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Meenakshi Jain is an Indian political scientist and historian who served as an associate professor of history at Gargi College, Delhi.In 2014, she was nominated as a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research by the Government of India. [1]
Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011 [1]) was an Indian Marxist historian and Indologist [2] who specialised in the history of Ancient and early Medieval India. [3] He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85) and was visiting faculty at University of Toronto (1965–1966).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Indian historian (born 1931) Romila Thapar Thapar in 2016 Born (1931-11-30) 30 November 1931 (age 93) Lucknow, United Provinces, British India Alma mater Panjab University SOAS University of London (PhD) Occupation(s) Historian, Writer Known for Authoring books about Indian history ...
Those who wish to adopt the textbooks are required to send a request to NCERT, upon which soft copies of the books are received. The material is press-ready and may be printed by paying a 5% royalty, and by acknowledging NCERT. [11] The textbooks are in color-print and are among the least expensive books in Indian book stores. [11]
Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC and one of the earliest historians whose work survives.. A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. [1]
The BJP, citing a rigid anti-Hindu agenda, restructured NCERT and the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) to make textbooks conform to the BJP's Hindu nationalist platform. [83] In states where the BJP had control of the local government, textbooks were changed extensively to favor a Hindu nationalist narrative. [ 84 ]
Arjun Dev (2 November 1938 – 29 March 2020) was an Indian historian and educationist. He was associated with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) throughout his career. He wrote several books for NCERT on modern and contemporary India and on other countries in collaboration with his wife, Indira Arjun Dev.
He was Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. [7] Along with S. Gopal, Bipan Chandra, and Romila Thapar, he co-founded the Centre for Historical Studies at the School of Social Sciences in JNU. [8] He was chairperson of the centre for a few years. He was the Secretary and President of the Indian History Congress ...