tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post7429920517594705577..comments2024-01-03T13:53:38.766+05:30Comments on pareltank: Gandhi Jayanthikochuthresiamma p .jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-74006140383914814592009-10-04T00:52:14.251+05:302009-10-04T00:52:14.251+05:30The Tipu Fort in Palakkad has Hanuman idol at the ...The Tipu Fort in Palakkad has Hanuman idol at the entrance. It is believed to be present when the Fort was built by Hyder Ali. As you may be aware many of the high-ranking officials of Tipu's Palace were Hindus.Tipu did help financially and militarily many temples. At the same time he also have destroyed many temples. Being a Muslim invader he might have been afraid or reluctant to destroy Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-72475060376722301562009-10-03T23:32:44.756+05:302009-10-03T23:32:44.756+05:30@ charakan
though from midtravancore, i too have g...@ charakan<br />though from midtravancore, i too have grown up with stories about tippu's atrocities in malabar (guess you know that one about pulling up high caste hindus by their kudumi-knot at the top of the head - and, well you should know the rest). your take is interesting and new knowledge to me.can you give me a good source (in English)about the issue discussed between you and Stoic?kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-31446997479455717002009-10-03T23:17:50.281+05:302009-10-03T23:17:50.281+05:30Stoic, my family including my grand parents who we...Stoic, my family including my grand parents who were hindus also lived there in Malappuram during that time and I have also some idea of what happened from their stories.<br />Tipu was an invader King who tolerated anyone who agreed to his rule and was not a religious zealot.Many Forts of Tipu in Kerala have an idol of Hanuman guarding its entrance.The communally minded people on either side Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-10694205297160399462009-10-03T20:46:13.427+05:302009-10-03T20:46:13.427+05:30@charakan:
Yes, the Past is in the hands of the Pr...@charakan:<br />Yes, the Past is in the hands of the Present. Your viewpoint is the current accepted version. Current history also says [watch the TV serials] that Tippu was the embodiment of religious tolerance.<br /><br />Did the Khilafat have anything to do with the Moplah rebellion at all?<br /><br />Chettur Sankaran Nair was not an RSS guy, I presume. And he lived in those times, unlike us.A Stoichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657488599907311113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-48253933556096371462009-10-03T20:18:52.292+05:302009-10-03T20:18:52.292+05:30@ charakan
thanks. have only a superficial knowled...@ charakan<br />thanks. have only a superficial knowledge of the malabar riots.<br /> <br />yes, it's the textual nature of history that we must keep in mind. it's not the last word. on communal issues particularly you can have my number of interpretations depending on who records it.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-4261417777376903992009-10-03T16:22:07.035+05:302009-10-03T16:22:07.035+05:30A Stoic, The communally minded polititcal leaders ...A Stoic, The communally minded polititcal leaders and writers along with the British always wanted to increase the divide between Hindus and Muslims.In case of Malabar rebellion also they did the same.But there are enough historical evidence to suggest that the rebellion was a mainly a peasant revolt by Muslim peasants against British rule and the pro British land lords who were mainly Hindus. Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-61790619359827852572009-10-02T21:25:22.058+05:302009-10-02T21:25:22.058+05:30@ stoic
gandhi has made mistakes-plenty of them- e...@ stoic<br />gandhi has made mistakes-plenty of them- expensive ones. He has admitted on several occasion that his support of khilfat was a terrible mistake. No, i was not claiming divinity for gandhi-<br />reg viceroy's speech - there is truth in it - how much, is the question. look back at the first sentence of your comment :-)<br />history is always a pack of official lies-<br />have u kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-19135403475578737072009-10-02T17:50:10.047+05:302009-10-02T17:50:10.047+05:30History is merely the story as written by the winn...History is merely the story as written by the winners. We might read Chettur Sankaran Nair’s ‘Gandhi and Anarchy’, to know Gandhi in his own period. To quote a bit, <br />“His attitude towards the Mopla outrages shows the extent of his surrender. His alliance with the Khilafat movement has led to frightful results in Malabar. The result was, themselves armed and organised, they took the Hindus A Stoichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657488599907311113noreply@blogger.com