--- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 4/7/2004 4:34:44 PM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >Once again I apologize for bursting your bondol when your write, "let > >alone doing it by using unsubstantiated and fabricated facts" about > >the Manglorean (ex-Goan) massacre of 30,000-80,000. I honestly feel > >you are taunting and insulting Manglorean and Goan Catholics by > >denying this episode. > > > > Gilbert, Please don't apologize. All you have to do is tell us from > where you got your historical "facts". I submit that you lifted those > facts (and embellished them) from the following internet article > without referring to it or giving any credit to the author: > http://culture.konkani.com/Historical/515_Bicentenary_of_th.htm > > Please read that article again. It is a much more balanced view than > what you are selling us. Your statement that 30,000-80,000 > Mangaloreans were "massacred" or "killed" by Tipu Sultan is a total > fabrication. Furthermore, these atrocities of Tipu Sultan are > disputed by others (e. g. by Praxy Fernandes) as disinformation by > the British who were fighting against him. I submit that you have > completely misrepresented the above episode, and have added > embellishments of your own in your previous post. That is why I think > you are propagating unsubstantiated and fabricated facts. It is > historical revisionism at its best or at its worst, depending on your > perspective. I hope you can prove me wrong.
Santosh, Thanks for clarifying the above. I wonder if you remember Dr. Sheik Ali, the first Vice-Chancellor of Goa University, he did a double Ph.D. on Tipu Sultan and was considered an authority on Tipu Sultan throughout the world. The website below has some excerpts from his book. http://home.btconnect.com/tipusultan/biog.htm -Tariq __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
