“Shakti-Putra Shivaji: In Which Sita Ram Goel Shreds Nawab Nehru’s “History” ”, The Dharma Dispatch, January 07, 2026

“IT IS SOME CONSOLATION that over the last decade or so, Sri Sita Ram Goel’s body of work and his blazing legacy are slowly occupying the centrestage. Yet, he has not been studied with the same rigour and sense of purpose that he had embodied within himself. In particular, his corpus of Hindi writing has been severely neglected, which is representative of the cut-and-paste method of “right wing warriors” and “proud Hindus” parroting his name albeit with respect.  

Of these, his 1961 Hindi work titled Shaktiputra Shivaji is an enduring classic and an exquisite literary monument to Chhatrapati Shivaji. Sita Ram Goel published a revised edition in 1997. The 25-page-long introduction to the book is an independent treatise of history and historiography by itself. It makes for compelling reading and deserves a wider audience. In particular, Sri Goel’s acidic expose of Nawab Nehru’s pretensions as a historian merits repeated readings. Bookshelves

Beginning with this episode, The Dharma Dispatch will carry a loose English translation of the introduction. Some formatting changes have been made…….”

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