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Purushottam Nagesh Oak (2 March 1917 – 4 December 2007), commonly referred to as P. N. Oak, was an Indian writer, notable for his Hindu-centric brand of historical revisionism. Oak's "Institute for Rewriting Indian History" issued a quarterly periodical called ''Itihas Patrika'' in the 1980s. Oak's claims, e.g. that Christianity and Islam are both derivatives of Hinduism, or that Vatican City, Kaaba, Westminster Abbey and the Taj Mahal were once Hindu temples to Shiva,〔 and their reception in Indian popular culture have been noted by observers of contemporary Indian society. In addition to this Oak again asserted that the Vatican was allegedly originally a Vedic creation called Vatika and that the Papacy was also originally a Vedic Priesthood. He wrote books in three languages. ==Life== Oak was born in 1917 at Indore in erstwhile Princely State of Indore, British India. During World War II, he was at first with the army of the British Raj in British Malaya. He joined the Indian National Army after Singapore fell to the Japanese. He acted as an assistant to Subhas Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army and then as an ADC to General J. R. Bhonsle, chief of the Indian National Army. He also worked as a commentator for the Azad Hind Radio.〔(Rediff On The NeT: Mahatma, Subhas Chandra Bose were fond of each other ). Rediff.com (24 February 1946).〕 "From 1947 to 1974 his profession has been mainly journalism having worked on the editorial staffs of the Hindustan Times and The Statesman, as a Class I officer in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India; and as editor in the American Embassy's Information Service."〔 In 1964, he started an organisation called 'Institute for Rewriting Indian History' Dozens of blogs and websites refer to him as "Professor" P. N. Oak,.〔〔〔 However, he was not a professor. According to his own account,〔 he completed an M.A. (Agra) and a law degree (LL.B. Mumbai), and was an official in the Ministry for Information, and wrote various journalistic pieces. He died on 4 December 2007, at 3.30 am at his Pune residence aged 90. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「P. N. Oak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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