RSNR AKA
SSB’s BIRTHDAY CONSPIRACY
PAGE NOS.128 &
129
SATHYANARAYANA
RAJU AT SCHOOL
PUTAPARTHI
In the
Attendance Register of the Government aided Elementary school at Puttaparthi,
Sathyanarayana Raju (with Admission Number 154) is listed as being a
student of the II Standard in the school year 1936-1937. Calculating
accordingly, one would assume his school years at the Elementary School
at Puttaparthi to be:
1935-1936 – I
Standard
1936-1937 – II
Standard
1937-1938 – III
Standard
1938-1939 – IV
Standard
1939-1940 – V
Standard
Interestingly,
according to the Attendance Register, there were only 2 students in
the II Standard- Sathya and B.Babaiya. According to a retired school
teacher – and Sathya’s former schoolmate, Talipineni Kesappa-elementary
schools in those days had I to V standards. The subjects usually taught
included Telugu, Science, Mathematics, History, Geography and Moral Instruction.
Among
other teachers in the school were an untrained teacher, R.Venkatasubha
Raju and a qualified teacher R.Venkatarama Raju (both relatives of Sathya).
After
Elementary School, a student usually went to a Higher Elementary School.
This had classes from VI to VIII Standards. Most schools, however,
had classes from I standard as well. All these classes [standards] did
not have English as a subject. Only when English was offered as a subject
were they called ‘Forms’. One had to appear,privately, and pass
an English test. Only then, would one be admitted into Form One.
KAMALAPURAM
According
to the Elementary School system, Sathya would have been certified for
qualification to join the Form One, in the Board Middle school in Kamalapuram,
on the 11th of June 1940. Seshama Raju’s influence
as a Telugu teacher would have been useful. Subject taught in Form One
were: Telugu, English, Mathematics, Science and Geography. Carpentry and
Weaving were optional subjects. Scouting was compulsory in Form One.
Sathya passed Form One. Just before the examination he would have gone
to attend the Pushpagiri cattle fair as a Boy Scout, for he had by then
‘surrendered’ his books-sold them to an incoming student at a ‘used
book’ price. Sathya’s guardian and host, his elder brother, Seshama
Raju, was being transferred out of Kamalapuram. The required Transfer
Certificate, which Sathya obtained on the 20th June 1941, carried the No.28/41,Admission
No.245 and had the remark “Yes qualified for promotion”.
His teachers
at Kamalapuram were: D.Mehboob Khan, who taught English and Social Science;
V.Pullachari, who was the Drill and Drawing Master; Ushaf Mia Khan,
who taught Mathematics; Chappalli Visweswaraiah, who taught Telugu;
and Konda Reddy, who taught Geography.
BUKKAPATNAM
At Bukkapatnam,
Sathya joined the VIII,Standard for the Elementary school Leavmg Certificate
[ESLC] Course on the 5th July 1941. His name ‘Sathyanarayana’ is
entered under Serial No. 466 of
the Admission Register (page number 16). He did the Form One in Middle
School at Kamalapuram and later joined the Higher Elementary School
at Bukkapatnam (which is lower in standard) in VIII Standard and, hence,
must have received a waiver for VII Standard. VII Standard, however,
was not equal to Form One. Here, the subjects taught were Telugu, English,
Mathematics General Science and Social Science, among others.
In the normal
circumstances, Elementary School was from I Standard to V Standard; Middle or
Higher Elementary School was from VI to VIII Standards; and High School
was from IX to XI Standards.
Kandalam
Seshacharulu was his Headmaster. Other teachers were M. V J. Rathnam
(Drillmaster), Lakshmaiah, Mehboob Khan, B. C, Subbannachar English)
and V.C. Kondappa (Telugu). Sathya’s school records at Bukkapatnam
indicate that, in 1942, he was not allowed to take the ESLC examination
as he did not have minimum required attendance at school. The remark
says ‘Removed’- which could mean that he sought transfer to join
elsewhere. This could be because his brother had secured a post in Uravakonda
and also because his incendiary compositions may have made him the centre
of trouble at Bukkapatnam town. He was kept out of circulation by elders
for quite some time m Bukkapatnam -Baba mentions this to Hislop, as
recorded in Conversations with Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
This may be the reason for his shortage of attendance.
All of
the 41 students, who attended the ESLC exam, failed. (Sathya joked that
they had all failed because they had gone to take the examinations without
him.) He left the school on the 6th of April 1942.
5.7.1941 joined
VII standard 6.4.1942 left the school.
URAVAKONDA
Sathya
joined Sri Karibasavaswami District Board High School,Uravakonda, on
the 1st of July 1943 in Form Three (vide School
Admission Register, page no. 41). The name R. Sathyanarayana appears,
with the Registration No. 422.
There
were two Sections in Form Three. Sathya was in Section ‘B’.
Sathya had to bring a Transfer Certificate from the Bukkapatnam School,
in order to be admitted to Urvakonda in the Form Three. Getting admission
to Form Three, after Form One, without having cleared VIII standard
at Bukkapatnam is not possible. It would be assumed that he must
have been engaged in private study to make himself eligible. In addition,
since his elder brother was a Telugu teacher in the school, his good
offices might have been useful.
The teachers
for various subjects at Uravakonda, were H. S. Venkataramana (Science),
Thammiraju (Mathematics), N. Peraraju (Telugu), Abdul Rahman (Geography),
Chidambaraiah (secondary grade teacher, teaching Social Science), Peeraraju
Rao (English) and Basavanna Goud (History and Scouting). T. Lakshmipathi
was the Headmaster.
Each desk
was meant for three students. Many claim to have been his deskmates.
Most agree that Koti Reddy and Narayan Raju were deskmates of
Sathya at Uravakonda. Honnurappa also claims to have been his deskmate.
There
is no entry in the school records of Sathya leaving the School. The
attendance Register of the Government aided Elementary school, Puttaparthy
for the month of September (Page 40 & 41 of LOVE IS MY FORM) shows
him studying in 2nd class corresponding to Admit No.154. There
were only 2 students in IInd class.
On page
68 Sathyas transfer certificate No.28/41 Admission No.245 date of birth
is shown as 4.10.1929 joined first form on 11.6.1940,transfer certificate
dated 20.6.1941 with remark “Yes qualified for promotion.”
On page
69 is the register of admission of the samithi Elementary school, Bukkapatnam
Admit No.466 the register records his joining VIII standard on 5.7.1941
and discontinuing on 6.4.1942 with date of birth 4.10.1929 and remarks
“Exemption not given for 8th standard Public Exams – Removed.
Page 132
of LIMF
The page
41 of the Register of general withdrawals shows
that Sathya was admitted in the Karibasavaswami District Board High
School Uravakonda as admit No.422 on 1.7.1943. This is from the Register
of withdrawals. When TC is given to all other students Sathyanarayana
just absconded from the school and without taking the TC. There was
a mistake in the date of birth as 4.10.1939 which was rectified
later.
In this
register the date of birth of the 14 students except of three are all
different. Though Sathyanarayana’s name was in the register
he did not attend the school regularly and left the school without even
collecting his TC.
When all
the school records of RSNR from the 1st standard shows that his birthday is 4.10.1929
except the Uravakonda register of general withdrawals where his
name is there but he did not take the TC while all other students took
Transfer certificate it is clear that he did not attend the Uravakonda
school, and his name might have been entered with the belief that he
will change. Naturally the general withdrawal register is not filled
up when the students join the school but when he leaves the school.
So when the person who filled the register would have made the mistake.
If one reads the date of TC issued one can find that they are issued
on different dates months and years.
One thing
is very clear that RSNR’s viswaroopa nor the editors of the book Love
is my Form have carefully gone through this register which is not the
admission register but withdrawal register which is filled up when the
student leaves the institution.
In page
87 of LIMF it is sited that at Uravakonda RSNR did not ultimately complete
his class but left it midway in order to embark on his spiritual mission.
Again it is noted that sojourn at Uravakonda was a very short period
of study.
It should
be noted that when Karnam Subbamma and Karnam Kamalamma under Document
No.553 of 1945 gifted lands for the Sai Baba Mandiram in favour of Sri
Sathyanarayana Raju the age of RSNR was not mentioned and so the gift
deed without mentioning the age become illegal as no gift deed can be
made in the name of a minor so there would have been a query about the
age of the donee and to prove that RSNR is major the first birthday
celebrations were conducted in 23.11.1946 at Puttaparthi and there is
no mention on record till then that RSNR was born on 23.11.1926 (see
page 331) 579 of LIMF (sale deed page 242 of LIMF). The sale deed
cannot be rectified as Subbamma died on 25.11.1945.
1.From
1935 1st standard there is proof till 1944 That RSNR’s
birth date is 4.10.1929 as per the school registers.
2.About
the birth date of 23.11.1926 a Horoscope in English is published on
page 30 of LIMF and there is no other proof at all. It is just a page
from a book or printed for the book and no record of the astrologer
or his address or the date on which it is prepared. The Horoscope seems
to be a planned one prepared after Prof. N.Kasturi joined RSNR as his
secretary. Moreover as per the letter from the Registrar of Hindu Religious
Endowment Board all the records registered with them by RSNR up to 1960
are missing in the office.
Except
the mention on (Page 19 of LIMF) that Pedda Vankama Raju sought out
a venerable Shastri (scholar) in Bukkapatnam ( a nearby village) in
whose words he had faith. The sastri stated that these occurrences were
auspicious omens signified the presence of Shakti a beneficent
power that would confer harmony and joy on the family. Even here it
was not mentioned that the horoscope (Kundaly) was prepared by
him and biodata of the Shastri.
Page 233
of LIMF
For the
first time RSNR celebrates his birthday on 22.11.1946
Page 242
of LIMF also Page 579 of LIMF
1. Sale
deed document date 553 of 1945 by Karnam Subbamma and Karnam Kamalamma
to Sathyanarayana date 20.7.1945 Bukkapatnam.
2. Sale
deed settlement document No.526 of 1947 Doddumane Sakkamma to Sri Puttaparthi
Sathya Sai Baba 24.7.1947 Bukkapatnam.
3. Sale
deed document No.23 of 1950 Kadiyala Sanjeevaiah and Kadiyala Chinna
Venkataswami to Ratnakaram Sathya Narayana 7.1.1950 Bukkapatnam.
No mention
of celebrating RSNR’s birthday prior to 1947 is there in any of the
records.
It is
true that the birthdate of RSNR is conclusively proved from the school
records as mentioned below and the statement from the book Anyatha
Saranam Nasthi by Smt. Vijayamma Harachand.
The following
school Registers prove that RSNR was born on 4.10.1929. This information
was given by the elder brother Seshama Raju to the school
Page 128 & 129
-
1935-1936 – I
Standard
-
1936-1937 – II
Standard
-
1937-1938 – III
Standard
-
1938-1939 – IV
Standard
-
1939-1940 – V
Standard
RSNRs
3 uncles
-
R.Venkatasubha Raju
-
Kodanda Rama
Raju
-
R.Venkatarama
Raju
Even if
one goes to the villages and enquire their date of births most of them
will not have proof for their date of birth as the law to register birth
and death date with the registra of birth came in to existence only
in 1970. But educated and rich people had their births registered with
the priest as it was a requisite for the higher education and job.
Generally
to admit children in the schools and parents to give earlier date as
their birth date because they could get them admitted in the 1st
standard only if they were 6 years old. No one gave a later date as
birth date as they would loose the date of age for government jobs and
would have to retire early. So the possibility of giving earlier
date as date of birth would never exist.
If RSNR’s
date of birth was 23.11.1926 in 1935 he would have been 9 years old
when he was admitted in the 1st standard which if he was born on 4.10.1929
he would have been 6 years old ready to be admitted in 1st
standard like any other while in document registered with the
registrar the date of birth is essential in the earlier documents
registered as document No.553 of 1945 by Karnam Subbamma and Karnam
Kamalamma did not contain his date of birth or age as such document
can be registered only in the name of majors i.e 18 years. Therefore
the document gifting 33 cents of land becomes illegal and against law.
So no
one would change the date of birth to an early date or later date and
in RSNR’s case as it has been changed to an earlier date RSNR would
loose both times while applying for a government job and at the time
of retirement he would loose 3 years service which would have given
him more benefits.
Just because
in the case of Urvakonda school register some one has changed the date
of birth to 4.10.1939 while in was 1929 all over the 7 years in school
and when the Researches pointed out to this mistake it was corrected
by then officer as 1929.
1. No students
can be admitted in 1st standard unless he or she is 6 years so RSNR
has been correctly admitted in 1st standard in 1935. When he was 6 years old.
(LOVE IS MY FORM Page 41)
2. In all his
school admissions and transfer certificate his date of birth is 4.10.1929 (LOVE
IS MY FORM Pages 128,129,68,69 40 &41)
3. There
is no mention of RSNR birth date as 23.11.1926 in any of the printed
records of RSNR up to 1946.
4. The
Horoscope printed in the book( LOVE IS MY FORM Page 28)has no name or
address of the Astrologer who prepared the horoscope and the date when it was
prepared.
5. Horoscopes
are not prepared as printed and also not prepared in English but in local
languages.
6. The
first mention of RSNR’s birthday as 23.11.1926 in printed records
is in 1946 when he celebrated his birthday on 23rd November. Before this no one knew or cared
to know when he was born.
7. In 1946 RSNR had to publicise his birthdate as 23.11.1926 as Karnam Subbamma
and Kamalamma had gifted some land to RSNR by document No.553 of 1945
dated 20.7.1945 registered at sub registrars office at Bukkapatnam where
the age of the donors and the donee RSNR has not been mentioned. No
documents can be registered in the name of minor except in the name
of their guardian or the document become invalid (LOVE IS MY FORM Page
242).
8. Surely
there would have been questions and to come out of this predicament
for the 1st time RSNR celebrated his birthday publicly
on 23.11.1946 thus making the document legal.
9. The
copies of the registered documents of RSNR’s Trusts, Associations
etc up to 1960 are missing in the Registrars and the office of the Commissioner
of Hindu Religious endowment Board.
10. Sale
Deed document No.860 of 1946 by Kadiyala Venkatramappa to D.Sakkamma
dated 28.9.1946. Why it was not made in the name of RSNR is because
he was a minor in 1946 (17 years old ) LOVE IS MY FORM page 579.
11. Later
Sale deed settlement Document 526 of 1947 by Doddamane Sakkamma to Sri
Puttaparthi Sathya Sai Baba 24.7.1947 (Major 18 years old ) LOVE IS
MY FORM page 579.
12. There
also had been a sale deed document No.23 of 1950 by Kadiyala Sanjeevaiah
Kadiyala Chinna Venkataswami to Ratnakaram Satyanarayana 7.1.1950
(LOVE IS MY FORM Page 579) So RSNR’s name has not been changed legally
to Sathya Sai Baba in 1950.
13. Would
RSNR aka SSB explain why all the records in the Hindu Religious endowment
Board about the registered documents by RSNR and to him missing in the
commissioner’s office?. And also explain these controversies.
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