The Problem Of Writing History In India.
(A Thread)
I always get irritated when I read a line 'Historians will never tell you this.' Pls understand that historical research on any era or events never remains static. It keeps on evolving. New findings always comes up.
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(A Thread)
I always get irritated when I read a line 'Historians will never tell you this.' Pls understand that historical research on any era or events never remains static. It keeps on evolving. New findings always comes up.
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Just like the latest findings at Sanauli, Haryana. Like wise many pala or sena era hindu sculptures are being found out during various excavation in bengal.
Sanauli excavations completely negates the AIT.
What we know today might completely change after few years.
@monidipadey
Sanauli excavations completely negates the AIT.
What we know today might completely change after few years.
@monidipadey
When a historian writes his/her opinion based on current findings might completely reverse their opinion based on the findings which might comes up through research 10-20 yrs down the line.
History must & should be written 'Objectively' as per research of that time.
@PrasunNagar
History must & should be written 'Objectively' as per research of that time.
@PrasunNagar
Now having said that, the Indian history writing has never been an easy task because the beginning itself was motivated by the political consideration, rather than driven by the principles of historiography.
When political agenda or narrative became the basis of writing history.
When political agenda or narrative became the basis of writing history.
This encouraged historians to distort the history of India so as to fit in certain ideology. The entire history written by colonial, politically motivated historians is witness to it and victim of it.
Thus 'Political Correct' history was written & being taught at the schools.
Thus 'Political Correct' history was written & being taught at the schools.
The entire history writing has now been reduced to 'secular' history and 'communal' history. In the process, the sacredness of primary evidence and importance of original sources have become a major casualty.
The narratives were first set and history was being fit into that.
The narratives were first set and history was being fit into that.
To push their agenda and to write 'politically correct history', historians have resorted to hiding away the facts, ignoring the facts. Their sole agenda is to prove their viewpoint wedded to their political ideology and its usefulness in the immediate battle in politics.
This approach is as visible as daylight in the writings dealing with almost all periods of history, including the freedom struggle and the partition of the country. The last sixty years history of independent India has been dealt with even more callously.
The Result of such reading these Political correct history is that people now today have writing their own history based on their imagination without any evidence of any sort. For ex: Taj Mahal was Tejo Mahalaya, Red fort built by a Hindu king etc.
The blame lies on historians.
The blame lies on historians.
I don't blame people at all. When historians failed to write objective history and provide unbiased opinion people will write their own history.
RC Majumdar's book on Indian history was supposed to be taught in schools but was replaced by another historian at the last moment.
RC Majumdar's book on Indian history was supposed to be taught in schools but was replaced by another historian at the last moment.
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