An RSS thinker has become a subject of social media ridicule after he astonishingly claimed that Delhi’s Jama Masjid was in fact a Yamuna Temple. His crazy claims did not stop here. He also went on to suggest that the Taj Mahal was not built of Shah Jahan, but the historic monument was built in the 11th century by a Hindu king.
Desh Ratan Nigam, who’s also a lawyer by profession, was taking part in an NDTV debate show, Big Fight. His wierd claims caused huge laughter among the audience with the show’s host, Vikram Chandra, holding his head in utter disbelief. Among the other panelists was historian Irfan Habib, who too looked bewildered by the RSS thinker’s claims on the historical monuments built by the Mughal emperor.
Nigam said, “Taj Mahal is a national icon, but i still believe it was not built by Shahjahan…Taj Mahal was built in 1000 AD. It can be proved. There are symbols of Hinduism all over the place. Red Fort was built by Tomar dynasty.”
He then claimed than Delhi Jama Masjid was originally a Yamuna Temple and he could prove it. When asked by the anchor to express his opinion on Jammu Kashmir’s Hazratbal shrine, he expressed his ignorance.
Nigam’s comments have prompted social media users to target the RSS thinker for his crazy claims.
This RSS historian argues Taj Mahal, Lal Qila and Juma Msajid have not been built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan but by Hindu Rulers – Enough evidence to send the RSS to mental asylum! https://twitter.com/RifatJawaid/status/972362970507464705 …
Don’t laugh at this man’s stupidity. Won’t be surprised if this becomes an authentic piece of history books in new India.
Don’t laugh at this man’s stupidity. Won’t be surprised if this becomes an authentic piece of history books in new India. pic.twitter.com/o8oHvxRGu6
Nigam’s claims come just days after it was reported that the Centre’s Narendra Modi government had formed a committee to rewrite India’s history. A report by Reuters had said that the central government had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier.
The report by Reuters had said, “Minutes of the meeting, reviewed by Reuters, and interviews with committee members set out its aims: to use evidence such as archaeological finds and DNA to prove that today’s Hindus are directly descended from the land’s first inhabitants many thousands of years ago, and make the case that ancient Hindu scriptures are fact not myth.”
The committee’s chairman, KN Dikshit, had told the news agency, “I have been asked to present a report that will help the government rewrite certain aspects of ancient history.” The committee’s creator, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, too had confirmed in an interview that the group’s work was part of larger plans to revise India’s history.
March 10, 2018 at 6:45 pm
The claims have little or no historical value as they have no valid proof to substantiate. The right wingers are spreading false news and fake historical accounts of monuments
March 12, 2018 at 10:30 pm
The Marxists were in charge of writing history in the last 70 years. Romila Thapar besides being a leftist was also a Christian. Irfan Habib another leftist was also a Muslim. The other guy Harbans Mukhia wrote, “The world citizens have to decide and choose one of the three:Christianity, Islam or Socialism.” Clearly he presaged the disappearance of Hindus. That is scary. JNU hijacked our Grand Narrative. The great writers like Kalidas are rarely read in India. The great languages of India are in the danger of extinction. These tragedies are the result of these historians who should be made to answer for telling us lies. The dates given for events are to be reevaluated. The Aryan Invasion Theory has to be abandoned. In none of our books, Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata the word “aryans” is mentioned as a noun, nor is Dravidian. Arya is mentioned as an adjective. In Gita, the word “arya” is mentioned just once in the second chapter as an adjective. Max Muller was wrong in writing our history without evidence. Aryan is a Persian usage. It is also German. Dravidian is not a word in our books. It is Dravid. Brahmins speaking Gujarati, Maharashtra, Telugu, Tamil, Karnataka are called pancha Dravids (Rajatarangini, by Kalhana, 12th century). ADi Sankara described himself as “dravida sisuvu”. In the Vemulavada region of Telangana there is a sect of Brahmins called “dravids.” “Dravidians” was coined by British to divide and rule. The Justice Party took that concept and popularized. Rig Veda date is wrong. We have to accept Aryabhatta’s date for Kaliyuga Feb 18, 3012. This was accepted in 1822 by John Playfair and Jean Sylvain Bailly. Bible and its followers changed it all pushing the date of Rig Veda to 15th century BCE. Our concept of cyclical time was replaced by Biblical linear time. This has to be changed. Jacoby gave a date of 6000 BCE for Rig Veda. Now the NASA gave a date of 7000 for Ram Setu after they determined it was built by Rama. The orientalists wrote a racist interpretation of Indian history. Edward Said wrote clearly the racist attitudes of orientalists in his book “Orientalism”. Indians let orientalists write our history and suffered the consequences of lies and more lies. We should take it back and write our own Grand Narrative. Enough of Christians, Muslims and Marxists writing lies and presenting them as our history. Again Our Grand Narrative should be written by us- Sawdeshi Indology.