India seeks Prithviraj Chauhan’s remains

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India seeks Prithviraj Chauhan's remains

11 December 2001 The Indian government has launched diplomatic efforts to bring back the remains of Prithviraj Chauhan from Afghanistan and correct "distortions" in Afghan history textbooks carried out during the Taliban regime, officials said.

Visiting Afghan interior minister Yunus Qanooni has agreed to these requests and they will be reiterated before Afghanistan's foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah who is coming tomorrow to India.

Prithviraj Chauhan fought two battles with Mohammad Ghori winning the first in 1191 but losing the second in 1192 due to the treachery of Jaichand.

Chauhan was blinded, executed and buried 20 kilometers away from Kandahar.

Due to distortions in history, the Indian government has received reports that local Afghans show disrespect to the monument of Prithviraj Chauhan.

Cutting across party lines, Indian politicians have demanded the return of Chauhan's asthi kalas or remains.

Amar Singh of the Samajwadi Party and former separatist politician Jagjit Singh Chohan made well-publicised visits to Chauhan's birthplace Neemrana in Rajasthan.

Analysts say that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha and the Bharatiya Janata Party are keen for the return of Chauhan's remains before the UP elections slated for February 2002.

They also insist that the Congress party which was hitherto disinterested in the matter since it did not have a constituency in Chauhan's Rajput clan has been clamouring for the return of his remains because of the UP elections.

But the Union government is more perturbed over Taliban-instituted distortions in the history textbooks which, among other things, portray India as the aggressor in its three wars with Pakistan when the opposite is true.

Qanooni has indicated that it would be possible to correct the distortions by setting up a panel of Indian and Afghan historians to vet the textbooks.

The Indian government is also of the view that Prithviraj Chauhan's monument should be relocated to India if it is disrespected in Kandahar.

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This info has been posted earlier also 😊

sry i wasnt aware of that

Originally posted by: aditivats

This info has been posted earlier also 😊

chalo its good to know tht the indian government does care about PRC and are doing theyre best to take back the remains!! 👏

yeaa..finally the Indian govt reacts

Originally posted by: sonali13

chalo its good to know tht the indian government does care about PRC and are doing theyre best to take back the remains!! 👏

btw guys the article was published on 2001, how come the Indian govt hasnt brought his remains bck yett..??looks like they have forgotten abt it 😡 😡 😡

Let's pray God that our efforts of Indian Governament become fruitful

hey thanks for the info 😊

Originally posted by: ArielAngel

btw guys the article was published on 2001, how come the Indian govt hasnt brought his remains bck yett..??looks like they have forgotten abt it 😡 😡 😡

Hey,

back in 2001 the NDA ruled India and the BJP was a member of the alliance, so they wanted to get PRC back...

however now the UPA and congress is ruling and they don't care about PRC...they don't believe in doing what is right for PRC and bringing him home....the rulers of India today are blinded by power and dont care about the greatest king of India....

and too bad if anyone supports the Congress govt. because they are nothing but a bunch of vote bank politicians, and when the PM visited Afghanistan he visited Babar's tomb, but he did not visit PRC's tomb...what does this say about the Indian govt's attitude about PRC?

They simply don't care now...they did care in 2001 but that govt. is no longere in power now...sucks for india and indians...

i dont think they r gonna do anything😡😡 cuzz they traced PRc's grave bck in 2001 and its 2007 now, but they still havent got PRc's remains bck

Originally posted by: kudiya

Let's pray God that our efforts of Indian Governament become fruitful