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P. N. Oak
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2 March 1917
Indore, British India
Died
Contents
1 Life
2 Revisionist theories
2.1 Academic and Government response
2.2 Christianity as Vedic Chrisn-nity or Krishna-neeti Theory
2.3 Taj Mahal Theory
2.4 Kaaba Theory: Vedic origins
3 Books written
3.1 Books in Marathi
3.2 Books in Hindi
4 Bibliography
5 References
6 Further reading
7 See also
Life
Oak was born in 1917 at Indore in erstwhile Princely State of Indore, British India. During World War II, he
was at first with the Indian army, and was in Malaya. He joined the Indian National Army after Singapore
fell to the Japanese. He acted as an assistant to Subhas Chandra Bose in Azad Hind Fauj and then as an ADC
to General Jagannath Bhosale, the chief of the Indian National Army. He also worked as a commentator for
the Azad Hind Radio.[4]
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"From 1947 to 1974 his profession has been mainly journalism having worked on the editorial staffs of the
Hindustan Times and The Statesman, as a Class I officer in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
India; and as editor in the American Embassy's Information Service." [5] In 1964, he started an organisation
called 'Institute for Rewriting Indian History'
Dozens of blogs and websites refer to him as "Professor" P. N. Oak,.[6][7][8] However, he was not a
professor. According to his own account,[5] he completed an M.A. (Agra) and a law degree (LL.B.
Mumbai), and was an official in the Ministry for Information, and wrote various journalistic pieces.
He died on 4 December 2007, at 3.30 am at his Pune residence aged 90.
Revisionist theories
Intent on rectifying what he believes to be "biased and distorted versions of India's history produced by the
invaders and colonizers", Oak has written several books and articles on Indian history and founded an
"Institute for Rewriting Indian History" in 1964. According to Oak, modern secular and Marxist historians
have fabricated "idealized versions" of India's past and drained it of its "Vedic context and content". Srinivas
Aravamudan noted that Oak's work typically resorts to "deep punning"[2] associating Sanskrit sound-alikes
with non-Sanskrit religious terms such as Vatican=vatika "hermitage", Christianity=Krishna-netti or
Chrisn-nity "ethics of Krishna or the way of Krishna" Islam=ishalayam "temple of God", Abraham as an
aberration of Brahma, and George as an aberration of Garg.[9] [3] (http://books.google.com
/books?id=k0RPGAu3vokC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=oak+deep+punning+vatika&source=bl&
ots=xQszKc9clN&sig=_PTLtzjlm5HPC84AR8MTcyWRaRg&hl=en&
sa=X&ei=Q9pQT5L7Oon3ggfF7P3IDQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Kaaba&f=false) Based on
this, Oak claims that both Christianity and Islam allegedly originated as distortions of "Vedic" beliefs.
Srinivas Aravamudan concludes that via "deep punning" Oak is "creative in proliferating these delusional
etymologies." [4] (http://books.google.com/books?id=k0RPGAu3vokC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&
dq=oak+deep+punning+vatika&source=bl&ots=xQszKc9clN&sig=_PTLtzjlm5HPC84AR8MTcyWRaRg&
hl=en&sa=X&ei=Q9pQT5L7Oon3ggfF7P3IDQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&
q=oak%20deep%20punning%20vatika&f=false)
Oak's claims, e.g. that Christianity and Islam are both derivatives of Hinduism, or that the Catholic Vatican,
Kaaba, Westminster Abbey and the Taj Mahal were once Hindu temples to Shiva,[1] and their reception in
Indian popular culture have been noted by observers of contemporary Indian society, who variously
characterised Oak as a "mythistorian"[2] or more directly as a "crackpot".[3] In addition to this Oak again
asserted that the Vatican was allegedly originally a Vedic creation called Vatika and that the Papacy was also
originally a Vedic Priesthood.
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Stephen Knapp. Art historian Rebecca Brown describes Oak's books as "revisionist history as subtle as
Captain Russell's smirk" (referring to a character in the Hindi movie Lagaan).[13]
Although not anti-government in nature, Oak's book "Some Blunders in Indian Historical Research" was
banned from the Parliament's library by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha (lower House) as noted in news
archives.[14] There are also apocryphal claims of government suppression, e.g. "Allegedly, Indira Gandhi's
government tried to ban [Oak's book on Taj Mahal] and some would say the Indian government has been
politically motivated in suppressing this theory".[15] The Indian government has indeed banned a number of
books[16] on the grounds of preventing Hindu-Muslim rioting and/or national security.
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Oak petitioned the Indian parliament demanding that the Taj be declared a Hindu monument and that
cenotaphs and sealed apartments be opened to determine whether Shivalingam or other temple remains were
hidden in them.[19] According to Oak, the Indian government's refusal to allow him unfettered access
amounts to a conspiracy against Hinduism. The Indian government has maintained that out of respect for the
dead, unnecessary openings of cenotaphs and sealed rooms cannot be allowed.
Oak's denial of Islamic architecture in India has been described as one of the "more extreme manifestations
of anti-Muslim sentiment" in Maharashtrian popular culture.[21] K. N. Panikkar locates Oak's work in the
Hindutva movements attempt to foster a communal understanding of Indian history.[22] Tapan Raychaudhuri
has referred to him as "a 'historian' much respected by the Sangh Parivar."[23]
In 2000 India's Supreme Court dismissed Oak's petition to declare that a Hindu king had built the Taj Mahal
and reprimanded him for bringing the action, saying he had a "bee in his bonnet" about the Taj.[24][25] In
2005 a similar petition was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court. This case was brought by Amar Nath
Mishra, a social worker and preacher who says that the Taj Mahal was built by the Hindu King Parmar Dev
in 1196.[25]
Books written
Taj Mahal: The True Story Publisher: A Ghosh (May 1989) Language: English
[Review|http://www.amazon.com/Taj-Mahal-The-True-Story/dp/0961161442]
Some Missing Chapters of World History Publisher: Hindi Sahitya Sadan (2010) Language: English
World Vedic Heritage: A History of Histories Publisher: New Delhi: Hindi Sahitya Sadan (2003)
Vaidik Vishva Rashtra Ka Itihas Publisher: New Delhi: Hindi Sahitya Sadan
Bharat Mein Muslim Sultan
Who Says Akbar was Great
Some Blunders Of Indian Historical Research
Agra red Fort is a Hindu Building
Learning Vedic Astrology
Books in Marathi
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Books in Hindi
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Bibliography
Christianity is Chrisn-nity, ISBN 978-81-88388-77-6
Islamic Havoc in India (A. Ghosh Publisher, 5740 W. Little York, Houston, Texas, 77091)
The Taj Mahal Is a Temple Place (Alternate title, The Taj Mahal is a Hindu Palace), Hindi Sahitya
Sadan, New Delhi (online version: hindusarise.com (http://www.hindusarise.com/tajmahal.pdf))
Who Says Akbar Was Great? (Hindi Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi)
Agra Red Fort is a Hindu Building (Hindi Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi)
Some Blunders of Indian Historical Research (Hindi Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi)
Some Missing Chapters of World History (Hindi Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi)
World Vedic HeritageA History of Histories (Hindi Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi)
Taj Mahal The True Story (ISBN 0-9611614-4-2)
Vaidik Vishva Rashtra Ka Itihas Publisher: New Delhi: Hindi Sahitya Sadan
Bharat Mein Muslim Sultan
Was Kaaba a Hindu Temple?
Learning Vedic Astrology
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References
1. ^ a b P. N. Oak. Christianity is Chrisn-nity (http://books.google.com/books/about
/Christianity_is_Chrisn_nity.html?id=DQYKAQAAIAAJ). http://books.google.com/books/about
/Christianity_is_Chrisn_nity.html?id=DQYKAQAAIAAJ.
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Srinivas Aravamudan, Guru English: South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language Princeton
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Edwin Bryant (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate.
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(4 June 1999).
18. ^ "Book Review: New Birth or Rebirth Jesus Talks with Krishna (Great Conversations) by Ravi Zacharias"
(http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-new-birth-or-rebirth).
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Further reading
Garg, Ganga Ram (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World (http://www.google.com
/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&tbs=bkv:p,lr:lang_1en&tbm=bks&
q=editions:w9pmo51lRnYC). South Asia Books. Retrieved 8170223733.
Gopal, Ram (1998). Islam, Hindutva, and Congress Quest. New Delhi: Reliance Publishing House.
ISBN 81-7510-072-9.
Taj Mahal (From Sanskrit: Tejo Mahalay, "The Great Abode of Tej"), Teja (Jats'1 name of Shiva is
Tejaji) + Mahalay (http://veda.wikidot.com/taj-mahal)
See also
Communalism (South Asia)
Historical revisionism
Historiography and nationalism
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