Chapter I

Who is Thomas Rowe?

Thomas Rowe, The son of Robert Rowe, and of Elinor, daughter of Robert Jermy of Worstead in Norfolk, he was born at Low Leyton near Wanstead in Essex, and at the age of twelve (1593), matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford. Shortly afterwards, he joined one of the Inns of Court, and became esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was knighted by James I in 1605, and became intimate with Henry, Prince of Wales, and also with his sister Elizabeth, afterwards briefly Queen of Bohemia, with whom he maintained a correspondence and whose cause he championed. In 1610 he was sent by Prince Henry on a mission to the West Indies, during which he visited Guiana and the Amazon River. However, he failed then, and in two subsequent expeditions, to discover the gold he was seeking.

Yeh, This man is very important for Indian History. No Indian Historian has, till date, has ever given him any importance, but the role of Thomas Rowe in Indian History is very important. No one in India knows his role in the history, the man who seduced Jahangir the great, The Nuruddin Salim Jahangir, the great Mughal emperor, who gave him the order in writing, which screwed us, sorry, to use this word, but which really screwed us to the wall of The British Empire, for more than 150 years, and no historian is acknowledging this fact, because no one knows what transpired between the Nuruddin Salim Jahangir and Mr. Thomas Rowe. The letter  of Nuruddin Salim Jahangir who sent it to James through  Mr. Thomas Rowe  is as follows.

Upon which assurance of your royal love I have given my general command to all the kingdoms and ports of my dominions to receive all the merchants of the English nation as the subjects of my friend; that in what place soever they choose to live, they may have free liberty without any restraint; and at what port soever they shall arrive, that neither Portugal nor any other shall dare to molest their quiet; and in what city soever they shall have residence, I have commanded all my governors and captains to give them freedom answerable to their own desires; to sell, buy, and to transport into their country at their pleasure.

“For confirmation of our love and friendship, I desire your Majesty to command your merchants to bring in their ships of all sorts of rarities and rich goods fit for my palace; and that you be pleased to send me your royal letters by every opportunity, that I may rejoice in your health and prosperous affairs; that our friendship may be interchanged and eternal.”

This was the letter written by Nuruddin Salim Janhangir, the Son of Akbar and the King of India, at that time, to one Sir James through this man, Mr. Thomas Row. Nuruddin Salim Jahangir gave  the Imperial patronage of the Company, i.e. the East India Company, which ultimately took over entire India like………Reliance? May be…………., but where are you Mahatma Gandhi?  Those who are seeking freedom now, are likes of sitting in Bandra and Baramati.

I will  come again with my findings of history, because if you forget your history, you will be nowhere.  I have started with the history or 1600

End of Chapter I