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	\| notableworks = ''How I Became a Hindu''<br />''The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India''<br />''History of Hindu–Christian Encounters, AD 304 to 1996''<br />''[[Catholic Ashrams]]''<br />''[[Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them]]''		\| notableworks = ''How I Became a Hindu''<br />''The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India''<br />''History of Hindu–Christian Encounters, AD 304 to 1996''<br />''[[Catholic Ashrams]]''<br />''[[Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them]]''
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	'''Sita Ram Goel''' (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian historian, religious and political activist, writer, and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had [[~~Left-wing politics\|left~~]] leanings during the 1940s,<ref>Sita Ram Goel, How I became a Hindu, Published By Voice of India, New Delhi, India</ref> but later became an outspoken [[anti-communist]] and also wrote extensively on the damage to ~~Bhārātiyā (~~Indian) culture and heritage wrought by expansionist [[Islam]] and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on [[Indian politics]], and adhered to [[~~Dharmic~~ nationalism]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Hindu nationalist movement and Indian politics: 1925 to the 1990s \|first=Christophe \|last=Jaffrelot \|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. \|year=1996 \|isbn=978-1-85065-301-1 \|pages=342–343 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uywnx2IHH8cC \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=Tolerance and Hierarchy: Accommodating Multiple Religious Paths in Hinduism \|first=Richard H. \|last=Davis \|pages=361–362 \|title=Religious Tolerance in World Religions \|editor1-first=Jacob \|editor1-last=Neusner \|editor2-first=Bruce \|editor2-last=Chilton \|edition=2nd \|publisher=Templeton Foundation Press \|year=2008 \|isbn=978-1-59947-136-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_695Vfox-0C \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian Nationhood \|first=Mathew N. \|last=Schmalz \|title=The Catholic Church and the nation-state: comparative perspectives \|editor1-first=Paul Christopher \|editor1-last=Manuel \|editor2-first=Lawrence Christopher \|editor2-last=Reardon \|editor3-first=Clyde \|editor3-last=Wilcox \|publisher=Georgetown University Press \|year=2006 \|isbn=978-1-58901-115-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8gqfwcbTaAC \|page=217 \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref>		'''Sita Ram Goel''' (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian historian, religious and political activist, writer, and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had [[Marxist]] leanings during the 1940s,<ref>Sita Ram Goel, How I became a Hindu, Published By Voice of India, New Delhi, India</ref> but later became an outspoken [[anti-communist]] and also wrote extensively on the damage to Indian culture and heritage wrought by expansionist [[Islam]] and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on [[Indian politics]], and adhered to [[Hindu nationalism]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Hindu nationalist movement and Indian politics: 1925 to the 1990s \|first=Christophe \|last=Jaffrelot \|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. \|year=1996 \|isbn=978-1-85065-301-1 \|pages=342–343 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uywnx2IHH8cC \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=Tolerance and Hierarchy: Accommodating Multiple Religious Paths in Hinduism \|first=Richard H. \|last=Davis \|pages=361–362 \|title=Religious Tolerance in World Religions \|editor1-first=Jacob \|editor1-last=Neusner \|editor2-first=Bruce \|editor2-last=Chilton \|edition=2nd \|publisher=Templeton Foundation Press \|year=2008 \|isbn=978-1-59947-136-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_695Vfox-0C \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian Nationhood \|first=Mathew N. \|last=Schmalz \|title=The Catholic Church and the nation-state: comparative perspectives \|editor1-first=Paul Christopher \|editor1-last=Manuel \|editor2-first=Lawrence Christopher \|editor2-last=Reardon \|editor3-first=Clyde \|editor3-last=Wilcox \|publisher=Georgetown University Press \|year=2006 \|isbn=978-1-58901-115-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8gqfwcbTaAC \|page=217 \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==

	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Sita Ram Goel was born to a Hindu family in [[Punjab]], in 1921; though his childhood was spent in [[Calcutta]]. The family looked upon [[Sri Garibdas]], a [[nirguna]] saint comparable to [[Kabir]],<ref>This is a separate collection of hymns by Garibdas and a few other [[Bhakti]] saints. Not to be confused with holy-book of The [[Sikhs]]</ref> were often recited at their home.<ref name="HIBAH 1">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm "How I became a Hindu"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184355/http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm \|date=30 September 2007 }}, Chapter 1</ref>		Sita Ram Goel was born to a Hindu family in [[Punjab]], in 1921; though his childhood was spent in [[Calcutta]]. The family looked upon [[Sri Garibdas]], a [[nirguna]] saint comparable to [[Kabir]] and [[Nanak]], as its patron saint and his verses, "Granth Saheb",<ref>This is a separate collection of hymns by Garibdas and a few other [[Bhakti]] saints. Not to be confused with holy-book of The [[Sikhs]]</ref> were often recited at their home.<ref name="HIBAH 1">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm "How I became a Hindu"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184355/http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm \|date=30 September 2007 }}, Chapter 1</ref>

	Goel graduated in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1944. As a student, he was a social activist and worked for a [[Harijan]] Ashram in his village. His sympathies for the [[Arya Samaj]], the Harijans and the [[Indian freedom movement]], along with his strong support for [[Mahatma Gandhi]], brought him into conflict with many people in his village;<ref name = "HIBAH 2">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch2.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 2</ref> Goel also learned to speak and write [[Sanskrit]] during these college days.<ref name = "HIBAH 3">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch3.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 3</ref>		Goel graduated in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1944. As a student, he was a social activist and worked for a [[Harijan]] Ashram in his village. His sympathies for the [[Arya Samaj]], the Harijans and the [[Indian freedom movement]], along with his strong support for [[Mahatma Gandhi]], brought him into conflict with many people in his village;<ref name = "HIBAH 2">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch2.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 2</ref> Goel also learned to speak and write [[Sanskrit]] during these college days.<ref name = "HIBAH 3">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch3.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 3</ref>
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	'''Sita Ram Goel''' (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian religious and political activist, writer, ~~historian~~ and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had [[~~Marxist~~]] leanings during the 1940s,<ref>Sita Ram Goel, How I became a Hindu, Published By Voice of India, New Delhi, India</ref> but later became an outspoken [[anti-communist]] and also wrote extensively on the damage to Indian culture and heritage wrought by expansionist [[Islam]] and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on [[Indian politics]], and adhered to [[~~Hindu~~ nationalism]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Hindu nationalist movement and Indian politics: 1925 to the 1990s \|first=Christophe \|last=Jaffrelot \|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. \|year=1996 \|isbn=978-1-85065-301-1 \|pages=342–343 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uywnx2IHH8cC \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=Tolerance and Hierarchy: Accommodating Multiple Religious Paths in Hinduism \|first=Richard H. \|last=Davis \|pages=361–362 \|title=Religious Tolerance in World Religions \|editor1-first=Jacob \|editor1-last=Neusner \|editor2-first=Bruce \|editor2-last=Chilton \|edition=2nd \|publisher=Templeton Foundation Press \|year=2008 \|isbn=978-1-59947-136-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_695Vfox-0C \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian Nationhood \|first=Mathew N. \|last=Schmalz \|title=The Catholic Church and the nation-state: comparative perspectives \|editor1-first=Paul Christopher \|editor1-last=Manuel \|editor2-first=Lawrence Christopher \|editor2-last=Reardon \|editor3-first=Clyde \|editor3-last=Wilcox \|publisher=Georgetown University Press \|year=2006 \|isbn=978-1-58901-115-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8gqfwcbTaAC \|page=217 \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref>		'''Sita Ram Goel''' (16 October 1921 – 3 December 2003) was an Indian historian, religious and political activist, writer, and publisher in the late twentieth century. He had [[Left-wing politics\|left]] leanings during the 1940s,<ref>Sita Ram Goel, How I became a Hindu, Published By Voice of India, New Delhi, India</ref> but later became an outspoken [[anti-communist]] and also wrote extensively on the damage to Bhārātiyā (Indian) culture and heritage wrought by expansionist [[Islam]] and missionary activities of Christianity. In his later career he emerged as a commentator on [[Indian politics]], and adhered to [[Dharmic nationalism]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Hindu nationalist movement and Indian politics: 1925 to the 1990s \|first=Christophe \|last=Jaffrelot \|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. \|year=1996 \|isbn=978-1-85065-301-1 \|pages=342–343 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uywnx2IHH8cC \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=Tolerance and Hierarchy: Accommodating Multiple Religious Paths in Hinduism \|first=Richard H. \|last=Davis \|pages=361–362 \|title=Religious Tolerance in World Religions \|editor1-first=Jacob \|editor1-last=Neusner \|editor2-first=Bruce \|editor2-last=Chilton \|edition=2nd \|publisher=Templeton Foundation Press \|year=2008 \|isbn=978-1-59947-136-5 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_695Vfox-0C \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|chapter=The Indian Church: Catholicism and Indian Nationhood \|first=Mathew N. \|last=Schmalz \|title=The Catholic Church and the nation-state: comparative perspectives \|editor1-first=Paul Christopher \|editor1-last=Manuel \|editor2-first=Lawrence Christopher \|editor2-last=Reardon \|editor3-first=Clyde \|editor3-last=Wilcox \|publisher=Georgetown University Press \|year=2006 \|isbn=978-1-58901-115-1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8gqfwcbTaAC \|page=217 \|access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref>

	==Life==		==Life==

	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Sita Ram Goel was born to a Hindu family in [[Punjab]], in 1921; though his childhood was spent in [[Calcutta]]. The family looked upon [[Sri Garibdas]], a [[nirguna]] saint comparable to [[Kabir]] ~~and [[Nanak]], as its patron saint and his verses, "Granth Saheb"~~,<ref>This is a separate collection of hymns by Garibdas and a few other [[Bhakti]] saints. Not to be confused with holy-book of The [[Sikhs]]</ref> were often recited at their home.<ref name="HIBAH 1">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm "How I became a Hindu"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184355/http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm \|date=30 September 2007 }}, Chapter 1</ref>		Sita Ram Goel was born to a Hindu family in [[Punjab]], in 1921; though his childhood was spent in [[Calcutta]]. The family looked upon [[Sri Garibdas]], a [[nirguna]] saint comparable to [[Kabir]],<ref>This is a separate collection of hymns by Garibdas and a few other [[Bhakti]] saints. Not to be confused with holy-book of The [[Sikhs]]</ref> were often recited at their home.<ref name="HIBAH 1">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm "How I became a Hindu"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184355/http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch1.htm \|date=30 September 2007 }}, Chapter 1</ref>

	Goel graduated in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1944. As a student, he was a social activist and worked for a [[Harijan]] Ashram in his village. His sympathies for the [[Arya Samaj]], the Harijans and the [[Indian freedom movement]], along with his strong support for [[Mahatma Gandhi]], brought him into conflict with many people in his village;<ref name = "HIBAH 2">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch2.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 2</ref> Goel also learned to speak and write [[Sanskrit]] during these college days.<ref name = "HIBAH 3">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch3.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 3</ref>		Goel graduated in history from the [[University of Delhi]] in 1944. As a student, he was a social activist and worked for a [[Harijan]] Ashram in his village. His sympathies for the [[Arya Samaj]], the Harijans and the [[Indian freedom movement]], along with his strong support for [[Mahatma Gandhi]], brought him into conflict with many people in his village;<ref name = "HIBAH 2">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch2.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 2</ref> Goel also learned to speak and write [[Sanskrit]] during these college days.<ref name = "HIBAH 3">Goel, Sita Ram, [http://voiceofdharma.com/books/hibh/ch3.htm "How I became a Hindu"], Chapter 3</ref>

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