Dear Frederickbab Can you please provide details of the person who saved copy of the book on 1857 revolution by Savarkar? On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 4:04:27 PM UTC+5:30 Frederick Noronha wrote:
> I also noticed that the introductory note to the book doesn't talk about > Dr Joaquim Coutinho at all... > > Or did I miss something? FN > > On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 11:37, Sajan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Sandra, >> >> >> >> Thanks for the link to Savarkar's associate, Dr. Joaquim Coutinho. I was >> fascinated to read that, for a while, Coutinho went by the name >> "Shrikrishna Bharadwaj", and that he later "insisted that he be allowed to >> embrace Hinduism and take up ‘Shrikrishna Bharadwaj’ as his real name.” >> >> >> >> “But the far-sighted Savarkar met Dr. Coutinho separately and put his >> Hinduization in limbo." Always the practical revolutionary, Savarkar >> "thought that the British authorities would not suspect Dr. Coutinho as he >> was a Catholic subject of Portugal-ruled Goa". >> >> >> >> As charming as this story is, I have reservations about its authenticity, >> along with the authenticity of rest of the anecdotes in *Savarkar.org*. >> The potted biography of Joaquim Coutinho is apparently adapted from a >> pseudonymous article in an Abhinav Bharat special issue from 1953. >> >> >> >> Regarding the original Marathi manuscript of Savarkar's *"The Indian War >> of Independence 1857", *according to the Abhinav Bharat article, >> sometime in 1909-10, "Savarkar handed over to Dr. Coutinho the manuscript >> of his book tied in silken thread." Dr. Coutinho then carried the >> manuscript to Lisbon, and "carefully kept this precious manuscript for 40 >> long years. At 7.30 am on 15 August 1947 (India’s Independence Day), Dr. >> Coutinho handed over this manuscript to his pupil Dr. Gohokar of the >> University of Lucknow." >> >> >> >> The very precise (and, I assume, historically momentous) timing – 7.30am >> on 15 Aug 1947 – makes me suspect the narrative is rather bogus. >> >> >> >> The first Indian edition of *The Indian War of Independence 1857, *(English >> translation, Phoenix Publications, 1947), makes an entirely different >> claim. >> >> >> >> In July 1909, after the assassination of Curzon Wylie by Madanlal Dhingra >> (whom Savarkar had mentored), Savarkar was so persecuted in England that he >> moved to Paris, where he stayed with Madam Bhikaji Cama for a while before >> returning to England in March 1910, where he was promptly arrested. >> >> >> >> In *The Story of this History, *his introduction to Savarkar's book, G M >> Joshi (the editor of a Marathi weekly) writes: "After the arrest of Veer >> Savarkar, the manuscript of the original Marathi book was handed over to >> Madam Cama in Paris. She kept it in her safe in the Bank of France with a >> view to placing it beyond the reach of the Agents of the British >> Intelligence Department. But the invasion of France by the Germans threw >> the Government of France itself into a hopeless disorder. Madam Cama, too, >> passed away. Consequently, when a searching enquiry was made regarding the >> whereabouts of the book no trace of the manuscript could be found. The >> great Marathi tome was lost - no hope of its recovery was left. Marathi >> literature had thus suffered an irreparable loss." >> >> >> >> (Elsewhere, in *Savarkar.org, *it says "the original Marathi manuscript >> was kept in the safe custody of Madame Cama in Paris. This manuscript was >> handed over to Dr. Coutinho of the Abhinav Bharat when Paris was in turmoil >> during World War I. Dr. Coutinho preserved it like a holy scripture for >> nearly 40 years. After India became independent, he returned it to Ramlal >> Vajpeyee and Dr. Moonje who in turn gave it back to Savarkar." >> >> >> >> So, what really happened to the original Marathi manuscript of the book? >> Was it lost in Paris during WW1? Was it handed over to one of several >> possible Indians in 1946-47 by Dr. Coutinho? Or is it still languishing in >> some dusty drawer in Lisbon, the first notable literary work by an >> unacknowledged Son of Portugal? >> >> >> >> It's a mystery. >> >> >> >> Sajan >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:16:16 UTC+5:30, Sandra Lobo wrote: >>> >>> I speak a bit about that episod in my thesis. His name was Joaquim >>> Xavier Otto de Siqueira Coutinho. You may find information about him here - >>> http://savarkar.org/en//Encyc/2017/5/22/Associates-in-Armed-Revolution.html. >>> >>> As for Savarkar's views regarding Muslims we have to understand them within >>> a vaster view of what meant to be an Indian, which led to an >>> "Hinduinization" of a common identity, irrespectively of inscription >>> in other religious communities. Such views became quite popular, not only >>> amongst followers of Savarkar, and still ressonate nowadays even in >>> academic work. >>> >>> Sandra Ataíde Lobo >>> >>> >>> >>> CHAM – Centro de Humanidades, FCSH/NOVA-UAC >>> >>> https://giepcip.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> tmn. +351919214170 <+351%20919%20214%20170> >>> >> -- >> > *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Goa Book Club" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club. >> > To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/66db9a9d-198c-4d11-b315-614623d97637%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/66db9a9d-198c-4d11-b315-614623d97637%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . > > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 > <+91%2098221%2022436> > AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha > TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl > Can't get through on mobile? 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