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the story of Somnath gate aka Ghaznin gate... In 1842, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough issued his Proclamation of the Gates, in which he ordered the British army in Afghanistan to return via Ghazni and bring back to India the sandalwood gates from the tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni in Ghazni, Afghanistan. These were believed to have been taken by Mahmud from Somnath. Under Ellenborough's instruction, General William Nott looted the gates in September 1842. A whole sepoy regiment, the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry, was detailed to carry the gates back to India in triumph. However, on arrival, they were found not to be of Gujarati or Indian design, and not of Sandalwood, but of Deodar wood (native to Ghazni) and therefore not authentic to Somnath. They were placed in the arsenal store-room of the Agra Fort where they still lie to the present day. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnath_temple#'Proclamation_of_the_Gates'_incident_during_the_British_period" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnath_temple#'Proclamation_of_the...</a> As one blogger states: In 1951 some Muslims from Peshawar city started a signature campaign for return of these gates by Indian to Afghanistan. <a href="http://www.akshardhool.com/2012/10/the-gates-of-shrine-at-somnath.html" rel="nofollow">www.akshardhool.com/2012/10/the-gates-of-shrine-at-somnat...</a> 2015in02-1agr_170 |
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