A deliberate effort is been made to keep the confidence of generations of Indians low by repeatedly teaching false history. India’s education (Macaulay’s) doesn’t matter which board, pass a self-guilt to the students day in and out and traps their minds in the inferiority complex of being from a subjugated land and a country of coast-huggers.
I remember as a student and rather till late, I assumed that Vasco Da Gama and Christopher Columbus were some sort of Indiana Jones who would set on their ship alone and sail to explore hidden treasures. I believed their only purpose was to find gold and become rich personally.
Little did I know that reading their sources would wash away their colour of masquerades and reveal the sinister conspiracies and deep geopolitics.
It is still surprising that no school or college material shares the fact that Vasco Da Gama didn’t know to cross over the Arabian sea and he requested an Indian pilot from the king of Malindi (in modern Kenya) for help.
Before he sailed out, the king of Portugal sent 2 spies on a secret mission to India via land to gather intellect, maps and other information. So this was not an isolated mission but rather a planned national effort.
Also on the most famed voyage, Da Gama sailed not more than 13% on the uncharted route, the rest of the route was already mapped in the last 60 years, leaving aside the most difficult phase where the actual crossing of sea was required and it was sailed under the command of an Indian pilot from Gujarat.
Moreover, I personally see hiding the fact that Vasco Da Gama was a religious zealot who burned 400 pilgrims alive on the ship on his personal commands apart from several other murders and tortures, as a sort of planned agenda probably to improve his character.
I hope this book does justice to the readers by sharing truthful events along with technical facts about navigation.
You can also order from Flipkart and Amazon, however, book price and delivery charges may vary.
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Originally posted at – https://budgetyatri.com/my-book-vasco-da-gama-isai-aur- masale-ki-khoj-me/
