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Oak was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. During World War I, he was with the Indian army, and was in Malaya. He joined the Indian National Army after Singapore fell to the Japanese, and thereafter was involved in Radio bulletins. "From 1947 to 1974 his profession has been mainly journalism having worked on the editorial staffs of the Hindustan Times and The Statesman, as a Class I officer in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India; and as editor in the American Embassy's Information Service." In 1964, he started an organisation called ‘Institute for Rewriting Indian History’
Dozens of blogs and websites refer to him as "Professor" P. N. Oak,. However, he was not a professor. According to his own account, he completed an M.A. (Agra) and a law degree (LL.B. Mumbai), and was an official in the Ministry for Information, and wrote various journalistic pieces.
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