INDIA, January 25, 2016 (Swaraja Magazine by R. Jagannathan): The autobiography of a former Regional Director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), K.K. Muhammed, shreds the last fig leaf of legitimacy from India’s “Eminent” Leftist historians, and even the broader Indian Left ecosystem, which includes most mainstream political parties and large sections of the old media in print and TV.
In his book titled Njan Enna Bharatiyan (I, an Indian), Muhammed clearly indicts Left historians for actually preventing a rapprochement between Hindus and Muslims over the building of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, by making the Muslim side adopt intransigent positions.
Firstpost quotes him as saying this: “The Babri issue would have been settled long ago if the Muslim intelligentsia had not fallen prey to the brain-washing by the Leftist historians. A set of historians, including Romila Thapar, Bipin Chandra and S. Gopal argued that there was no mention of the dismantling of the temple before 19th century and Ayodhya is a Buddhist-Jain centre. They were supported by historians Irfan Habib, R.S. Sharma, D.N. Jha, Suraj Bhan and Akthar Ali.” This was later disproved conclusively by archeologist B.B. Lal in a court-ordered investigation.
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