IntroductionOn 5 January, 2004, the renowned Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune was vandalized by some 150 thugs. Priceless manuscripts and artefacts were destroyed. Those responsible declared themselves to be members of the ‘Sambhaji Brigade’, linked to the Maratha Seva Sangh, a regional organization with anti-Brahmin sentiments. They apparently chose this method to protest against [...]
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Posted in Hindutva, tagged UP on December 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
LUCKNOW: Saffronisation of education, it seems, has not phased out with the BJP government in UP. With compilation of anti-Islamic references in 31 text books prescribed for from class V to class XII, Deeni Talimi Council— the oldest and largest of madrasa in the state— has petitioned chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav for detoxing school [...]
A scathing indictment
Posted in Hindutva, tagged Aryans, Hindu, Hindutva, History, India, Indian History, Indology, RSS on March 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
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Historians shocked by Hindutva assault on Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Posted in Hindutva, tagged Bhandarkar, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Indian History, Indology, Maratha, Romial Thapar, RSS, Shivsena on January 6, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, 05 January , 2004,
Pune: Internationally renowned Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) on Monday was vandalised and around 18,000 books and 30,000 rare manuscripts damaged by activists of the ‘Sambhaji Brigade’, a sister organisation of the Maratha Mahasangh.
Around 150 activists reached the institute at around 1115 hrs protesting the ‘objectionable’ reference to Shivaji given by [...]
