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<div style="text-align:justify; word-spacing: -0.1em; letter-spacing: -0em; line-height:100%; width:100%;"> Muslims having ''"killed 80 million Hindus"'' is an unproven mythical statement that has its origins with Kishori Saran Lal<ref group="n.">''"Muslims Killed 100 million Hindus"'' is a common Islamophobic trope used amongst Hindu fascist radicals, used to justify attacks against Muslims, and in order to segregate them from society. The work of K. S. Lal is often cited amongst these circles as the reference for the number.</ref> ("K.S. Lal"): who is a former-Indian historian turned pseudo-historian and Hindu fanatic,<ref group="n.">K.S. Lal is known to have supported and worked for VHP (Vishva Hindu Parishad) Hindu fanatics, who (with religious claims) believe a mythical Hindu temple was present at the sight of an almost five hundred year old mosque (that was eventually destroyed by them in 1992). Lal explicitly produced a VHP (pg. 134. para. 4) pamphlet called "Ramajanma Bhumi: Ayodya" (pg. 134. para. 3) which claimed to have found "new archaeological discoveries" at the site of the historical building (pg. 134. para. 3) in 1989. The VHP tore into the historical site, and claimed to have found evidence, despite scientific conditions not being observed or practiced during it, nor the presence of any academic professionals. Historians Robert Layton, Peter G. Stone, and Julian Thomas note the flaws in the VHP claims; saying "[b]ut how can we rely on antiquities supposed to have been discovered from a hotly disputed site where the minimum scientific conditions for excavations were not observed and where neither the critics of the temple theory nor the archaeologists of the central government were asked to be present at the time of the actual digging", and later conclude "even if we condone the unpardonable act of violating the canons of field archaeology and take cognizence of the stone antiquities illustrated in the VHP pamphlet we come nowhere near the imaginary temple."

#Evidence of such VHP fanatacism include; ''[http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/furore-after-vhp-leader-togadia-warns-muslims-against-buying-properties-in-hindu-areas/article1-1210495.aspx Furore after VHP leader Togadia warns Muslims against buying properties in 'Hindu areas']''. April 21, 2014. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Nilesh, CT (23 April 2009). ''[http://www.catholic.org/news/international/asia/story.php?id=33313 Hindu fanatics attack Protestant Church]''. Catholic Online. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Peter van der Veer (1994). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p29ArJ7j6zgC&pg=PA7&dq=VHP+Hindu+fanatics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1iGRU8MIiujsBqKRgZAN&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=VHP%20Hindu%20fanatics&f=false Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India]''. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-520-08256-4.
#R Layton; P Stone; J Thomas (2 September 2003). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hEOFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=K.S.+Lal+vhp&source=bl&ots=HPp17p0cYd&sig=73YSNhVExvdOLUFbPPfugGwvVN4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AAqRU4OID8PQ7Abc04HoBw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=K.S.%20Lal%20vhp&f=false Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property]''. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-134-60498-2.

Sukumar Muralidharan, writing in 1998 for India's "Frontline" journal (originally published in "The Hindu"), in an article exposing the Indian governments historical revisionism, titled "[t]he reconstitution of the Indian Council of Historical Research [ICHR] giving positions of authority to three VHP luminaries betrays a deep political design on the part of the BJP-led Government", notes VHP luminaries that "campaign[ed] for the demolition" of the 465 year old mosque, the "Babri Masjid", had been appointed to senior positions reserved for academics. Lal identified himself as a "right wing" historian (and not an objective one) in the article and welcomed their (the VHP's) inclusion, claiming the left are too numerous in governmental historical bodies; "The ICHR has always been dominated by historians of a Left-wing persuasion, he argues". Muralidharan further notes "K.S. Lal may have written a worthwhile work of history in the distant past, but his more recent works - which have focused almost exclusively on the supposed historical injuries suffered by Hindus - have been tendentious, communal and deeply objectionable".

#Muralidharan, Sukumar (July 04 - July 17, 1998). ''[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1514/15141050.htm The Hindutva takeover of ICHR. The reconstitution of the Indian Council of Historical Research giving positions of authority to three VHP luminaries betrays a deep political design on the part of the BJP-led Government.]''. Frontline. Volume 15, No. 14. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
</ref> who is notable for having written several books on the Islamic invasion of India during the middle ages. Indian journels have noted that he is an ''"historian known for his adherence to the Sangh Parivar brand of history"'';<ref name="Rajalakshmi, T.K. ">Rajalakshmi, T.K. (August 3, 2001). ''[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1815/18150940.htm Appointment and disappointment]''. Frontline. Volume 18. Issue 15, Jul. 21. Retrieved 6 June 2014.</ref> who themselves are a family of fanatical, extremist and terroristic<ref group="n.">
#''[http://www.kmsnews.org/news/2013/01/23/indian-home-secretary-confirms-sangh-parivar-terror-link.html Indian Home Secretary confirms Sangh Parivar terror link]''. 23 January 2013. KMS News. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
#''[http://twocircles.net/2010aug30/when_terror_accused_are_sangh_parivar.html#.U5F5XT1dXZc When the terror-accused are from the Sangh Parivar...]''. 30 August 2010. Two Circles News. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
#Hensman, Rohini (23 April, 2012). ''[http://www.countercurrents.org/hensman230412.htm The Spectre Of Fascism]''. Countercurrents. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Jaffrelot, Christopher (1 September 2010). ''[http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/hindutva%E2%80%99s-politics-denial Hindutva’s Politics of Denial]''. Caravan, a Journal of Politics and Culture. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Richard Jackson; Eamon Murphy; Scott Poynting (10 September 2009). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3MKNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT117&dq=Sangh+Parivar+terrorism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U3qRU4PEMsTo7AaD1oHoCw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20terrorism&f=false Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice]''. Routledge. p. 114-117. ISBN 978-1-135-24515-3.
#''[http://www.aisa.in/sangh-brigades-terror-network-exposed-once-more/ Sangh Brigade’s Terror Network Exposed Once More!]''. 14 January 2011. All India Students' Association. Retrieved 8 June 2014.</ref> organisations<ref group="n.">They have established 300,000 terror training camps, or "Shakhas", in India
#William H. Thornton (1 January 2005). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DVi0U-tWK74C&pg=PA100&dq=Sangh+Parivar+terrorism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WXSRU9uwCpOg7AaBiIGACw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20terrorism&f=false New World Empire: Civil Islam, Terrorism, and the Making of Neoglobalism]''. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7425-2941-0.
</ref> of radical Hindu origin.<ref name="Marshall2013">Paul Marshall (12 March 2013). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-U_5kftaoSsC&pg=PT58&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians]''. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4002-0442-7.</ref><ref name="Cockburn2007">Cynthia Cockburn (15 March 2007). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1WsfrKwtFtAC&pg=PA24&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis]''. Zed Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-84277-821-0.</ref><ref name="Shani2007">Ornit Shani (12 July 2007). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ouAB7o63B9IC&pg=PA1&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat]''. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-521-68369-2.</ref><ref group="n.">In 1938 the Sangh Parivar for example branded non-Hindus inferior and assigned them second class status in their own country, declaring that "the non-Hindu...must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, must learn to respect and revere Hindu religion...[o]r [they] may stay in the country wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privelages, far less any preferential treatment, not even citizen's rights", and who's leaders have also supported Hitler's racial laws.

#Paul Marshall (12 March 2013). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-U_5kftaoSsC&pg=PT58&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians]''. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4002-0442-7.

Between September 1989 and November 1989, the Sangh Parivar unleashed unprecedented anti-Muslim terrorist violence across northern India where mobs of Hindus with "official sanction", destroyed a 464 year old Muslim holy place, which "evoked widespread Hindu triumphalism in Hindu communities throughout India" and that many died in the ensuing violence."

#Cynthia Cockburn (15 March 2007). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1WsfrKwtFtAC&pg=PA24&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis]''. Zed Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-84277-821-0.
</ref> As an academic he had claimed to have estimates on the population of India, claiming the Hindu population fell ''"seventy-five million"'' after Muslims had conquered it until 1500 CE.<ref group="n.">He however though does not make clear how a decline occured, such as conversion over to Islam by Hindus or if the decline involved Hindus only through killing</ref> Lal's work, however, was found to be highly questionable (he is also known to have worked with other anti-Muslim writers (and pseudo-historians), such as Andrew Bostom).<ref group="n.">Bostom himself has worked with anti-Muslim propagandist Robert Spencer</ref> Lal's claims have thus largely been struck down by many Oxbridge historians, such as Simon Digby,<ref group="n.">Digby was a former Oxford University doctoral research examiner
#Mukherjee, Rudrangshu (Thursday, January 21 , 2010). ''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100121/jsp/opinion/story_11998383.jsp A LOVE FOR INDIA AND ALL THINGS INDIAN]''. The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 6 June 2014.</ref> Irfan Habib<ref group="n.">Habib is professor emeritus of history at the Aligarh Muslim University in India
#Ishrat Alam; Syed Ejaz Hussain (2011). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5qSbjBTDC-UC&pg=PA293&dq=Professor+Emeritus+of+History+at+the+Aligarh+Muslim+University&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGORU62GJoWg7AaZpIGgAQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Professor%20Emeritus%20of%20History%20at%20the%20Aligarh%20Muslim%20University&f=false The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray]''. Primus Books. p. 293. ISBN 978-93-80607-16-0.</ref><ref name="ihoup">''[http://www.oup.co.in/more-by-author/irfan-habib/3652/sort/authordesc Irfan Habibis Professor Emeritus of History at the Aligarh Muslim University]''. Oxford University Press (India). Retrieved 6 June 2014.</ref>, and even Hindu historians (such as J. S. Grewal<ref name="Grewal2005"/>) who note his methods as widely flawed, ''"wilful"''<ref name="digby1975"/> or ''"frivolous"''.<ref name="Grewal2005">J. S. Grewal (11 March 2005). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cgluAAAAMAAJ&q=irfan+habib+ks+lal&dq=irfan+habib+ks+lal&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S2WRU-u2IMvG7AbbpICwDA&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA The state and society in medieval India]''. Oxford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-19-566720-2.</ref> Digby for instance noted that the ''"unknown variables"'' of his work ''"are so great and the quality of the data yielded"'' by the sources ''"so poor that almost any detailed general estimates of population based upon them must appear wilful"''.<ref name="digby1975">Digby, Simon (1975). [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BSO Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies]. University of London. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X Vol. 38, No. 1]. ([http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=1970&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01&iid=3802576 1975]), pp. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X 176]–[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&next=true&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01 177].</ref> Lal's methods have also produced "comically" wrong results on computers.<ref name="digby1975"/><ref group="n.">"Professor Lal (whose figure for A.D. 1600 in 140 million against Morelands round 100) makes many bold new calculations. Setting the electronic computer on a backward projection of census figures since 1881 produced a comically wrong result."

#Digby, Simon (1975). [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BSO Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies]. University of London. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X Vol. 38, No. 1]. ([http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=1970&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01&iid=3802576 1975]), pp. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X 176]–[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&next=true&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01 177].
</ref> Another reviewer for his other work, ''"The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India"'', A. A. Powell, notes ''"[Lal's book] represents not history but propoganda"''.<ref name="Powell2009">Powell, A. A. ''[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=73B1D0C3EBC16CB54F556538CFD2FB99.journals?fromPage=online&aid=3699872 K. S. Lal: The legacy of Muslim rule in India, vi, 406 pp. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1992.]''. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Vol. 58, Issue 02(2009). pp. 397 ISSN 0041-977X. DOI: 10.1017/S0041977X0001123X</ref><ref group="n.">
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*Asian History Congress. 1st, New Delhi, 1961; Kishori Saran Lal. Studies in Asian history: proceedings....
*Kishori Saran Lal (1966). Studies in medieval Indian history. Ranjit Printers & Publishers.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1967). History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290-1320. Asia Publising House.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1973). Growth of Muslim population in medieval India, A.D. 1000-1800. Research Publications in Social Sciences.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1980). Twilight of the Sultanate: A Political, Social and Cultural History of the Sultanate of Delhi from the <br>Invasion of Timur to the Conquest of Babur 1398-1526. Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 978-81-215-0227-6.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1980). History Of The Khaljis: A.D. 1290-1320 Revised Edition. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers<br>Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-81-215-0211-5.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 December 1984). Early Muslims in India. South Asia Books.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1988). The Mughal Harem. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85179-03-2.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1988). Shri Ram Janmabhoomi: Historical Notes & Views. Vishwa Hindu Parishad U. P. (East).
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*Kishori Saran Lal (1990). Indian Muslims: Who are They. Voice of India.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1992). The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85689-03-6.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1994). Muslim Slave System in Medieval India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85689-67-8.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 February 1995). Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-86471-03-6.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1999). Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-86471-72-2.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 2001). Historical Essays: Politics and society. Radha Publications. ISBN 978-81-7487-222-7.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 2001). Historical Essays: History and historiography. Radha Publications. ISBN 978-81-7487-221-0.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 2002). Return to Roots: Emancipation of Indian Muslims. Radha Publications. ISBN 978-81-7487-245-6.
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<div style="text-align:justify; word-spacing: -0.1em; letter-spacing: -0em; line-height:100%; width:100%;"> Muslims having ''"killed 80 million Hindus"'' is an unproven mythical statement that has its origins with Kishori Saran Lal<ref group="n.">''"Muslims Killed 100 million Hindus"'' is a common Islamophobic trope used amongst Hindu fascist radicals, used to justify attacks against Muslims, and in order to segregate them from society. The work of K. S. Lal is often cited amongst these circles as the reference for the number.</ref> ("K.S. Lal"): who is a former-Indian historian turned pseudo-historian and Hindu fanatic,<ref group="n.">K.S. Lal is known to have supported and worked for VHP (Vishva Hindu Parishad) Hindu fanatics, who (with religious claims) believe a mythical Hindu temple was present at the sight of an almost five hundred year old mosque (that was eventually destroyed by them in 1992). Lal explicitly produced a VHP (pg. 134. para. 4) pamphlet called "Ramajanma Bhumi: Ayodya" (pg. 134. para. 3) which claimed to have found "new archaeological discoveries" at the site of the historical building (pg. 134. para. 3) in 1989. The VHP tore into the historical site, and claimed to have found evidence, despite scientific conditions not being observed or practiced during it, nor the presence of any academic professionals. Historians Robert Layton, Peter G. Stone, and Julian Thomas note the flaws in the VHP claims; saying "[b]ut how can we rely on antiquities supposed to have been discovered from a hotly disputed site where the minimum scientific conditions for excavations were not observed and where neither the critics of the temple theory nor the archaeologists of the central government were asked to be present at the time of the actual digging", and later conclude "even if we condone the unpardonable act of violating the canons of field archaeology and take cognizence of the stone antiquities illustrated in the VHP pamphlet we come nowhere near the imaginary temple."

#Evidence of such VHP fanatacism include; ''[http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/furore-after-vhp-leader-togadia-warns-muslims-against-buying-properties-in-hindu-areas/article1-1210495.aspx Furore after VHP leader Togadia warns Muslims against buying properties in 'Hindu areas']''. April 21, 2014. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Nilesh, CT (23 April 2009). ''[http://www.catholic.org/news/international/asia/story.php?id=33313 Hindu fanatics attack Protestant Church]''. Catholic Online. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Peter van der Veer (1994). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p29ArJ7j6zgC&pg=PA7&dq=VHP+Hindu+fanatics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1iGRU8MIiujsBqKRgZAN&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=VHP%20Hindu%20fanatics&f=false Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India]''. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-520-08256-4.
#R Layton; P Stone; J Thomas (2 September 2003). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hEOFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=K.S.+Lal+vhp&source=bl&ots=HPp17p0cYd&sig=73YSNhVExvdOLUFbPPfugGwvVN4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AAqRU4OID8PQ7Abc04HoBw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=K.S.%20Lal%20vhp&f=false Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property]''. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-134-60498-2.

Sukumar Muralidharan, writing in 1998 for India's "Frontline" journal (originally published in "The Hindu"), in an article exposing the Indian governments historical revisionism, titled "[t]he reconstitution of the Indian Council of Historical Research [ICHR] giving positions of authority to three VHP luminaries betrays a deep political design on the part of the BJP-led Government", notes VHP luminaries that "campaign[ed] for the demolition" of the 465 year old mosque, the "Babri Masjid", had been appointed to senior positions reserved for academics. Lal identified himself as a "right wing" historian (and not an objective one) in the article and welcomed their (the VHP's) inclusion, claiming the left are too numerous in governmental historical bodies; "The ICHR has always been dominated by historians of a Left-wing persuasion, he argues". Muralidharan further notes "K.S. Lal may have written a worthwhile work of history in the distant past, but his more recent works - which have focused almost exclusively on the supposed historical injuries suffered by Hindus - have been tendentious, communal and deeply objectionable".

#Muralidharan, Sukumar (July 04 - July 17, 1998). ''[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1514/15141050.htm The Hindutva takeover of ICHR. The reconstitution of the Indian Council of Historical Research giving positions of authority to three VHP luminaries betrays a deep political design on the part of the BJP-led Government.]''. Frontline. Volume 15, No. 14. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
</ref> who is notable for having written several books on the Islamic invasion of India during the middle ages. Indian journels have noted that he is an ''"historian known for his adherence to the Sangh Parivar brand of history"'';<ref name="Rajalakshmi, T.K. ">Rajalakshmi, T.K. (August 3, 2001). ''[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1815/18150940.htm Appointment and disappointment]''. Frontline. Volume 18. Issue 15, Jul. 21. Retrieved 6 June 2014.</ref> who themselves are a family of fanatical, extremist and terroristic<ref group="n.">
#''[http://www.kmsnews.org/news/2013/01/23/indian-home-secretary-confirms-sangh-parivar-terror-link.html Indian Home Secretary confirms Sangh Parivar terror link]''. 23 January 2013. KMS News. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
#''[http://twocircles.net/2010aug30/when_terror_accused_are_sangh_parivar.html#.U5F5XT1dXZc When the terror-accused are from the Sangh Parivar...]''. 30 August 2010. Two Circles News. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
#Hensman, Rohini (23 April, 2012). ''[http://www.countercurrents.org/hensman230412.htm The Spectre Of Fascism]''. Countercurrents. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Jaffrelot, Christopher (1 September 2010). ''[http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/hindutva%E2%80%99s-politics-denial Hindutva’s Politics of Denial]''. Caravan, a Journal of Politics and Culture. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
#Richard Jackson; Eamon Murphy; Scott Poynting (10 September 2009). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3MKNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT117&dq=Sangh+Parivar+terrorism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U3qRU4PEMsTo7AaD1oHoCw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20terrorism&f=false Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice]''. Routledge. p. 114-117. ISBN 978-1-135-24515-3.
#''[http://www.aisa.in/sangh-brigades-terror-network-exposed-once-more/ Sangh Brigade’s Terror Network Exposed Once More!]''. 14 January 2011. All India Students' Association. Retrieved 8 June 2014.</ref> organisations<ref group="n.">They have established 300,000 terror training camps, or "Shakhas", in India
#William H. Thornton (1 January 2005). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DVi0U-tWK74C&pg=PA100&dq=Sangh+Parivar+terrorism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WXSRU9uwCpOg7AaBiIGACw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20terrorism&f=false New World Empire: Civil Islam, Terrorism, and the Making of Neoglobalism]''. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7425-2941-0.
</ref> of radical Hindu origin.<ref name="Marshall2013">Paul Marshall (12 March 2013). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-U_5kftaoSsC&pg=PT58&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians]''. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4002-0442-7.</ref><ref name="Cockburn2007">Cynthia Cockburn (15 March 2007). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1WsfrKwtFtAC&pg=PA24&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis]''. Zed Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-84277-821-0.</ref><ref name="Shani2007">Ornit Shani (12 July 2007). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ouAB7o63B9IC&pg=PA1&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat]''. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-521-68369-2.</ref><ref group="n.">In 1938 the Sangh Parivar for example branded non-Hindus inferior and assigned them second class status in their own country, declaring that "the non-Hindu...must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, must learn to respect and revere Hindu religion...[o]r [they] may stay in the country wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privelages, far less any preferential treatment, not even citizen's rights", and who's leaders have also supported Hitler's racial laws.

#Paul Marshall (12 March 2013). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-U_5kftaoSsC&pg=PT58&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians]''. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4002-0442-7.

Between September 1989 and November 1989, the Sangh Parivar unleashed unprecedented anti-Muslim terrorist violence across northern India where mobs of Hindus with "official sanction", destroyed a 464 year old Muslim holy place, which "evoked widespread Hindu triumphalism in Hindu communities throughout India" and that many died in the ensuing violence."

#Cynthia Cockburn (15 March 2007). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1WsfrKwtFtAC&pg=PA24&dq=Sangh+Parivar+hindu+extremists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=82mRU-rsFKOI7AbTo4Ag&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Sangh%20Parivar%20hindu%20extremists&f=false From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis]''. Zed Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-84277-821-0.
</ref> As an academic he had claimed to have estimates on the population of India, claiming the Hindu population fell ''"seventy-five million"'' after Muslims had conquered it until 1500 CE.<ref group="n.">He however though does not make clear how a decline occured, such as conversion over to Islam by Hindus or if the decline involved Hindus only through killing</ref> Lal's work, however, was found to be highly questionable (he is also known to have worked with other anti-Muslim writers (and pseudo-historians), such as Andrew Bostom).<ref group="n.">Bostom himself has worked with anti-Muslim propagandist Robert Spencer</ref> Lal's claims have thus largely been struck down by many Oxbridge historians, such as Simon Digby<ref group="n.">Digby was a former Oxford University doctoral research examiner
#Mukherjee, Rudrangshu (Thursday, January 21 , 2010). ''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100121/jsp/opinion/story_11998383.jsp A LOVE FOR INDIA AND ALL THINGS INDIAN]''. The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 6 June 2014.</ref> and Irfan Habib<ref group="n.">Habib is professor emeritus of history at the Aligarh Muslim University in India
#Ishrat Alam; Syed Ejaz Hussain (2011). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5qSbjBTDC-UC&pg=PA293&dq=Professor+Emeritus+of+History+at+the+Aligarh+Muslim+University&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGORU62GJoWg7AaZpIGgAQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Professor%20Emeritus%20of%20History%20at%20the%20Aligarh%20Muslim%20University&f=false The Varied Facets of History: Essays in Honour of Aniruddha Ray]''. Primus Books. p. 293. ISBN 978-93-80607-16-0.</ref><ref name="ihoup">''[http://www.oup.co.in/more-by-author/irfan-habib/3652/sort/authordesc Irfan Habibis Professor Emeritus of History at the Aligarh Muslim University]''. Oxford University Press (India). Retrieved 6 June 2014.</ref>, and even Hindu historians (such as J. S. Grewal<ref name="Grewal2005"/>) who note his methods as widely flawed, ''"wilful"''<ref name="digby1975"/> or ''"frivolous"''.<ref name="Grewal2005">J. S. Grewal (11 March 2005). ''[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cgluAAAAMAAJ&q=irfan+habib+ks+lal&dq=irfan+habib+ks+lal&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S2WRU-u2IMvG7AbbpICwDA&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA The state and society in medieval India]''. Oxford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-19-566720-2.</ref> Digby for instance noted that the ''"unknown variables"'' of his work "are so great and the quality of the data yielded" by the sources ''"so poor that almost any detailed general estimates of population based upon them must appear wilful"''.<ref name="digby1975">Digby, Simon (1975). [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BSO Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies]. University of London. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X Vol. 38, No. 1]. ([http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=1970&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01&iid=3802576 1975]), pp. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X 176]–[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&next=true&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01 177].</ref> Lal's methods have also been said to have produced "comically" wrong results on computers.<ref name="digby1975"/><ref group="n.">"Professor Lal (whose figure for A.D. 1600 in 140 million against Morelands round 100) makes many bold new calculations. Setting the electronic computer on a backward projection of census figures since 1881 produced a comically wrong result."

#Digby, Simon (1975). [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BSO Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies]. University of London. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X Vol. 38, No. 1]. ([http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=1970&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01&iid=3802576 1975]), pp. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&fulltextType=BR&fileId=S0041977X0004739X 176]–[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=3802960&next=true&jid=BSO&volumeId=38&issueId=01 177].
</ref> Another reviewer for his other work, "The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India", A. A. Powell, notes "[Lal's book] represents not history but propoganda".<ref name="Powell2009">Powell, A. A. ''[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=73B1D0C3EBC16CB54F556538CFD2FB99.journals?fromPage=online&aid=3699872 K. S. Lal: The legacy of Muslim rule in India, vi, 406 pp. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1992.]''. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Vol. 58, Issue 02(2009). pp. 397 ISSN 0041-977X. DOI: 10.1017/S0041977X0001123X</ref><ref group="n.">
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*Asian History Congress. 1st, New Delhi, 1961; Kishori Saran Lal. Studies in Asian history: proceedings....
*Kishori Saran Lal (1966). Studies in medieval Indian history. Ranjit Printers & Publishers.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1967). History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290-1320. Asia Publising House.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1973). Growth of Muslim population in medieval India, A.D. 1000-1800. Research Publications in Social Sciences.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1980). Twilight of the Sultanate: A Political, Social and Cultural History of the Sultanate of Delhi from the <br>Invasion of Timur to the Conquest of Babur 1398-1526. Munshiram Manoharlal. ISBN 978-81-215-0227-6.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1980). History Of The Khaljis: A.D. 1290-1320 Revised Edition. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers<br>Pvt. Limited. ISBN 978-81-215-0211-5.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 December 1984). Early Muslims in India. South Asia Books.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1988). The Mughal Harem. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85179-03-2.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1988). Shri Ram Janmabhoomi: Historical Notes & Views. Vishwa Hindu Parishad U. P. (East).
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*Kishori Saran Lal (1990). Indian Muslims: Who are They. Voice of India.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1992). The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85689-03-6.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1994). Muslim Slave System in Medieval India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85689-67-8.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 February 1995). Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-86471-03-6.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 1999). Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-86471-72-2.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 2001). Historical Essays: Politics and society. Radha Publications. ISBN 978-81-7487-222-7.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 2001). Historical Essays: History and historiography. Radha Publications. ISBN 978-81-7487-221-0.
*Kishori Saran Lal (1 January 2002). Return to Roots: Emancipation of Indian Muslims. Radha Publications. ISBN 978-81-7487-245-6.
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