[Assam] Fw: Petition to the Supreme Court of India to invalidate the December 15 Resolution of the State Legislature

[SANDIP DUTTA]

Hi Mr Mohonto,

You are asking for replies in the holiday and long weekend season.

Please include my name in the petition as well. Location is Hyderabad, India.

Rgds,
Sandip


----- Original Message ----
From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
To: assam at assamnet.org
Cc: wahid.saleh at gmail.com; dilipdeka at yahoo.com
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:08:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Fw: Petition to the Supreme Court of India to invalidate the December 15 Resolution of the State Legislature


I have not been receiving assamnet posts for a few days, and haven't had the opportunity to take the steps to rectify the situation.


I have seen HT and DD's comments below and this is an attempt to address some of the issues they raise.




First question we need to deal with here is  on what the issue is: Whether it is necessary to change the name Assam to Asom.




Both DD and HT agrees there is no need. Under the circumstances one might think that is good enough reason to offer their support which we seek and hope to receive.


The Dutch accounts and the map, the Moghol journals etc. are verifiable, historical proofs of the continuity of the name Assam. No more, no less.


Why are we attaching them to the appeal?


Simply because of the widespread misinformation and belief in Assam that the name Assam was an anglicized form of the name Oxom . The Dutch and the Moghol accounts add proof that the name of the land in question was Assam , much before the first British set foot in that territory.




>I haven't figured out why we have to depend on what an unknown dutchman said, >when we have the Ahom Buranjis in Assam that should be able to tell us what the >region was called before the British came.


*** That is an entirely different issue. WHAT if the Buranji's available do not tell us what we seek to learn? Does it automatically prove or mean that the Assam name was something the Moghols or the Dutch or the British made up, or that it is spurious?


*** I am no history buff. But Rajen and others have, more than once written extensively on the Ahom name Acham. I understand Xonkordev too wrote about Asam.




Under the circumstances, to withhold support for this effort, which I understand is nearing 100 if not passed that mark already, in spite of full agreement with the premise, solely to DENY credibility to the Dutch account dug up by Saleh, is difficult to comprehend.


We have taken note of HT's complaint in regard to characterization of the Dutch governor's note to Mirjumla as congratulatory. Since it does not add value to our mission, we have taken that characterization, even though quite credible, off.


However, we will continue to use the Dutch map and accounts, heretofore unknown in Assam, as important corroborating evidence in support of our stand that Assam was an ancient and indigenous name, not merely a British or even Dutch misnomer.


cm








----- Original Message -----
From: Dilip/Dil Deka
To: Barua25
Cc: assam at assamnet.org ; Himendra Thakur
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] Petition to the Supreme Court of India to invalidate the December 15 Resolution of the State Legislature


I have silently disagreed with Mr. Barthakur on many issues he raised before. I do agree with him on the subject he is raising here.
I also agree to be a signatory to the petition if the suggested changes are made. I haven't figured out why we have to depend on what an unknown dutchman said, when we have the Ahom Buranjis in Assam that should be able to tell us what the region was called before the British came.
If the legislators are skeptical that "x" in "Oxom" or "Axom" will not be pronounced correctly by the non-Assamese and as a result they cannot sponsor one of those names, let them stay with "Assam" that is accepted by everyone (other than the Congress MLA's).
Dilip Deka
Houston TX USA
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