History Scholarship in India

Essays

Bhasker Anand Saletore: The Historian Extraordinaire

Bhasker Anand Saletore: The Historian Extraordinaire

The first episode of a series profiling the life and legacy of Bhasker Anand Saletore, the extraordinary scholar of history who lived from 1900-63.

Jadunath Sarkar as I Know Him: A Heartfelt Portrait of the Great Acharya by his Close Friend, G.S. Sardesai

Jadunath Sarkar as I Know Him: A Heartfelt Portrait of the Great Acharya by his Close Friend, G.S. Sardesai

The first episode of a new series on Acharya Jadunath Sarkar. It is a deeply heartfelt portrait written by Sarkar's fellow-scholar and close friend, G.S. Sardesai, a stalwart of Maratha history.

Anecdotes from the Acharya: The Sprawling Gurukulam of Jadunath Sarkar Home

Anecdotes from the Acharya: The Sprawling Gurukulam of Jadunath Sarkar Home

Some anecdotes from Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's life as an ideal Guru

How the Marxist Historians Fooled the Country Without Doing any Research on Hindu Temple Destructions

How the Marxist Historians Fooled the Country Without Doing any Research on Hindu Temple Destructions

The full story of how Marxist Historians fabricated the fiction that Hindu Kings had a tradition of destroying temples without doing any research on the subject

History Distortion as a Weapon of the Left-Liberal Child Abuse of Three Generations: A Preface

History Distortion as a Weapon of the Left-Liberal Child Abuse of Three Generations: A Preface

A walk down memory lane to uncover the manner in which history was used as a tool to create three generations of deracinated Hindus

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar: The Brilliant Flower whose Fragrance Knows no Death

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar: The Brilliant Flower whose Fragrance Knows no Death

At the zenith of Bharatavarsha’s Modern Renaissance, scholarship of the highest degree was not only actively sought after but was passionately nurtured and passed on to successive generations in keeping with the true traditions of the Indian learning heritage. In this period, the genius of Sanatana civilization and culture

Remembering Acharya Ramesh Chandra Majumdar: A Century of Spotless Scholarship and Inspiration

Remembering Acharya Ramesh Chandra Majumdar: A Century of Spotless Scholarship and Inspiration

Remembering R.C. Majumdar, one of India's greatest gifts to the world of historical scholarship

Luminaries of the Modern Indian Renaissance: Or a Commentary on  Our Civilisational Amnesia

Luminaries of the Modern Indian Renaissance: Or a Commentary on Our Civilisational Amnesia

When we reminisce about the Indian freedom movement, the year 1858 is a turning point of sorts. That was the year when the control of India passed from the East India Company to the British Crown. From 1858 onwards, for roughly 50 years, a gradual, steady and in many cases,

The Calculated Destruction of History Writing in India in Five Stages

The Calculated Destruction of History Writing in India in Five Stages

How history writing in India was systematically destroyed through institutional takeover