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I put the “invading muslim army” phrase back in the article. Here is the explanation before anybody attempts any knee-jerk revert.

In *ALL* the instances of Jauhar it was the muslim armies who featured as the invaders. No single instance of Jauhar/Shaka exists which was precipitated by an invading Hindu army. When Hindu armies captured a fort held by another ruler - whether Hindu or otherwise - they did not molest the women and children in general. For example, during the peak years of Maratha imperialism Maratha armies overran fortresses in Rajasthan several times, but that never resulted in any Jauhar.

Some may see the phrase by communal angle, but it is still necessary to provide right context for the need of such an extreme measure by the defenders of the forts.

Sisodia 05:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Please introduce the proper sources & references with citations.

How can I add the box that says that the article don't cite it's sources? --Alnokta 22:41, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Panipat

Some details of Panipat war with Abidali shold be given in the article. vkvora 06:24, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grammatical Editing

I have absolutely no knowledge of this subject, but I noticed a few grammatical errors. I would guess the person who wrote this is not a native English speaker, and even being a native speaker I sometimes have trouble with the rules and such. I did my best to remove some of the more glaring errors without changing the content. If I inadvertently changed the meaning of something, I'm sorry. Happytrombonist16 04:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RS

Reliable sources are not limited to peer-reviewed journals. Anmol Publishing is a respected publishing house. Since Dr. Bakshi's book has been published by Anmol it meets WP:RS.Bakaman 20:26, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you provide evidence that Anmol publishing is a respected publishing house?Bless sins (talk) 23:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
A better question is if you can provide evidence to the contrary, considering "respected" is a somewhat gray area. Anyways people like VK Bhalla have chosen to publish with Anmol, so its reputation stands.Bakaman 03:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Go fight over at Talk:Sati (practice). Get consensus there, and we'll discuss wording. Relata refero (talk) 13:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
The burden of evidence is on you Bakaman. Also, Bhalla is reliable on "Security Analysis & Portfolio Management, Financial Derivatives, International Finance & corporate decision Making," which is not exactly similar to historical suicide.Bless sins (talk) 15:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)