Nano 1975

What "Socialism" does. How it destroys efforts. Remember the effort involved in 1975 when you read the article. The gentleman who developed it was self taught, self made person.
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1975 Nano precurssor.

An ode to one of the lesser known pioneering victims of License-Raaj and planning commission. India's first "Nano" was designed 40 years ago, was called Meera and no entrepreneur thought to or was allowed by government to invest in it. So much for "Socialism".

Why did govt of India did not allow this project to take-off? Because Japan's Suzuki was going to invest in Sanjay-Gandhi's (then) future dream company (Maruti). This car would have been its competitor hence license was not given.
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Sanatani Veer killed with his entire family by crushing in an oil mill .

Baba Moti Ram Mehra (fl. late 17th – early 18th century) was a devoted disciple and servant of the Guru Gobind Singh who, disregarding the risk to his own life, managed to enter the Thanda Burj in a very dramatic manner and serve milk to the Mata Gujri and Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, the two younger Sahibzadas (sons) of Guru Gobind Singh for three nights, where they were kept under arrest by the Mughal Governor of Sirhind, Wazir. Khan.
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On December 27, 1704, the Sahibzadas were martyred and Mata Gujri also died. He arranged sandal wood for their cremation. Someone told the Nawab that his servant had served those prisoners with milk and water. The Nawab ordered the arrest of Baba Moti Ram Mehra and his mother, wife and a little son. He did not conceal his act and boldly told the Nawab that it was his pious duty to serve the imprisoned children and their grandmother.
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Hence Baba Moti Ram Mehra, along with his family, was sentenced to death by being squeezed in a Kohlu (oil press)

Dr.Durgabai Deshmukh

Durgābāi Deshmukh (15 July 1909 – 9 May 1981) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician. She was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and of the Planning Commission of India.

A public activist for women's emancipation, she founded the Andhra Mahila Sabha (Andhra Women's Conference) in 1937. She was also the founder chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board. In 1953, she married C.D. Deshmukh, the first Indian governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Finance Minister in India's Central Cabinet during the years 1950-1956

Among the southern states, Andhra had the unique distinction of contributing the largest contingent of women Satyagrahis who, unmindful of the hardships, entered the prisons. In the non-cooperation movement of 1922, a young girl of twelve years offered satyagraha at Kakinada. This young girl, Durgabai, afterwards exhibited her dynamic abilities by founding a unique organization — the Andhra Mahila Sabha — which is regarded as the foremost among the women’s welfare and educational institutions of entire South India.

Durgabai, familiar to the rest of the country as Durgabai Deshmukh was born in Rajahmundry on 15 July 1909. As noted earlier she participated in the Non-Co-operation Movement when she was hardly twelve years of age. After the suspension of the Non Co-operation Movement, she propagated the ideals of Gandhiji in the villages around Rajahmundry and Kakinada, by establishing schools to give training to women in spinning and weaving.

Along with Andhra Kesari T. Prakasam she participated in the Salt Satyagraha movement in Madras city in May 1930. She was imprisoned in 1930 and again in 1932. In spite of her active participation in the national struggle Durgabai found time to take the M.A. and B.L. degrees. From 1935 till her death she devoted her entire energy to the welfare of women and children.

In 1936 she established Andhra Mahila Sabha mainly, to coach young Telugu girls of Madras city to appear for the Matriculation examination of the Banaras Hindu University. From such a humble beginning Andhra Mahila Sabha became within a decade a great institution of education and social welfare in the city of Madras. She had the unique capacity to get funds for the institution from both the rich and the poor alike. Andhra Mahila Sabha trained women in various activities like nursing, journalism, and teaching. Durgabai founded and edited a monthly journal in Telugu called Andhra Mahila. The activities of Andhra Mahila Sabha attracted the attention of Pandit Nehru who wanted to utilize the services of Durgabai at the national level.

At the national level Durgabai’s services were utilized fully. She was the Chairwoman of a number of central organizations like, Central Social Welfare Board, National Council for Women’s Education and National Committee on girls’ and women’s education. She was a Member of Parlia­ment and Planning Commission. She was also associated with the Andhra Educational Society, New Delhi.

After the formation of Andhra Pradesh, Andhra Mahila Sabha extended its activities to Hyderabad city. At Hyderabad, Andhra Mahila Sabha, besides running a number of educational institutions including a college, opened many welfare institutions for women and children.

Durgabai was awarded the fourth Nehru Literary Award in 1971 for her outstanding contribution to the promotion of literacy in India. In 1975 she was awarded ‘Padma Vibhushan.’

Durgabai Deshmukh died on 9th May, 1981. In her death the country has lost one of the most dynamic women of the country.

Ancient Idnian Weapons

Anti Indian NGO's

Foreign Funding Allegation

Intelligence Bureau, in a report accused "foreign-funded" NGOs of "serving as tools for foreign policy interests of western governments" by sponsoring agitations against nuclear and coal-fired power plants and anti-GMO agitation across the country. The NGOs, are said to be working through a network of local organisations to negatively impact GDP growth by 2-3%. The report says,

A significant number of Indian NGOs funded by donors based in US, UK, Germany and Netherlands have been noticed to be using people-centric issues to create an environment, which lends itself to stalling development projects.

It alleged that Greenpeace was leading a “massive effort to take down India's coal-fired power plant and coal mining activity” by using foreign funds to “create protest movements under 'Coal Network' umbrella at prominent coal block and coal-fired power plant locations in India”. The Intelligence Bureau said the foreign NGOs and their Indian arms were serving as tools to advance Western foreign policy interests."Greenpeace aims to fundamentally change the dynamics of India's energy mix by disrupting and weakening the relationship between key players," the IB report said.

In April 2015, the Government of India shared a list of over 42,000 NGOs with Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to check suspicious foreign funding amid the crackdown on some top international donors for flouting the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2011. These 42,273 NGOs were put under watch after intelligence reports claimed that several charity organisations are diverting funds for purposes other than the permitted use of foreign contribution.The list includes NGOs operating in religious, cultural, economic, social and educational fields. For the first time, the government has clearly defined the sectors in which it has listed Christian missionaries, Hindu, Sikh and Muslim religious groups receiving foreign contribution besides other activities of NGOs in which funds are claimed to be utilised. There is also suspicion that money launderers could use the legitimate route to wire illicit money.Many of them are Christian Missionaries and other religious groups who are found to evade taxes.

 

Following the enquiry, permits of about 8,875 NGOs have been revoked for a variety of reasons ranging from non-filing of returns or non-compliance with Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

Terrorist Groups In India

Assam

1. United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)

2. National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)

3. United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS)

4. Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO)

5. Bodo Liberation Tiger Force (BLTF)

6. Dima Halim Daogah (DHD)

7. Karbi National Volunteers (KNV)

8. Rabha National Security Force (RNSF)

9. Koch-Rajbongshi Liberation Organisation (KRLO)

10. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)

11. Karbi People's Front (KPF)

12. Tiwa National Revolutionary Force (TNRF)

13. Bircha Commando Force (BCF)

14. Bengali Tiger Force (BTF)

15. Adivasi Security Force (ASF)

16. All Assam Adivasi Suraksha Samiti (AAASS)

17. Gorkha Tiger Force (GTF)

18. Barak Valley Youth Liberation Front (BVYLF)

19. Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA)

20. United Liberation Front of Barak Valley

21. Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA)

22. Muslim Security Council of Assam (MSCA)

23. United Liberation Militia of Assam (ULMA)

24. Islamic Liberation Army of Assam (ILAA)

25. Muslim Volunteer Force (MVF)

26. Muslim Liberation Army (MLA)

27. Muslim Security Force (MSF)

28. Islamic Sevak Sangh (ISS)

29. Islamic United Reformation Protest of India (IURPI)

30. United Muslim Liberation Front of Assam (UMLFA)

31. Revolutionary Muslim Commandos (RMC)

32. Muslim Tiger Force (MTF)

33. People’s United Liberation Front (PULF)

34. Adam Sena (AS)

35. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen

36. Harkat-ul-Jehad

Jammu & Kashmir

Terrorist Outfits

1. Lashkar-e-Omar (LeO)

2. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)

3. Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA, presently known as Harkat-ul Mujahideen)

4. Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)

5. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)

6. Harkat-ul Mujahideen (HuM, previously known as Harkat-ul-Ansar)

7. Al Badr

8. Jamait-ul-Mujahideen (JuM)

9. Lashkar-e-Jabbar (LeJ)

10. Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami

11. Al Barq

12. Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen

13. Al Jehad

14. Jammu & Kashir National Liberation Army

15. People’s League

16. Muslim Janbaz Force

17. Kashmir Jehad Force

18. Al Jehad Force (combines Muslim Janbaz Force and Kashmir Jehad Force)

19. Al Umar Mujahideen

20. Mahaz-e-Azadi

21. Islami Jamaat-e-Tulba

22. Jammu & Kashmir Students Liberation Front

23. Ikhwan-ul-Mujahideen

24. Islamic Students League

25. Tehrik-e-Hurriat-e-Kashmir

26. Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqar Jafaria

27. Al Mustafa Liberation Fighters

28. Tehrik-e-Jehad-e-Islami

29. Muslim Mujahideen

30. Al Mujahid Force

31. Tehrik-e-Jehad

32. Islami Inquilabi Mahaz

Other Extremist and Secessionist Groups

1. Mutahida Jehad Council (MJC) -- A Pakistan based coordination body of terrorist outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir

2. Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)-- The dominant faction of this outfit declared a ceasefire in 1994 which still holds and the outfit restricts itself to a political struggle.

3. All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) -- an alliance engineered by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of 26 diverse political and socio-religious outfits amalgamated to provide a political face for the terrorists in the State.

4. Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) -- an outfit run by women which uses community pressure to further the social norms dictated by Islamic fundamental groups.

Manipur

1. United National Liberation Front (UNLF)

2. People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

3. People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)

The above mentioned three groups now operate from a unified platform,

the Manipur People’s Liberation Front (MPLF)

4. Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP)

5. Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL)

6. Manipur Liberation Tiger Army (MLTA)

7. Iripak Kanba Lup (IKL)

8. People’s Republican Army (PRA)

9. Kangleipak Kanba Kanglup (KKK)

10. Kangleipak Liberation Organisation (KLO)

11. Revolutionary Joint Committee (RJC)

12. National Socialist Council of Nagaland -- Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)

13. People’s United Liberation Front (PULF)

14. North East Minority Front (NEMF)

15. Islamic National Front (INF)

16. Islamic Revolutionary Front (IRF)

17. United Islamic Liberation Army (UILA)

18. United Islamic Revolutionary Army (UIRA)

19. Kuki National Front (KNF)

20. Kuki National Army (KNA)

21. Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA)

22. Kuki National Organisation (KNO)

23. Kuki Independent Army (KIA)

24. Kuki Defence Force (KDF)

25. Kuki International Force (KIF)

26. Kuki National Volunteers (KNV)

27. Kuki Liberation Front (KLF)

28. Kuki Security Force (KSF)

29. Kuki Liberation Army (KLA)

30. Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF)

31. United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF)

32. Hmar People’s Convention (HPC)

33. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)

34. Hmar Revolutionary Front (HRF)

35. Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA)

36. Zomi Revolutionary Volunteers (ZRV)

37. Indigenous People's Revolutionary Alliance(IRPA)

38. Kom Rem People's Convention (KRPC)

39. Chin Kuki Revolutionary Front (CKRF)

Meghalaya

1. Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)

2. Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC)

3. Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA)

4. Liberation of Achik Elite Force (LAEF)

4. People’s Liberation Front of Meghalaya (PLF-M)

5. Hajong United Liberation Army (HULA)

Nagaland

1. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) – NSCN(IM)

2. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) – NSCN (K)

3. Naga National Council (Adino) – NNC (Adino)

Punjab

1. Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)

2. Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)

3. International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)

4. Khalistan Commando Force (KCF)

5. All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)

6. Bhindrawala Tigers Force of Khalistan (BTFK)

7. Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)

8. Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)

9. Khalistan Armed Force (KAF)

10. Dashmesh Regiment

11. Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)

12. Khalistan National Army (KNA)

Tripura

1. National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)

2. All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)

3. Tripura Liberation Organisation Front (TLOF)

4. United Bengali Liberation Front (UBLF)

5. Tripura Tribal Volunteer Force (TTVF)

6. Tripura Armed Tribal Commando Force (TATCF)

7. Tripura Tribal Democratic Force (TTDF)

8. Tripura Tribal Youth Force (TTYF)

9. Tripura Liberation Force (TLF)

10. Tripura Defence Force (TDF)

11. All Tripura Volunteer Force (ATVF)

12. Tribal Commando Force (TCF)

13. Tripura Tribal Youth Force (TTYF)

14. All Tripura Bharat Suraksha Force (ATBSF)

15. Tripura Tribal Action Committee Force (TTACF)

16. Socialist Democratic Front of Tripura (SDFT)

17. All Tripura National Force (ATNF)

18. Tripura Tribal Sengkrak Force (TTSF)

19. Tiger Commando Force (TCF)

20. Tripura Mukti Police (TMP)

21. Tripura Rajya Raksha Bahini (TRRB)

22. Tripura State Volunteers (TSV)

23. Tripura National Democratic Tribal Force (TNDTF)

24. National Militia of Tripura (NMT)

25. All Tripura Bengali Regiment (ATBR)

26. Bangla Mukti Sena (BMS)

27. All Tripura Liberation Organisation (ATLO)

28. Tripura National Army (TNA)

29. Tripura State Volunteers (TSV)

30. Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT)

Mizoram

1. Bru National Liberation Front

2. Hmar People's Convention- Democracy (HPC-D)

Arunachal Pradesh

1. Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF)

Left-wing Extremist groups

1. Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)

2. People's War Group

3. Maoist Communist Centre

4. People's Guerrilla Army

5. Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist-Janashakti(CPI-ML-Janashakti)

6. Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC)

Other Extremist Groups

1. Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)

2. Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj (ABNES)

3. Tamil Nadu Liberation Army (TNLA)

4. Deendar Anjuman

5. Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)

6. Asif Reza Commando Force

7. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

8. Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO)

9. Ranvir Sena

Kashmiri Pandits Minorities In Our Country.

 

After years of helplessness, struggle, apathy, neglect, protests, petitions and tears, finally the voice of the Kashmiri Pandits is being heard. It is a result of a lifetime of prayers answered for a tiny community that has been languishing in despair and hopelessness.

In his inaugural address to the joint session of Parliament, President Pranab Mukherjee said special attempts will be made to ensure that Kashmiri Pandits return to the land of their ancestors with full dignity, security and assured livelihood. This was the first time since the shameful exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 that their return and rehabilitation was mentioned by the highest offices of power in the country. Ever since, there is a re-rekindling of hope in the community, which has been pining for a home for more than two decades now. Strife and struggle aren’t new to the Hindus of Kashmir, who over centuries of suppression have been reduced to a micro-minority in their own land. The 1990 exodus is their seventh known exodus.They have been subjected to ethic cleansing while the whole country watched silently. They were seen as ‘agents’ of the government of India, symbols of Hindu India that needed to be wiped out.

Over the years, what has pained the community more than the loss of their homeland is complete apathy by the governments in power. Any time the Kashmir issue was discussed, separatists, terrorists and secessionists were invited, but the Pandits had no voice, and if any of them spoke, it was ignored.

So far, there is no consensus even on the reasons that lead to the exodus.The liberal narrative, which has taken its cue from the Jihadi narrative emanating from the valley, still believes the Pandits left on their own volition and there was no threat to their lives, their women and their property. That the then governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Jagmohan, coaxed and coached the Pandits to leave is still the dominant narrative. The Pandits have actually been mauled and butchered in their own homeland. There all have unbearably painful stories of murders, rapes, and torture to tell.

"I was 20 years old when terrorists of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) killed my father in broad daylight... The memories of the incident and the sight of the bullet-ridden body of my father still sends chills down my spine," says Ashutosh Taploo, son of Tika Lal, who was the first person from the community to have been killed by terrorists.

"I was only ten when terrorists blew off our house in Ashmuji village of Kulgam district and shot at my father and grandfather from a point-blank range. It would be impossible for me and my family to return to our native place and live amongst the people who had facilitated the killing of my father and grandfather," says 35-year-old Sandeep Kaul.

No Pandit will ever feel safe in the Kashmir valley unless those who killed them, raped them, maimed them, and burnt their homes are made to face court of law. What happened in 1990 was a crime against humanity. Those who perpetrated the violence are roaming free on the roads of Kashmir. No one has been punished, no convictions have been made, no cases have ever been registered or pursued against the murderers. Justice must be brought against those who were actively involved in killings. No Pandit will feel safe in his own home while the murderers roam freely in the valley.

Now, after years of hardship, finally, when there is talk of return to the valley, all the community asks for is a composite township where the people who had to migrate, can live under a safe and secure environment. Such a township is much needed as Kashmir Valley continues to remain in the grip of terrorism. Apart from providing the much-needed security to the community the township would help preserve their culture and tradition. The separatist groups of the Valley have been protesting against such a township. It is viewed as a conspiracy by many so that the Pandits do not return to their homeland.

We as a nation have failed our Kashmiri Pandit brothers and sisters earlier, but this time, we have to stand by them, to ensure that they are protected and get their right to live in dignity and peace without fearing for their lives, like the rest of the minorities in our country. 

Thaks to ShankhNaad

Demolition of Bindu-Madhav Temple by Aurangzeb

The  of the image is the farman, in persian issued by Aurangzeb to demolish Bindu-Madhav Temple.On the right is the mosque built in place of temple.

"Complying with the orders, Rafi-ul-Amin, the Diwan of Banaras has sent the report that the temple of Nand-Madho (Bindu- Madhav) has been demolished, and, after this affair, awaits whatever orders are given regarding constructing a mosque there. The Emperor ordered that a mosque be built there".

Temple of Bindu-Madhav – “The most important Vishnu temple in Varanasi since the fifth century A.D., finds mention, along with Adi Keshava, in the Matsya Purana, as one of the five most important tirthas in Varanasi. It was demolished during every inconoclastic storm and was every time rebuilt”. The deity was reconsecrated in a grand temple built by Raja Man Singh of Amber in the 16th century. The temple was demolished and a mosque was constructed here as the Akhbar of R.Yr. 26, Ramzan 20 / 13 September 1682, displayed here, records.

The present temple was built by the Raja of Aundh (Satara, Maharashtra) in the 19th century. The temple is highly respected among the South Indians; Bindu-Madhava is respected as Vishnu-Kanchi of South India. A large number of devotees visit the temple, especially in the month of March
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The Bindu Madhav temple is presently housed in a simple nondescript building. The exterior of the building is just like any other house in the lanes of Varanasi. Inside in a low ceiling non ornamental hall at the farthest end stands the revered deity. The deity here is made of saligram stone. Due to the mythological references this temple holds great importance for the pilgrims visiting the holy city.