Controversy surrounding the retrograde planets

Retrograde planet is controversial in astrology. According to Phaldeepika it is very good. According to Jataka Parijat it is bad. According to Phaldeepika a retro debilitated planet creates a NEECHA BHANGA RAJA YOGA & hence beneficial, but BV Raman possibly opposes this view in his books.
According to BV Raman Saturn retro & debilitated can't do good. It is more likely to harm. This case has been verified by me in the chart of a divorced woman who had Saturn debilitated & retro in both D1 & D9. It was placed in her 7th house, (Although it was a neccha bhanga & Sat is yogakaraka for Libra asc !) 

So I hope one may understand the controversy regarding retro planets & the controversy regarding neccha bhanga raja yoga too. My view till date is that retrograde planets harm the houses in which they are placed & do bad in their dasa-antardasa, unless there are other factors that make them beneficial such as the house that they possess & exaltation/own house placement.

M Visvesvaraya - Kundli Analysis

M Visvesvaraya (15 September 1861 – 12 April 1962) was a great Indian engineer & statesman of international fame. His speech & manners were extremely polished.
His birth data is 15/9/1861 at about 12:45 pm, according to astrosage.com.
His birth data is 15/9/1861 at about 2:20 pm, Chikballapur district, as found in one of the books of BV Raman.
I am using the astrosage's data for analysis.

In 11th house(Libra) Venus is present. According to Phaldeepika, a native with Venus in 11th house will be wealthy & will enjoy all kinds of happiness. He will have connections with other's wife. Last sentence seems to be untrue here. But enormous wealth , gains, material goods, happiness & many friends are definitely indicated as says the common sense. This position also indicates children & happiness through children.
But internet have no information about his children, except that two of his wives died at childbirth.
5th lord in 11th house have the following effects according to BV Raman : the native will be rich and learned and helps others; will have a number of sons; becomes an author.
Budh-aditya yoga is present in 10th house(Virgo) with Sun at 0 degree28' & Mer at 9 deg 10'59" approx. In D9 Sun is in Cap in 10th house. According to Phaldeepika Sun in 10th house will give the native wealth, sons, conveyances, intelligence, strength & fame. He will be a king. He will be praised for his good conduct. Hence by common sense we can say that Sun in 10th gives a good career & raja yoga.
His father died when he was merely 12 years old. This is due to Vridhavastha of Sun in 10th & Sat-Mars combination in 9th house. According to Phaldeepika, Mars in 9th makes one lose father prematurely & Sat in 9th makes one devoid of father (probably meaning it makes one lose father prematurely).
Sat in 9th according to Phaldeepika makes the person devoid of wealth, fortune, children & father. It makes one wicked & irreligous. But Saturn is exalted in D9 & hence producing an opposite effect. Hence, Sir MV might have been very dharmic/tapasvi & wealthy too.
In D9 9th lord is cut by Rahu in 6th house . Rahu of Lagna aspects 9th house by 5-9 aspect. His father died when he was merely 12 years old.
In starting of Rahu dasa he lost his father.
In D9 Rahu of Virgo is there in 6th house. In D1 Rahu is in 1st house (Saggi) aspected by Jup. He completed his education in Rahu Dasa despite financial hurdles. He studied civil engineering at the prestigious College of Engineering, Pune. He luckily got financial support from the British govt.
According to Phaldeepika Jupiter in 9th house makes the native wealthy & blesses the native with sons(chilren). It makes someone famous, virtuous & religious. Such a person will perform religious rites. He will become minister of the king. Sir MV was diwan of state of Mysore from 1912 to 1918. It seems that he received favours & honours from the British & Indian governments. According to Phaldeeika Guru Mangal yoga makes one a king, an administrator of a city or town or a rich brahmin. Here Guru & Mangal are in Leo sign & 9th house. So Guru Mangal yoga is in full effect.
Sakata yoga is also formed here. But I have already proved in some other articles that Sakata yoga is nothing.
Probably a debilitated Ketu is posited in 7th house(Gemini) here. Although Ketu is in own house of Pisces in D9. But Ketu had overall a negative effect on 7th house here. Sir's first two wives died at childbirth and he was forced to separate from the third because of incompatibility. But he always sent her money and after her death, conducted the last rites.
7th lord mer is exalted in 10th house. 7th lord in 10th house in general gives a disobedient wife, wealth & sons. It makes a person religious.
Some of the yogas found in Sir MV charts are:
Bhadra, Budh aditya, Ubhayachara, Sarpa, Kedaara, Guru Mangal, Chaamara, Sreenatha, Parijata, Garuda
I am ending my short analysis here. One may further do a dasa-transit analysis on his charts if one desires.

Life events of of M Visvesvaraya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Visvesvaraya
M Visvesvaraya (15 September 1861 – 12 April 1962) was a great Indian engineer & statesman of international fame. His speech & manners were extremely polished.

His birth data is 15/9/1861 at about 2:20 pm, Chikballapur district, as found in one of the books of BV Raman. I have certain reasons to believe this data to be correct i.e on the basis of his D1 & D9. Although a chart of him of Saggitarius asc, is available on astrosage, yet I prefer to use the BV Raman's book
data due to its authenticity & some analysis given in that. 

Let me first discuss some of his life events & achievements. M. Visvesvaraya(popularly known as Sir MV) was an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918. He is a recipient of the Indian Republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire (KCIE) by King George V for his contributions to the public good. Every year, on his birthday, 15 September is celebrated as Engineer's Day in India in his memory. He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India. He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mysore as well as the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad.

EARLY YEARS
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Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was born on 15 September 1861, into a Telugu speaking Mulukanadu Brahmin (Smartha Brahmins) family to Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry and Venkatalakshmamma in Muddenahalli village, Chickkaballapur District, Karnataka. Visvesvaraya lost his father at the age of 12. He enrolled for primary school in Chikballapur and attended high school in Bangalore. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Central College, Bangalore then affiliate of the University of Madras in 1881 and later studied civil engineering at the prestigious College of Engineering, Pune.

Visvesvaraya took a job with the Public Works Department (PWD) of Mumbai and was later invited to join the Indian Irrigation Commission. He implemented an extremely intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan area.

He also designed and patented a system of automatic weir water floodgates that were first installed in 1903 at the Khadakvasla Reservoir near Pune. These gates were employed to raise the flood supply level of storage in the reservoir to the highest level likely to be attained without causing any damage to the dam. Based on the success of these gates, the same system was installed at the Tigra Dam in Gwalior and the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) Dam in Mandya/Mysore, Karnataka.

In 1906–07, the government of India sent him to Aden to study their water supply and drainage system. The project prepared by him was implemented in Aden successfully.  Visvesvaraya achieved celebrity status when he designed a flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad. He was instrumental in developing
a system to protect Visakhapatnam port from sea erosion. Visvesvaraya supervised the construction of the KRS Dam across the Kaveri River from concept to inauguration. This dam created the biggest reservoir in Asia when it was built.

He was called the "Father of modern Mysore state" (now Karnataka): During his service with the government of Mysore state, he was responsible for the founding of (under the patronage of the Mysore government) the Mysore Soap Factory, the Parasitoide Laboratory, the Mysore Iron & Steel Works (now known as Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited) in Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute, the Bangalore Agricultural University, the State Bank of Mysore, The Century Club, Mysore Chambers of Commerce, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore and numerous other industrial ventures.

He encouraged private investment in industry during his tenure as Diwan of Mysore. He was instrumental in charting out the plan for road construction between Tirumala and Tirupati. He was known for sincerity, time management and dedication to a cause.

Career timeline
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   > Joined service as Assistant Engineer in Bombay, 1885; served in Nasik, Khandesh and Poona
   > services lent to Municipality of Sukkur in Sind, 1894: designed and carried out the water works of that Municipality, 1895
   > Executive Engineer, Surat, 1896
   > Assistant Superintending Engineer, Poona, 1897–99; visited China and Japan, 1898
   > Executive Engineer for Irrigation, Poona, 1899
   > Sanitary Engineer, Bombay, and Member, Sanitary Board, 1901; gave evidence before the Indian Irrigation Commission, 1901
   > Designed and constructed automatic gates patented by him at Lake Fife Storage Reservoir; introduced a new system of irrigation known as the "Block  System", 1903; represented the Bombay Government at the Simla Irrigation Commission, 1904; on special duty, 1905
   > Superintending Engineer, 1907; visited Egypt, Canada. United States of America and Russia, 1908
   > Services lent as Special Consulting Engineer, Hyderabad, to supervise and carry out engineering works in connection with the Musi floods, 1909;
   > Retired from British service, 1909
   > Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Mysore, 1909
   > Dewan of Mysore, 1912. During the year, 1912, he was appointed as Diwan (second Minister) of the princely state of Mysore. He was Diwan for 7 years.
   > Board of director of Tata Steel, 1927-1955.