Indian History Congress
Indian History Congress is the largest professional and academic body of Indian historians with over 10,000 members. It was established in 1935.[1] The name of any new applicant for membership needs to be proposed and seconded by existing Ordinary or Life Members.[2]
The lead to establish all India national congress of historians was taken by Poona historians during the colonial rule. The first session took place in Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, Pune in 1935.[3] Major historians like Datto Vaman Potdar, Surendra Nath Sen (who later became the first director of National Archives of India), Sir Shafaat Ahmad Khan attended the first session.[4]
Historians Ram Sharan Sharma, Romila Thapar, K N Panikkar, Irfan Habib, Pritam Saini[5] have had a long association with the Indian History Congress.[6] Its current President is R. Champakalakshmi of Jawaharlal Nehru University.[6]
The Indian History Congress has constituted Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade Award for lifelong service and contribution to Indian history which was given to professor R.S. Sharma in 2002.[7]
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu[8] was invited to speak the 61st session at Kolkata.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Anand, Arun (December 28, 2007). "Right wing historians to challenge Leftists in history congress".
- ↑ ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS FOR INITIAL MEMBERSHIPhttp://web.archive.org/web/20041213084134/members.tripod.com/historycongress3/membershiprules.htm
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- ↑ Proceedings - Punjab History Conference, Issues 22-24 - pp 520
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Champakalakshmi elected new IHC President http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2008-12-30/494946news.html
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- ↑ History in the Faking, Does the IHC believe in 'India's tradition of scepticism'? http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20010115/edits.shtml
- ↑ Jyoti Basu At Indian History Congress, People's Democracy, Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Vol. XXV, No. 02, January 14, 2001 http://pd.cpim.org/2001/jan14/jan14_history%20congress.htm
- ↑ Bengal: Escape into magical realism http://hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/13/stories/041355pr.htm
