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by fluffy bunny » 07 Aug 2012
The evidence is in older verified documents and witness statements from the 1930s which you probably have not seen, there are many over at brahmakumaris.info which are taken from the India Office records of the British Government.
Until we have copies of the most original and unedited Murlis, they are not worth that much attention. Unfortunately the BKs have chopped so many inconvenient truths out of them that they are no longer reliable at all.
There are like jigsaw puzzles with many missing pieces. Luckily though, the BKs editing out parts were not enlightened, and so sometimes they have left little clues here and there.
The sadhu has been referred to as the Bengal Sadhu, or man from the East. There are Murli quotes that hint as it, but the other evidence is far more convincing. I know Arjun has posted references to Lekhraj Kirpalani's enlightenment or initiation happening in the East of India (Calcutta side) not the West (Hyderabad) in the past.
As to the accounting, those figures are taken from official government sources and are only rough, but close, estimates. There are a number of different scales of inflation to use, and so the finally figure is debatable depending on which one you chose.
Arguably, if one used Indian rates, it could be much higher than the £40,000s ... anything upto, say, £100,000 equivalent. But I used British rates as they are reliable and easy to find.