Marathi - Latche marathi Aetihasik Lekh Part 02

Author(s): Vidyanand Swami Srivastava
Publisher: Aietihasik Gaurava Granthmala

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Peshwa Record are now thrown open for Historical Researoh Scholars and if nobody takes care to make Researches and rebut the charges attributted, it is not the Government but people of Upper India (Rajputana and other Provinces), who are to be blamed.
6. If the defence of Government is besed on such grounds, we are afraid, it can not be sustained even for a moment. The rules regulating the permisson are so framed that the fascilities given by one hand are taken away by other. The discretionay power given to the commissiner frustrate the very abject. Our and above all the levy of Rs. 10/- per Rumals touched, whether any paper is found or not, is a serious set back for any Indian States, even if they succeed in getting their appli cation for permission gone through the formality of passing or swiming successfully the Agency channel. Immence obtacles are put in the way of private Scholars. They are asked to get themselves. recommended by tho e persons whom they want to criticise. Besides this, they are asked the motive of their taking such and such period and lots of other question. Some time such individuals are sent to the Agency for recommendationor for getting their application submited through the Agency concerned. When these poor applicants approach the Agency, they are told that the Agency has got nothing to do with the question. Thus the poor applicants being thrown from post to pillars and from pillars to post and after spending lot of time and their hard earned money, are told in the end that their request can not be granted. Thus neither any Rajput Stites has taken ful advantage nor any Upper India private individual has been able to get prmision and there by chance to make researches in the Dafatar and has been totally debared from rebuting the charges.
We are certain, by mentioning these facts, we are bound to be taken as digressing a forbidden ground. We do admit that we have done so to a certain extant. But all that we have done is for bringing to light the state of affairs prevalent with a view to draw the attention of the Government for rectifying the wrong done without any loss of time.
Now to revert to our present subject. We have stated above that the Marathas totally forgotten the plausible object of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja and became more tyrant than their Mohamadan predecessors. We procced one step futther and declare at the top of our voice that they resorted to persecute the Rajputs and were addicted to the golden ruls of divide and rule palios,