First let me thank Ishwa Misra for the post, and the effort he has put in to bring this inscription to our atention. The author Ishwa claims that this reflects...
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dharmpaluk
Sep 2, 2003 8:09 pm
A historic statue The statue of meditating Buddha, which now lies in the Jat Regimental Centre mess at Bareilly, has a history behind it. It was on September...
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dharmpaluk
Sep 2, 2003 8:16 pm
Another historical event related to JAT REGT. The famous golden gate of Somnath Temple. The Somnath temple was looted by Mahmod Gajnavi and took golden gate,...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 2, 2003 9:30 pm
... gate ... Dharampal Ji The reason no one knows about it, beacuse it was never recorded and publicized. That is why we must record them, as you have so...
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JatHistory@yahoogroup...
Sep 3, 2003 7:07 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the JatHistory group. File : /Raja...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 3, 2003 7:53 pm
Charat Pratap has created a Web Site about his grandfather, the Illustrious Raja Mahendra Pratap http://www.rajamahendrapratap.com/index.html This is also on...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 3, 2003 8:14 pm
This visionary leader died in 1979. The Indian Government issued a stamp in his honour. http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Color/Raw%20Sienna/RAJA% ...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 3, 2003 8:23 pm
In 1959 Raja Mahendra Pratap sent a telegram to Gen Ayub Khan then president of Pakisithan suggesting Gen Cariappa, would become The Commander in Chief of the...
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JD Singhji
jais_99@...
Sep 4, 2003 1:26 am
Perhaps we should write to the Jat Regiment commandant to return the statue to their rightful owners? JD Singh ... From: dharmpaluk To:...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 4, 2003 3:05 am
What an interesting comment Major.(ex Indian army) J D Singh help us, who would that rightful owner be ?? Ravi...
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charat pratap
charatpratap2000@...
Sep 4, 2003 6:12 am
Ravi Chaudhary <ravichaudhary2000@...> wrote: In 1959 Raja Mahendra Pratap sent a telegram to Gen Ayub Khan then president of Pakisithan suggesting Gen...
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gktk_us
Sep 4, 2003 5:59 pm
... Followed by another interesting comment! Yes, if the temple still exists then the moorthy should be returned. IMHO. A British officer, in his ignorance (or...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 4, 2003 6:15 pm
This kind of looting was fairly common in those times, to the erstwhile officer this was probably just a trophy, an antique. Good point, on the PR part Ravi ...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 5, 2003 2:25 am
In passing I may add, the jats were Buddhists,( along with being vedic, shaivites, vaishnavites etc, between the time of Lord Buddha, and until they acquired...
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gktk_us
Sep 5, 2003 6:21 pm
... Yes. This treating of cultural value as commercial value hurts me no end. As an aside, I remember the stunned sea of faces in the Museum in Washington...
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wtsdv
Sep 5, 2003 11:15 pm
He he, I enjoy your sharp wit Coimbatore, well... you know, except when I'm on the receiving end of it! (-: Who's in possesion of the Koh-e Nur now? Is it the...
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Samar Abbas
abbas@...
Sep 7, 2003 8:20 am
... The Kohinoor was (as per one version) handed over to the British by the pundits of Jagannath temple to symbolise their new "alliance";. It supposedly...
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gktk_us
Sep 7, 2003 1:08 pm
... Dear Samar, Looks like your original theory was correct (from the website you pointed out:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010415/mailbag.htm): "There is...
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gktk_us
Sep 7, 2003 1:46 pm
... Yep! It will leave them bankrupt in no time. Effectively, whatever the british possess (OK, other than their passport) is loot-stuff. ... Jokes apart, one...
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ymalaiya
Sep 7, 2003 4:47 pm
The Smithsoniam museum in Washington DC has a nice collection of diamonds, some of them from India. The best known diamond there is the Hope diamond: ...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 13, 2003 3:32 pm
JAT SIKHS and JATS are the same, from the same stock and are brothers. Let me give you a brief insight into history. Guru Govind Singh Ji asked for five people...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 13, 2003 3:35 pm
... It is rather surprising that the following article was published in Dawn. What is true of Abdali is also true of all Muslim invaders from bin Kasim to ...
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ymalaiya
Sep 13, 2003 5:37 pm
Tirukkural is an ancient Tamil classic. It is greatly respected in Tamilnadu by people of all religions. I saw the following article about farmers. It is not...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 14, 2003 6:18 pm
In MSG 885 DR Abbas suggests that the Koh I Nur Diamond, was given to the Temple of Lord Jaganath in Orrisa, as part of his last dying wishes, ands among other...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 14, 2003 6:21 pm
... related ... IN MSG 891: Dr Malaiya is correct that this article is not related to Jats. He is also correct that 2000 years and indeed well upto the 17th ...
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Samar Abbas
abbas@...
Sep 15, 2003 2:27 pm
... The handing over of the jewels to the British by the Brahmins of Jagannath is an accepted fact of the Dalit school of historians. For just one example,...
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Ravi Chaudhary
ravichaudhar...
Sep 15, 2003 9:27 pm
... Dr Abbas Your msg 894 The one striking thing about your post is that conjecture, and lack of evidence do not stand in your way, as you ramble on. Where do...
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Nadia Deol
nadiadeol
Sep 16, 2003 1:52 am
the theory - at first glance, Sikhism, being anti-Brahmin, would be opposed to any such act. However, we must note that anti-Brahmanism was a feature of early...
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ymalaiya
Sep 16, 2003 4:59 am
... question as ... link in ... At the time of Ranjit Singh, Sikhism and Hinduism were not considered to be incompatible. For several centuries, it was common...
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ymalaiya
Sep 16, 2003 5:11 am
Let me add that several of the authors whose works are included in Adi Granth (Guru Granth Sahib), were Brahmin. Most of the authors (other than the Gurus...
