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SEED (1) ARISE ARJUN: Awaken my Hindu Nation & AYODHYA SHRI RAAM MANDIR: facts that did not reach you all MAANOJ RAKHIT Yashodharman © Maanoj Rakhit 8-604 The Discovery, Borivali East, Mumbai 400 066 Mobile Phone / Text Messages +91 986 980 9012 EMail [email protected] Web site http://www.maanojrakhit.com ISBN-10 81-89990-14-4 ISBN-13 978-81-89990-14-5 Published 2003 Current edition 2008 Price There is no price tag—you may, at your wish, make a token contribution of Rs 25 (twenty five). This will partially cover expenses. State Bank of India SB A/c 00000010416869077 Branch 4666 Printed at Ideal Press, Ambawadi, Dahisar (E), Mumbai 400 068 Mob: 98920-75431 Devendra Warang 2 Contents 7 Readers' Testimonies 9 Essential clarifications 10 Introduction 11 PART 1 JOURNEY OF HINDU SOCIETY 12 Hindu Society before Islam 12 Truth from the pages of History 13 Testimonies of Foreign Visitors 19 Does it not tell you clearly that ¬Ö´ÖÔ Dharm was indeed, reestablished? 20 What brought the extraordinary downfall? 21 For a change, would you want to be honest with yourself? 23 Journey through Horrors of Islam 23 Inferno that Max Muller spoke of 24 Islamic Evidence of Suppressed Historical Facts 36 What happened to Hindu Society? 39 What happened to Hindu Women? 40 Quotes from Quran and Hadis 41 A Religion that teaches Hatred and Enmity 42 Rise of Islam 43 Belief system that gave rise to such behavior pattern 46 Understanding Islam through Hadis and Sunna 50 Journey through Saintly duplicity 50 Historical Facts—Suppressed on Purpose 52 More Historical Facts—Suppressed on Purpose 55 Sowing invisible Seeds of Separatism 59 Legacy of the Father of the Nation 61 More of Suppressed Historical Facts 63 Was he not glorified beyond Proportion? 3 66 Journey through dishonest Secularism 66 Architect of Modern BhaaratVarsh 69 Legacy of the Architect of Modern BhaaratVarsh 77 PART 2 FRAUDS ON HINDU SOCIETY 78 On Raam Temple at Ayodhya 78 Rama ¸üÖ´ÖÖ, Ram ¸îü´Ö, Raam ¸üÖ´Ö 79 When Untruth is repeated again and again 79 The Backdrop 82 Double Standards 87 Mosque or Structure? 91 Justice delayed—Justice Denied 95 Courts of Justice? Highly doubtful 101 Opinion-makers to the nation? Or His Master's Voice? 109 The Final Verdict 113 What more do we need? 119 A Web of Deceit 135 Truth is bitter—Let the Present Generation Face the Truth 143 Status November 2003 143 Status June 2005 145 Status July 2005 145 Status 2006 146 On Blackening History of Hinduism 146 Massive False Propaganda alleging Hindu Persecution of Buddhism 153 Know the Enemy Within 157 On Vedic time Hindus eating Beef 157 Glaring Example of Deliberate Academic Fraud 160 Their Game Plan: Why they did it all? 165 Why would Hindu Seers forbid Cow Slaughter? 168 On Games Church Plays 168 On the issue of Conversion 4 Seed (1) 170 Fund raising techniques for Conversion 172 Very Crude methods some adopt 175 On ShivLingam 178 Know the unknown Mother Teresa 182 They told the Creator how to manage the Cosmos 184 Dead Sea Scrolls/Qumran Texts 187 Western Christian Priests leaving Christianity 189 Missionaries on Hindu Caste system 198 On Church Splitting the Nation 198 Justice Niyogi Commission Report 209 Epilogue 209 Arise Arjun 209 Sanaatan Dharm Hinduism 210 The Question of Unity 212 The Battered Hindu 213 Oh! Those so-called Social Reformers 213 Hinduism Hardened and Closed Itself 217 Appendix 217 About Authors Quoted in this Book 221 About the Author of this Work 222 A Different perspective on English Spellings of Sanskrit Terms 223 Copyright Relaxations 225 Other publications by this author 226 Bibliography Arise Arjun: Awaken my Hindu Nation 5 Jevovee $e³eer Je¬eÀlegC[ cenekeÀe³e met³e&keÀesefì meceÒeYe~ efveefJe&Iveb kegÀ© ceW osJe meJe&keÀe³ex<eg meJe&oe~~ Salutations to the god of Knowledge Shri Ganesh ³ee kegÀvosvogleg<eejnejOeJeuee ³ee MegYe´JeðeeJe=lee ³ee JeerCeeJejoC[ceeqC[lekeÀje ³ee éesleHe¨eemevee~ ³ee ye´ïee®³egleMe¹jÒeYe=efleefYejd osJewmmeoeJeeqvolee mee ceeced Heeleg mejmJeleer YeieJeleer efveMMes<epee[îeeHene~~ Salutations to the goddess of Learning Ma Saraswati ieg©ye´&ïee ieg©efJe&<Ceg: ieg©oxJees censéej:~ ieg©mmee#eele Hejb ye´ïe lemcew Þeer iegjJes vece:~~ Salutations to the Guru of gurus, the Supreme Guru, Tridev Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesh osJeer Jevovee ³ee osJeer meJe&Yetles<eg MeeqkeÌleªHesCe mebeqmLelee~ vecemlem³ew vecemlem³ew vecemlem³ew vecees vece:~~ Salutations to Aadi Shakti Ma Durga meceHe&Ce keÀe³esve Jee®ee cevemeseqvêSsJee yegO³eelcevee Jee Òeke=Àles mJeYeeJeele keÀjesefce ³eod³eod mekeÀueb Hejmcew veeje³eCee³esefle meceHe&³eeefce~~ In Dedication to Shri Naaraayan 6 Seed (1) Readers' Testimonies Arise Arjun: Awaken my Hindu Nation A shocking book! Nitin Kapoor, Mumbai, BhaaratVarsh An Amazing book! Dr Sandip Vyas, Mumbai, BhaaratVarsh The greatest compliment I can pay to Arise Arjun after reading a chapter is the simplicity, concise nature, and the manner in which the book has been organized. Chirag Godhania, Cambridge, England We are in receipt of your wonderful book "Arise Arjun, Frauds on Hindu Society". The arguments you have presented in the book are extremely logical and very powerful and they give the lie to all the frauds perpetrated on our society. Working here in the North-East, we get a direct feet of the debilitating effects, the goebbelsian propaganda of the proselytizers, has on the helpless tribals. As such, all our teachers and students are able to appreciate your painstaking work all the better in the present situation here. We pray to Thakur-Ma-Swamiji to enable you to continue this much needed service to Sanatana Dharma. Swami Rajiveshananda, Arunanchal Pradesh, BhaaratVarsh I liked reading Arise Arjun. I agree, the historical facts should be taught to each and every student in the country, as all benefit from it, just like Germany did. I like your approach of quoting facts from other published text. Congratulations on a bold undertaking! I like your choice of font type and size, for my eyes it was a treat. You have mentioned all issues in the book; I look forward to seeing solutions, which can be practically implemented, within the media crazy world of today. I am sure you have thought of those as well. I really enjoyed reading and sharing the facts with numerous people I met on the trip (to California) and also provided several of them with the title, author and Email. I want a copy sent to my friends and family in BhaaratVarsh and will send you the addresses. Ashok Bhaseen, Quebec, Canada Arise Arjun: Awaken my Hindu Nation 7 The greatest gift of your book Arise Arjun is that it is highly thought provoking. It also encouraged me to read more about our religion. Satyangshu Kundu, California, USA May Ma Ambe give strength to your pen to serve the cause of Hindus. Arise Arjun is a wonderful book. Reading it, one who is Hindu and has the feeling for Hinduism, will arise and fight for eliminating Adharm. May Shri Raam help you in achieving your mission in awakening Hindus of BhaaratVarsh, who are sleeping! Dr D D Kapoor, Pathaankot, BhaaratVarsh You are doing a great service to Hinduism. P M Shenvi, Mumbai, BhaaratVarsh I am very much impressed reading your book Arise Arjun. You will become a genius of a writer! Hem Chandra Das, Naini, BhaaratVarsh I congratulate you for writing this inspiring book. P.S. Though you are called Rakshit (the protected one) you are really Rakshak (the protector). Dr V W Deshpande, Thane, BhaaratVarsh Who says pen is not mightier than the sword? Here you go proving it again. Kiran Agrahara, USA Arise Arjun has become a valued possession for my library. K R Joshi, New Delhi, BhaaratVarsh Ayodhya Shri Raam Mandir: Facts that did not reach you all This booklet shows the agony of a scholar who wants to present the truth before the public about the mess created in case of Shri Raam Mandir, Ayodhya. Now the facts have been covered under garbage in the name of secularism by so-called professors, academicians and men of justice, politicians and press. The write-up is straightforward, frank and honest. The Author, Shri Maanoj Rakhit, is telling the truth, the facts about Raam Mandir in Ayodhya, exposing the secular professors and men and women in high positions who have tried their best to cover up the truth about existence of Raam Mandir, which Muslims - true to the teachings of their religion - had demolished. It is worth reading. Prof. G. C. Asnani, Pune, BhaaratVarsh 8 Seed (1) You have summarized the entire issue in short booklet. This will be easy for common people to understand the issue. Many devoted religious people will benefit from the booklet. G P Srinivasan, Trichy, BhaaratVarsh You have been rendering great service to the Hindu community. Prof. Gour Mohanty, Pondicherry, BhaaratVarsh General Each one of your work is a little gem! Dr T N Ramachandran, Thanjavur, BhaaratVarsh Clarifications Most comments on Arise Arjun relate to the 1st edition published in 2003. It was titled as Arise Arjun: Awaken my Hindu Nation bearing ISBN 81-89746-01-4. Swami Rajiveshananda's comments on Arise Arjun: Frauds on Hindu Society related to the 3rd edition published in 2006 as split edition where Part 1 and Part 2 were published in separate book forms. Swamiji had in his possession only the Part 2 Arise Arjun: Frauds on Hindu Society bearing ISBN 81-89746-24-3. On Raam Temple at Ayodhya was a short chapter until 3rd edition. Comments on Ayodhya relate to the 1st edition published in 2003. It was titled as Ayodhya Shri Raam Mandir: Facts that did not reach you all bearing ISBN 81-89746-02-2.
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    VISION IAS www.visionias.in Civilian Awards Padma Awards Padma Awards were instituted in the year 1954. The award is given in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year and normally not conferred posthumously. However, in highly deserving cases, the Government could consider giving an award posthumously if the demise of the person proposed to be honoured has been recent, say within a period of one year preceding the Republic Day on which it is proposed to announce the award. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. - art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. • Padma Shri is awarded for ‘distinguished service’. • Padma Bhushan for ‘distinguished service of a high order’. • Padma Vibhushan for ‘exceptional and distinguished service'. Padma Awards 2015 Padma Vibhushan: 1. LK Advani- Public Affairs- Gujarat 2. Amitabh Bachchan- Art- Maharashtra 3. Prakash Singh Badal- Public Affairs- Punjab 4. Dr D Veerendra Heggade- Social Work- Karnataka 5. Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar- Art- Maharashtra 6. Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya- Others- Uttar Pradesh 7. Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan- Science and Engineering- Tamil Nadu 8. Kottayan K. Venugopal- Public Affairs- Delhi 9. Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)- Trade and Industry- France/UK Padma Bhushan: 1. Jahnu Barua- Art- Assam 2. Dr Vijay Bhatkar- Science and Engineering- Maharashtra 3. Shri Swapan Dasgupta- Literature and Education- Delhi 4. Swami Satyamitranand Giri- Others- Uttar Pradesh 5. N Gopalaswami- Civil Service- Tamil Nadu 1 www.visionias.in ©Vision IAS 6.