Swaraj Prakash Gupta, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian archaeologist and art historian
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About Swaraj Prakash Gupta
- Swaraj Prakash Gupta (S.
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- Gupta, 1931–2007) was an Indian archaeologist, who was closely associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- Chairman of Indian Archaeological Society and the Director of Allahabad Museum; his scholarship has been viewed as conducive to Hindu nationalism.A prominent face of the pro-temple camp in the Ayodhya dispute, Gupta had supported the demolition of the Babri Masjid:- He has been accused of collaborating with B.
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- Lal in their organisational capacity, to ensure that the archaeological disputes of Ayodhya was not discussed at the World Archaeological Congress at Delhi in December 1994, which resulted in a barrage of criticism from multiple historians and archaeologists, for stifling free discourse.
- At the subsequent congress in 1998, a resolution was adopted condemning the demolition of the Babri Masjid and denouncing the infusion of "racial, religious or national chauvinist claims" into the profession or archaeology; Lal and Gupta walked out after unsuccessfully trying to block the passage.The Indian Archaeological Society under Gupta's chairmanship, received considerable support from Vishva Hindu Parishad (a sister organisation of RSS) and had even organised a Press Conference in August 2003, where Gupta disclosed certain privileged contents of an ASI report about its excavations in Ayodhya, ten days before they were submitted to the Allahabad High Court in a sealed cover.The Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies had published a volume of papers in his honour in 2009.
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