GURGAON TO GRUGRAM: INSULTING THE HERITAGE OF 1857 REBELLION & DR. AMBEDKAR
GURGAON TO GRUGRAM: INSULTING THE HERITAGE OF 1857 REBELLION & DR. AMBEDKAR
The change of name of Gurgaon to Gurugram is shocking
Shamsul Islam
The change of name of Gurgaon to Gurugram is shocking one as the government announcement defended the change in the name of Guru Dronacharya.
There could not be worst humiliation of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a Dalit icon on his 125th birth anniversary. Guru Dronacharya was the Guru who deceitfully deprived thumb of a lower Caste fine archer, Ekalavya, by asking his thumb as 'guru dakshina' so that he could not compete with Guru's high Caste Kaurav & Pandav students.
It shows brazen insensitivity of RSS/BJP rulers to the Dalit sentiments on Dr Ambedkar's very birthday.
This change also means that history attached with Gurgaon will be erased.
It is to be noted that Gurgaon and its adjacent areas played immensely heroic role during 1857 Rebellion. This area was the place from where maximum martyrs of 1857 hailed under the leadership of Rao Tula Ram. These all narratives will be lost to the future generations.
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