i.e. ‘persons of balanced minds’. Soup – the opening-course of English
meals is a Sanskrit word. Hence cooks at the Jagannath temple in Puri are known
as Soupkars. Modern Indian languages are derived from Sanskrit because Sanskrit
was the ancient spoken language of India. Similarly when modern European
languages are seen to be dialects of Sanskrit it is apparent that Sanskrit was
the spoken language of ancient Europe. That could be possible only if Europe
practiced Vedic culture and was ruled by Hindu kings.
11. That ‘Raja’ is a synonym of ‘raja’ as
may be seen in the words ‘Shiva-rays’, ‘Rai-Bahadur’, ‘Raisen’, ‘Raipur’ and
‘Rayalseema’. In the Indian Telugu language a king is known as ‘Rayulu’. King
Krishna Deva Rai of the Vijayanagar empire was known as ‘Krishnadeva-rayulu’.
From this it is apparent that the word ‘royal’ is the mis-spelled Sanskrit word
‘rayal’. Similar Sanskrit derivatives are dayalu (compassionate) from ‘daya’,
and krupalu (favourably disposed) from ‘Krupa’.
12. That the word ‘Majesty’ is the corrupt from
of the Sanskrit Maharaj-asti. The English title ‘Sir’ is Sanskrit ‘Sir’. Sir
Roy Henderson is, therefore, Sri Rai Indrasen. Mr. a short from of ‘Mister’ is
the Sanskrit term Maha-Stir signifying a person of a high order like Mahodaya.
13. That under the seat of that coronation
chair is a shelf which holds an orange-coloured stone slab. That slab is a
sacred relic associated with the coronations of British sovereigns from
time-immemorial because it is a memento of royal ancient Vedic Hindu royal
tradition. The stone is of the same genre and colour as the stone of the Red
Forts in Delhi and Agra. Those forts were built by Hindu kings when Delhi was
known as Indraprastha and Agra as Agranagar. The sacred relic known to
Britishers as the Stone of Scon is the Stone of Scond (son of the Vedic deity
Shiv) in whose temple in Scotland pre-Christian Vedic sovereigns of British
used to be coronated. That Vedic temple having been destroyed by Christian
vandals latter-day coronations have to make-do with a mere boulder from that
erstwhile royal temple of ancient Vedic Britain. The term scandinavia too
derives from Scond the commander-in-chief of the Divine army.
14. That in India walled-townships and forts are
known as ‘cote’ which is the same as ‘Kot’ as in Siddhakot, Agrakot, Lohakot,
Siakot, Akkalkot, Bagalkot, Lalkot, and Amarkot. In England too walled
townships and castles still bear the Sanskrit name ‘Cote’ as may he seen in
names like ‘Charlcote’ and ‘Northcote’. Likewise Agincourt in France, famous
for the battle won there by King Henry III of England, is the ancient Hindu
centre of fire-worship with the Sanskrit name Agnicote. Under Hindu rule, fire
worship was widely practiced on the European continent and the British isles.
The tradition still survives in Baletyne alias Balentine fires occasionally
lighted all over Europe. The word Baletyne alias Balentine is the Sanskrit word
Balidan referring to the sacrificial offering to the fire. Schoenbaum’s book
titled “Shakespeare - A Documentary of His Life” carries an illustration of
young Shakespeare hauled up for poaching, before Sir Thomas Lucy. In the
background is the walled castle or township ‘Charlcote’. Borough is an English
malpronunciation of the Sanskrit Pura since Sanskrit P of intonated in English
as B. Edinburgh, the capital is Scotland is a distortion of the Sanskrit term (osnkuke~ iqje~) Vedanam Puram the
township of the Vedas. The term Veda got corrupted to Edda in Europe.
15. That in British most topographical names are
Sanskrit in origin. The ending ‘shine’ is Sanskrit ‘eshwar’. Indian townships
are known as Lankeshwar, Tryambakeshwar, Mahabaleshwar etc. Similarly English
locations are known as Lancashire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire etc. The
Sanskrit ending ‘eshwar’ spelled as ‘shire’ in modern English usage, signifies
a township around a Shiva temple. Therefore the suffix ‘shire’ is proof of
Shiva worship having been prevalent in England and on the continent. Specimen
Shiva Lingas of those times may still be seen in the Etruscan museum in the
Vatican in Rome. Christian archaeologists have suppressed those finds.
16. That the ending ‘bury’ as in Bloomsbury,
Seven Bury, Canterbury, Ainsbury, Shrewbury, is the Sanskrit termination ‘pury’
(i.e. locality) as in Krishnapury, Sudampury, and Jagnnathpury. ‘P’ changes to
‘B’ as Sanskrit ‘Poat’ becomes ‘Boat’ in English Distant Thailand which has
townships with indisputable Sanskrit names has townships called Cholbury,
Rajbury. This proves that tracing the English ‘bury’ ending to Sanskrit ‘pury’
is not far-fetched.
17. That the ending ‘ston’ or ‘ton’ as in
Kingston, Southampton, Hampton is Sanskrit ‘sthan’ as in Rajasthan and
Sindhusthan, Kingston is literally Rajasthan. Waterbury, is literally
Jalapury.The river ‘Thames’ pronounced as ‘Tames’ is the Sanskrit word ‘Tamasa’
since it is mostly enveloped in fog and is muddy. The river Tamasa is mentioned
in the Ramayana.
18. That the river Amber in Britain gets its
name from Sanskrit Ambhas (meaning ‘water’) says the Oxford Dictionary of Place
Names and Proper Names. English rivers could not bear Sanskrit names unless the
British isles were administered by Sanskrit speaking Vedic rules in ancient
times. ‘Ram’s Gate’, London is a famous
address which is reminiscent of an ancient Rama temple. In India too it is not
uncommon to have a Rama – Dwar i.e.
Rama’s Gate as an important, scared topographical location. Ramford has a
similar derivation. Liverpool was Lavapur named after Lava a son of Rama. Names
likes Sandringham, Birmingham are corrupt forms of the Sanskrit Hindu termination
‘dham’ meaning ‘abode’ with ‘d’ dropping out. Sandringdam was Sri Rang Dham.
Birmingham was Brahmandham.
19. That Canterbury is a malpronunciation of the
Sanskrit term Sankarpury. Therefore the Archbishopric of Canterbury was a Vedic
priesthood prior to capture and conversion to Christianity around 597 A. D. The
room in churches where holy clerical apparel is kept is known as ‘Vestry’ from
Sanskrit ‘Vastra’ meaning appeal. The term Vestry too is purely Sanskrit and is
explained as the room where Vestry (i.e. apparel) is kept is Vestry. The term
‘friar’ is of Sanskrit origin. In Thailand and other Buddhist countries which
follow Sanskrit tradition a monk is known as (fra) ‘Phra’ so and so. Likewise
an English monk is also known from pre-Christian Sanskrit tradition as ‘Phra’
(Fra) an abbreviation of ‘Friar’ which is the corruption of the Sanskrit word
Pravar. The term ‘Saint’ is Sanskrit ‘Sant’. Biblical stanzas are known as
psalms (pronounced ‘saam’) because prior to Christianity it was ‘saams’ of the
Saam Veda (and other Vedas) which were recited in England and on the European
continent.
20. That An
idol of the Hindu Sun-god Mithras was found in the debris around the Houses of
Parliament in London during reconstruction-work after the World War II bombing
damage. Mother Mary of the Christians is no other
than the Hindu goddess Mariamma in a Christian garb. The word ‘underling’ in
English is Sanskrit ‘antarling’ signifying a smaller interior Shivling. Hindu
Shiva shrines have the customary double Shivlingas. The one on the ground floor
is big and prominent while the other in a pit in the nether storey is smaller
and not very prominent. Similar other
words in Sanskrit are antar-jnan (i.e. inner knowledge), antaratma (inner being
or soul). The word ‘tantrums’ in English is derived from the Sanskrit word
‘tantra’ which indicates that Hindu mantra-tantra (religious and esoteric
practice) were prevalent in ancient Britain. Minister is from Mantri.
21. That the English surname ‘Brahm’ is Sanskrit
‘Brahma’ as in ‘Brahman’. The name Abraham too derives from Brahma the Hindu
name for the Creator. The English exclamation ‘Ahoy’ is the Sanskrit
exclamation ‘Aho’. The English term ‘navy’ is the Sanskrit word ‘navi’. The
term ‘hullo’ to is of Sanskrit origin and is found in ancient Sanskrit
stage-plays when one character accosts another. ‘We’ in English derives from
‘weyam’ of Sanskrit. Similarly ‘you’ is Sanskrit ‘yuyam’. Is ‘h’ is dropped
from the words ‘that’ and ‘they’ could be seen to be ‘tat’ and ‘tey’ of
Sanskrit.
22. That ‘Sovereignty’ and ‘Suzerainty’ are both
malpronunciations of the Sanskrit compound ‘Swa-rajan-ity (Lo jktu~ bfr) ‘Diction’ is the
Sanskrit word Deekshan (nh{kka.k)
meaning the ‘Deeksha’ i.e. the tuition which the Guru imparts. Therefore the
term ‘Dictionary’ is Sanskrit (nh{kkarjh)
‘Deekshantari’ signifying a volume to be referred to in case any word in the
given Deeksha is not understood.
23. That At the very out let me observe that
there are problems and problems as there are systems and systems. Modern world
systems are getting increasingly complex and consequently problems emanating
from them are also getting increasingly complex with each passing moment so
much so that a modern man worth that denomination cannot, like great Socrates,
be content with observing that “know thyself” and the problem as such would
pose no further formidable challenges. The problems of Indian Judges and
Advocates, claiming our attention, query and enquiry in this pamphlet,
definitely fall within the ambit of such complex problems affecting and
afflicting our socio-economic-culture complex to the very marrow of its bones,
to the very innermost recesses of its foundations and beings. Our systems needs
judges ‘to set in judgement’ and advocates to assist them along this line to
the best of their aptitude, ability and accomplishment. We have not as yet
reached any-where nearer that millennium when ‘man would be a law unto himself’
without special agencies charged with the onerous task of enforcing law by
interpreting its constitutional and procedural legal extent, drift and scope.
But the interpreters of law are human beings conditional by great human
environment that surrounds them, nay envelops them, like ‘the infinite silence
of spaces’, ready to ground them to dust, irrespective of their subjective
wishes and desires to the contrary. It is, thus obvious, rather self-evident
that they who are charged with the stupendous and almost super-human task of
sitting in judgement and assisting those in seats of judgement must enjoy a measure
of freedom from oppressive human conditions, must not constantly find
themselves dragged into a situation where ‘world is too much with them’, must
not, in other words, be too much chained to the conditions which leave them
with palsied hearts and atrophied heads devoid of real and effective leisure,
so very essential for judgement that are not only just but also appear to be
so. The same argument holds good with equal relevance even in relation to the
persons who are charged with the complex tasks of assisting the interpreters of
law in their effective discharge of duties.
24. That this being the basic and principal
perspective of the problem dealt with in this pamphlet, let us examine the
whole issue in essence as well as in appearance, in content as well as in form,
in generic as well as in specific perspective.
25. That against the backdrop of this extensive
and intensive perspective, we would like to draw the attention of our
well-meaning and well-intentioned readers to the great anti-thesis that has
somehow or other, attached itself to the problems outlined in its skeleton
outlines. This anti-thesis of our precisely and briefly outlined thesis is
quite shocking and pathetic, nay tragic. Of course, it is tragic only to those
who are capable of felling and thinking and not to those who consciously or
sub-consciously prefer a state of mind which refuses to have any truck
whatsover with either thinking or feeling or both.
26. That What, then, are the transparent and
concrete manifestations of this deeply tragic anti-thesis of our thesis? These
are: (a) the great unconcern and indifference of the broader sections of our
people to the real dimensions of the problem, (b) the attitude of utter
complacency on the part intellectuals and the intelligentsia, supposedly the
most conscious elements of our society, and (c) extreme, almost indescribable,
apathy on the part of the government so much so that the problems outlined have
not even been essentially cognized to this date. I say essentially because
apparently there continues to be a heavy down-pour of pious utterances and
sentiments, exhortations and rhetorics ‘full of sound and fury signifying
nothing’.
27. That Rhetorics are very high sounding things
indeed. They sometimes take even the most intelligent persons, as it were,
unawares. But they are like those women in one of Carlos Williams’ poems who
look dreams-like pretty while dressed but when they undress themselves, they
reveal themselves as ‘no Venuses’. Rhetorics have never been effective
substitutes for reality of emotions or cognitions; at worst, they have rather
come to stand for empty jargons which, instead of unfolding the problem, try to
cover and hide it. So in essence, though not in appearance, we arrive at a
point, a turn which exhibits the conclusion of a particular way of life not
with a bang but a whimper.
28. That this, in brief, is the essence, the
kernel of all the rhetorics indulged in by the government, meaning here the
executive, on this vexed and vexing problem of the judges and advocates. Tall
and high-sounding assurances and resolutions have not brought us anywhere
nearer the solution of the problem which is now assuming alarming dimensions in
times characterised by soaring prices and leaping rates of inflation. Times
seem ‘to be out of joints’ and the judges and advocate are bound to hear behind
their backs the inflation’s winged chariot driving nearer. In not too a distant
future they as well are bound to repeat the Hamletean cry “To be or not to be”
is the question. But in practice, if not in theory, the executive seems to
ignore this problem, or to put it more precisely, drown this problem in the
sound and fury of empty rhetorics and pious resolutions having no relevance to
the problem as such.
29. That all this may sound extremely paradoxical
to the uninitiated but then this is the essential behaviour mode of the
executive vis-à-vis this problem, one of the cardinal, concrete manifestations
of the awfully oppressive antithesis to our briefly outlined thesis. If the above outlined anti-thesis continues to operate
unchallenged we can easily visualize the likely synthesis to result from its
operation to its logical conclusion. To put it briefly, this synthesis would
maintain the status quo vis-a-vis the oppressive human conditions ready to ground
the judges as well as advocates to dust. This would certainly be its operative
part, the most effective part, which would constitute its essence, its kernel,
its crux. And what would be the nature of this resultant status quo in the
context of our troubled times, our times marked by soaring prices and galloping
inflation and earnings basically remaining the same as before, i.e. as they
used to be in normal times? This would, in practice, mean the erosion of real
earning, the lessening of real emoluments. So the resultant status-quo would
come practically to mean not even status quo; it would essentially mean a step
backwards in terms of real earnings, a sad retrogression even in the grab of
so-called status-quo.
30. That What a terrible and terrific synthesis
to think of in context of fact eroding earnings, soaring prices and mounting
inflation! And this is actually the synthesis that the executive is offering
the judges and advocates irrespective of their pious assurance, sonorous
resolutions, solemn exhortations and rhetorical recitations. And this synthesis
is being presented not to commoners for acceptance, but to judges and
advocates, who constitute the elite in our society.
31. That Our government has earned high fame for
framing decisions which are revised in a minute without implementation. And
then without a moment’s delay, as it were new decisions are arrvived at which
too are revised without the least qualm of conscience. And this endless series
of decisions and revisions reversed in a minute goes on with an unabated zeal
which ought to have been resersed for better and higher purpose and causes.
32. That but our government has not deemed it
necessary to bless judges and advocates even with decisions and revisions,
which are revered without implementation. So practically this elits of our
society has been left to its own fate and the oppressive human conditions have,
as it were, been given full freedom to fish in the troubled waters. Thus, in
relation to judges and advocates, the government, meaning executive, has been
behaving in the style of the Greek mythical goddess Genuse, with her two heads,
one turned backwards, meaning past, the other turned forwards, meaning future,
but the utterly oblivious of what is going on in the live present. But the
present is such a stubborn reality which refuses to be relegated to background,
to oblivion that easily. It asserts and reasserts itself in manifold ways to
the great astonishment of our executive so mush so that it enters its
water-tight compartments despite the executive’s avowed intention to the
contrary and plays havoc with its formulations, resolutions, decisions and
revisions.
33. That so the cleverly woven and interwoven
myth of governmental concern for the welfare of judges and advocates is finally
exploded and forced to dissolve itself into the thin air by the stubborn and
adamant realities which prove too much for the myth, including this one,
Reality of live conditions chaining judges and advocates to its chariot-wheel
emerges triumphant vanquishing all myths and fictions consciously or
subconsciously created by the government through its various propaganda
agencies and media. The naked fact, the fact and fact alone, as it were, starts
staring us all into our very eyes, declaring, as it were, from the house-tops
that before judges can so justice and advocates can assist them in doing
justice to the best of their aptitudes, abilities and consciousness, they
themselves should, nay must, receive justice in terms of actual lessening of
the oppressive human conditions that continue to tell heavily on them to this
date.
34. That
In history of human race as well as in the memory-desire pattern of
individuals who collectively constitute one of the prime motive forces of human
history, myths and realities have often been juxtaposed, rather counterposed
and justly so. Myths essentially constitute our memory-desire pattern, whereas
the realities constitute our actual human existence, both being essentially
intertwined and interdependent. But at a particular level of the development of
human consciously, myths came, whether consciously or unconsciously, to be
employed as so many camouflages, covering and hiding realities of actual human
existence from human purview, so they became coterminous with fancies and fictions,
got themselves transformed into deceiving elves, decidedly set upon the task of
depriving thinking people of their capacity to think their thoughts to their
logical conclusions. This consequently led to a sharp cleavage between myths
and realities and a terrible shattering of the bonds of interdependent between
the two. Henceforth myths stated getting juxtaposed and counterposed to
realities.
35. That Our government like many other
governments is fond of coverings and hiding the essence and kernel of a problem
with hues of deceptive appearance, hence it is very much prone to create myths
with a view to camouflaging realities. Instead of dehiding realities and
thereby creating conditions for changing them into less painful, less obnoxious
ones, our government has set itself the task of hiding them deeper and deeper
with the aid of myths of myths of manifold types and dimensions. Of late this
proneness to counterposing myths to realities on part of our government has
assumed alarmingly pathetic, rather tragic dimensions. Myths are deliberately
or unwillingly being offered as substituting for realities and people are asked
to submit to this white and blatant lie and accept it as cardinal value, as
‘gospel truth’. And through its intensive and extensive propaganda, the
government had been able to achieve a measure of success in this gory game of
hoodwinking quite a considerable section of our people, ut since the government
had miserably failed in checking the deepening and intensification of the
crisis, the hoodwinked are fast returning back to normal consciousness in terms
of getting deeply disillusioned with the myths created by the government.
36. That If this be true about broader sections
of common people of our society, we can easily imagine what must be going on in
the minds of the judges and advocates, vis-à-vis the numerous myths devised by
government in order to cover and hide unpleasant realities of oppressive human
conditions under which they have been discharging and continue to discharge
their onerous responsibilities and duties, Constituting the elite in our
society, they can learn independent of their saltish tears and bitter
experiences as well to a considerable extent which common people, grounded by
abysmal poverty, divided by competition and enslaved by ignorance, are unable
to so, at least at the present level of development of their consciousness,
their capacity to disentangle realities from myths, their aptitude to
dissociate illusions and appearance from realities and essences. Therefore it
can earnestly be hoped (may be it proves another from of hoping against the
hope) that our government would get rid of the unproductive habit of weaving
myths and fictions around the essences of the problems as so many escaperoutes
from unpleasant realities for itself and so many traps for the unenlightened
taking advantage of their oppressive conditions of existence. The government,
however, must learn that it is wrong all along the line to take advantage of
people’s miseries and subhuman conditions of their existence. It is neither in
the larger interest of the people likely to be increasingly debased,
dehumanised and degraded by oppressive conditions nor the government Itself,
which is bent upon perpetuating these sub-human conditions knowingly, deliberately
or unwillingly and spontaneously. So far as the judges and advocates are
concerned, the executive will be well advised to mend its ways forthwith, to
cease creating and weaving myths, fancies and fictions because try as hard the
executive may, they cannot be easily hoodwinked and even if hoodwinked
temporarily, they are bound to recover from this state of affairs sooner than
later, leading to a greater and far-reaching crisis of confidence than the
executive in its fond hopes might have mentally prepared itself for. The
executive must not overstep its logical limits, it must stop its hide-and-seek
game with myths and realities and face the problems plaguing the judges and
advocates centrally, squarely and courageously by adopting bold theoretical and
practical measures which can give this extremely essential elite of our society
a considerable measure of freedom form oppressive human conditions of
existence. In this connection the executive will be well-advised not
unnecessarily to lift the veil of life with a view to engaging in futile acts
and unproductive and barren exercise into hair-splitting. Bold, unconventional
and daring decisions of practical relevance are urgently being called forth
from government in order to prevent the great crisis of confidence form
developing any further fissures. But if the government stubbornly refuses to
read the writing on the wall, a situation is soon to develop which would not be
mush to its liking.
37. That looking at the problems in generic
outlines, the conclusion because irresistible that the government, meaning here
the executive, somehow or other, wants the judges and the advocates to follow
the famous cynical philosopher, Diogenes, if not in words then of course in
deeds. Bertrand Russel, the famous British Philosopher, has summed up the
life-style and behavioural mode of Diogenes in the following words :- “He decided to live like dog, and was therefore called
‘cynic’ which means ‘canine’. He rejected all conventions whether of religion,
of manners, of dress, of housing, of food, or of decency. One is told that he
lived in a tub, but Gilbert Murray assures us that this is a mistake : It was a
large pitcher, of the sort used in primitive times for burials. He lived like
an Indian Fakir, by begging. He proclaimed his brotherhood, not only with the
whole human race, but also with animals. He was a man about whom stories
gathered, even in his life time. Everyone known how Alexander visited him, and
asked if he desired any favour. Only to stand out of my light, he replied”.
38. That Well, Diogenes who happened to be a
disciple of Socrates (Antisthenes) could have lived and talked and argued along
the above stated line, but ordinary mortals cannot follow into his footsteps.
Thus, he constitutes more an exception than general rule, howsoever laudable.
It would be fond on the part of government to cherish such notions practically
and pragmatically, Further, Diogenes and they who followed him, did all this
voluntarily and under no compulsion from any outside authority whatsoever.
Their life-styles and behavioural modes, so to say, were conditioned by any
outside or external force or compulsorily enforcing agency in the name of
public decency, public code and public interest regulating the life styles and
behavioural modes of modern judges and advocates in both detail and depth, in
both essence and appearance, in both content and form. Therefore, the
government must not even subconsciously entertain such exceptional notions as
general guidelines.
39. That this generic investigation being us
right to the threshold of the specifies problems plaguing the Judges and
Advocates not as a super-human. Diogenes but as ordinary human beings, living
and working under extremely inhuman, rather sub-human, working and living
conditions. Freedom from oppressive and oppressing working and living
conditions in the concrete from of freedom from wants is the thing which is
most urgently, rather at an emergent level, called for in view of the fast
dwindling purchasing capacity of the individuals, soaring prices and consequent
erosion of incomes in terms of real, staple and stable earnings and incomes.
Nature of the jobs and functions of the Judges and Advocates further
necessitates this freedom from wants. It will be, I think, easily conceded that
their jobs are of extra-ordinary intellectual type. Now every intellectual work
presupposes degree of leisure so much so that philosopher and writers of
varying orientations are agreed upon this common point despite their major
divergence on other issues. Thus even Kari Marx is of the opinion that man does
not live by bread alone. The famous British poet, T. S. Eliot, who would
otherwise not see him eye to eye also talks in terms of “luxury of laziness”
and the great British philosopher Bertrand Russel has gone to the extent of
writing a learned and pleasant treatise entitles “In Praise of Idleness”.
Returning back to history of theoretical thought, some of the great and
towering intellectual giants of antiquity like Aristotle, Democritus and
Epicurus have also praised the principal of leisure in human life in differing
contexts and theorised that it is a necessary precondition for flowering of
intellectual and cultural activities. The very concept of a welfare state also
presupposes it in unequivocal terms. Thus it is self-evident that without
minimum degree, without freedom wants, no higher intellectual pursuits can
satisfactorily be carried on as a matter of general rule.
40. That but let we may not be misunderstood on this court. The
petitioner is not talking of leisure independent of need as he cannot think of
freedom independent of necessity-both these opposite being essentially
inter-related and interdependent. We have not only
looked at but also looked through the woods (generic problems) sufficiently; now
let as look at the trees (the specific problems) and attempt to inter-relate
the two within a factually as well as logically consistent and convincing
framework
Military Training Must be
Compulsory :
As a beginning to reform Hinduism the first basic rule which
must enforce is that every government or public-sector employee from peon to
the president must undergo a minimum of two year’s military training.
The present lack-luster politician and irresponsible
bureaucrat is a product of loose upbringing. He lacks vigour, patriotism,
dedication and the spirit of sacrifice. He looks upon the government job as a
means of making idle money. He believes that he holds a public office to be
able to quote rules to reject public requests.
Compulsory two year military training must also be an
essential qualification for any candidate standing for a public election or
seeking even a private job. Such training alone will instill some sense of
vigour, purpose and discipline in the Hindu public employees and leaders. That
will inculcate in them the habit of disciplined and respectful submission and a
quick disposal of job entrusted to them. Retired military personal should be
employed for imparting such training.
By P. N. OAK
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