1 INDIA RISES IN THE WEST A HISTORY REWRITTEN RANGANATHAN MAGADI 2006 2 INDIA RISES IN THE WEST Author Ranganathan Magadi Copyrighted ©2006 by Ranganathan Magadi Published by Ranganathan Magadi, Shobha Sreenath and Jamuna Mysore No part of this book can be copied or reproduced in any form or in any manner without a written permission from the author or the publishers. First printed and published in USA in 2006 E mail address:
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[email protected] 3 Author’s note This book is not a discourse on any abstract ideology but an attempt to provide a layman’s knowledge of India and its people, past and present; to portray the strength, weakness, and follies of their leaders and to sketch the lives and achievements of great men who made India great in the fields of political progress, economic development, social transformation, industrialization, education, literature, sports and entertainment. The author has collected materials from various sources and presented them in such a way as to provide sufficient knowledge regarding the bane and boon of the country, the frailty and strength of its leaders and the myth and reality of its people. While the material is based on historical facts and figures, the author claims that the observations made and the conclusions drawn are his own. The author has no intention of hurting the sentiments of anyone or any group of people and the observations made and the inferences drawn are purely based on author’s evaluation of events, personalities and achievements. There is need to rewrite the History of India because no other history has been so distorted as the History of India.