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FOLIO   AGR-1                 DR MAHESH CHANDRA AGRAWAL

FATHER'S NAME              LATE SHRISHRIRAM BANSAL

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH     26TH APRIL,1944 ; FIROZABAD

DEGREE                                                 YEAR                           COLLEGE
BVSC & AH                                              1967                          VETY COLL,JABALPUR
MVSC                                                         1974                          VETY COLL,JABALPUR
Ph.D.                                                           1978                           VETY COLL,JABALPUR
MARRIAGE                             28.6.1973           MRS VEENA AGRAWAL

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WHERE ARE OUR ANCESTORS-HOMINIDS

26th April,2020
JABALPUR

Is it not important to know our ancestors ? To ignore this question is just opposite to the great emphasis given to our old generation-our grand father or great... grand father ? This question is puzzling me since some time. Here, I have raised the question to know more about our ancestors. This list may start by including Primates in zoological calendars. We will see these primates in abundance in nature ; but this is not the chain of the genus Homo- to which we belong.  hence its correct to raise the question -where are our ancestors  or other Homo species ? 

Prior dealing this subject , let me elaborate some thing more. When we raise this question , our Historians give answers that we are talking about PRE-HISTORIC TIME hence they do not have any solid evidence except excavations and finding one or two tools and erecting whole story over these findings. Thus it is clear that every one here is a blind person,searching his valuables in a dark room; perhaps , it is right to say that everyone postulates a theory according to his wish list with least evidences. There are some other points to consider ,prior dealing this subject :

2.Most of these excavations are done in eastern part of Africa. Some Archaeologists done some work in Eastern Europe. In that sense , India has remained isolated ; neither eminent European Archaeologists want to say with authenticity about Indian conditions.

3. It was easy to find some thing in Sumerian civilization, or Egyptian civilization as we could draw some conclusion on finding a part of body from burial side . However, in Indian continent, it is very difficult to get human body since burying a dead body was discarded since long (?).

4. I do not know whether , this is a subject of Art or persons from science background should also participate in this discussion. Till now the subject has been dealt by the Historians or Archaeologists-those who have no science background or depend on others for narrating some scientific fact.
 There is little doubt that our Ancestors have descended from Some African part-most probably Eastern Africa. Afterwards .there is great dispute about the journey of our ancestors. Most of the Archaeologists consider that The African man first settles at Mesopatamia ,where they learned the technique of Agriculture and domestication of wild animals from there they spread to different parts of the earth. There is great civilization of Egypt, Rome and also of Sindh valley civilization (svc).Some Historians considered that African people spread to these places and they developed separately their Agriculture and civilizations. However, there is little doubt that persons of these civilizations could meet among themselves when such chance arises. There are some evidence which suggests this collaboration. If we study deeply, Egyptian and svc, there appears some similarities-i.e. Both civilizations used bullocks for their Agriculture which is just opposite to European civilization which used Horse as their main animal. Both civilizations believe in After life and they carried all the comforts to the departed soul. Both worshiped not one but many Gods-some are important to their family or area only. However, there is a vast difference in the pattern of disposal of dead body. Where as Egyptian civilization buried the dead person, svc learnt the technique of burning the dead body. But if you study geography of these two areas , the difference may be appreciated; while there is shortage of wood in Egyptian culture (hence burying of dead), it was in abundance in svc hence the persons might be considered it fit to burn the body. Unfortunately, the latter practice has prohibited us to throw more light over Indus valley civilization. However, it appears more appropriate to think that our Ancestors were absent at both these civilizations.
If you see a zoological key, there is mention of three Homo species- Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. Some have named the last surviving species as Homo sapiens sapiens.
Unfortunately unlike to other zoo animals, we do not have any surviving species of genus Homo ?  so the main question is where are our Ancestors ??
This Homo erectus has first appeared about 1.6 million years ago . All of us have read in our tenth standard book that from the chain of a large number of primates, this was H.erectus who stand up and could be able to walk on his hind feet. He used his fore legs as a tool and this was most important historical difference which ever observed in any animal species . Though this animal was very weak in light of other wild animals hence was easily prayed by the wild animals. Thus our H.erectus developed a most modern weapon of those time to save themselves from wild animals and this was Fire. This protected our ancestor from many other animals and then it developed a fine instrument of those time and it was a spear which can kill any large animal without going near to it and thereby fetching large quantity of meat. The after story is about how man conquered the nature and dominated all over the world but during this development our Ancestor has also vanished . All what we have learnt is that H.erectus was a less wise man and it has given rise to a more wise man or what we call H.sapiens. But is it possible that whole generation of H.erectus has vanished from the earth ? or can we make some clue over this statement?
It is said that Homo erectus was indistinguishable from H.sapiens from neck down . This statement is very important for zoological point of view. If we observe how nature has created different species, or sub-species or strains... This is sexual differentiation between these animals-- a sexual contact continues among same species but when this sexual gene transfer become impossible due to many reasons, there is formation of separate species. In that sense H.erectus and H.sapiens were not two separate species but only one species with little  difference though they were similar to each other from neck down... This suggests that sexual transmission of genes continued among them and after completing their sexual life H.erectus vanished from the earth.  Do we have any other similar example in whole of animal kingdom? to me it appears an unique example. or man has created this story to save himself from the shame -to answer where are their ancestors?
Where is our another Ancestor ? i.e. Homo neanderthalensis . It is said that this ancestor developed in some European country and has been nick named as Ice-man. Some persons have claimed their presence in some ice-caves but no details are available on it also.
If we study our mythological books, there is mention of different category of the persons- they may be Rakshas, Gandarbh, Kinner, Bhoot pishach. Some or one of them might be our Ancestor but H.sapiens eradicated these different varieties as there was cultural and other differences.
What ever may be the reason but I am right in raising the question ...WHERE ARE OUR ANCESTORS???

FIRST UNIVERSITY IN NAME OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU IN INDIA

19th January,2020

Our Hindi News Paper, Published from Jabalpur, Dainik Bhaskar , is quite interesting and provide good reading contents; on every Sunday it publishes RASS-RANG where many good authors contribute many good articles.

These days Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi attracted international attention for opposing CAA and NRC though its student president Ms Iishi Ghosh candidly accepted the main mote of the agitation is KASHMIR or to de- stabilize the present government. The general public has not forgotten slogans from JNU about " Bharat tere tukde honge- insha allah, insha allah". It appears that all this work is by ART students as we have learnt that science students and faculty of JNU is quite good and engaged in good research work.

Perhaps due to the popularity of JNU our news paper in Rass Rang has published an article "KAHANI JNU KI" contributed byDrs Pushpesh Pant  and Jagdeeswar chaturvedi- both have been alumni of JNU.  There are many inputs in the article and we wish to discuss a few of them , here.

It is mentioned in the article  that Raj Thapaar and her husband Romesh Thappar in 1969-70 were planning to immortalize the memory of jawaharlal Nehru and discussed the matter with smt Indira Gandhi who became Prime Minister of India,later.

Accordingly Jawaharlal Nehru University was established  in 1019 acre in South Delhi on 22nd April,1969 with its first vice chancellor Dr  G Parthsarthy.

It is a matter of concern that the article has claimed it as first university in India in name of Jawaharlal Nehru. Its more intriguing that name of smt Indira Gandhi is linked with the University.

If we go in the history, the  first university in name of jawaharlal Nehru is that of Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya which was established on 2nd October 1964 at Jabalpur.  .The most interesting matter is that this university was inaugurated by Smt Indira Gandhi on 2nd October,1963 in the hall of the then Agriculture College, Adhartal, Jabalpur.( at that time , she was Minister of information and broad casting).

So it is not correct that first univ in name of JNehru was JNU. Really it was JNKVV at Jabalpur   

But if we see all the history of JNKVV, it  has not been so famous as JNU. There are many reasons for this and requires deep investigation. However, it may be said that unlike to Pantanagar, all the Agriculture colleges of the state (six ) and veterinary colleges (2),working at that time in the state, were amalgamated in the university as their constituent colleges  .While all colleges were having state Professor post which was also Head of the department, these posts of state professor were reduced to  Associate Professor with abolition of Professor and HOD from all the  colleges; only one post of University Professor and Head of the Department was created at Jabalpur , thereby jeopardizing all the good work these colleges were carrying. Moreover, there was acute financial crisis in the university affecting teaching research and extension of the university. 

Another claim in the article is that semester system and internal examination with answer copy exhibition was first in JNU. 

This statement is also not correct as the semester or trimester system of education with internal evaluation was brought  first time in Agriculture universities from American university of land grand pattern system. I still remember that internal examination with answer copy exhibition was started since 1965 in JNKVV- a time when JNU has not come in operation.

other claims like no timing for answers, no requirement of attendance etc  was only followed in JNU. The authors have claimed that such acts have made students disciplined though we are having reservations over such observations. They are blaming Emergency as the reason for indiscipline of JNU students, but Emergency has been experienced by all the students of other universities ,also. There is a mention that one history examiner has asked students to reply five questions with the remark " agar ye na ban sake ,to apne man se kinhi panch savalo ke answer likh dijiye" This is a unique culture of JNU and we have not heard it from any other univ.

As JNU is a central university with large funds and many collaborations, there is a mention about a book " JNU KA SACH" written by Dr Shankar Sharan who is Professor in NCERT also. But JNKVV is not so fortunate though one of its teacher Dr Mahesh Chandra Agrawal has written about Agriculture research and education in India with special reference to JNKVV with  title of the book  'YE HAI HAMARE KRISHI VISHWA VIDYALAYA". This book is available on AMAZONE INDIA and interested persons may read this book to know more about Agriculture research in India.