Devkinandan Thakur booked for blaming King Jayachandra for India’s partition

A defamation case has been filed against famous storyteller Devkinandan Thakur at Agra Court. The case reportedly filed by Advocate Ajay Pratap Singh will be heard before Civil Judge Junior Division.

This legal action stems from comments made by Thakur during a session of storytelling to children in Varanasi where he blamed “Jaichands” for the partition of



India and the massacre of Kashmiri brahmins on “Jaichands”, framing them as figures of betrayal against Santan Dharma.

Pertinently, Jaichand was a king from the Gahadavala dynasty of northern India. He is also known as Jayachandra in inscriptions. However, the name “Jaichand” became synonymous with the word “traitor” in the folklore of northern India.