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 [...]
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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 »
