History and Historiography

All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography

Essays

The Noble Martyrdom of Maharaja Jayapaladeva Whose Heroic Pyre Remains Unmourned

The Noble Martyrdom of Maharaja Jayapaladeva Whose Heroic Pyre Remains Unmourned

The concluding essay narrating the heroic and honourable martyrdom of Jayapaladeva, the last frontier Hindu hero who harassed Mahmud of Ghazni

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Maharaja Jayapaladeva: The Lionhearted Symbol of Unyielding Hindu Resistance

Maharaja Jayapaladeva: The Lionhearted Symbol of Unyielding Hindu Resistance

Maharaja Jayapaladeva is a great symbol of the full story of the unyielding Hindu resistance against repeated Islamic invasions into India, yet to be told

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Parama Bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Sri Jayapaladeva: An Introduction to the Forgotten Last Frontier Hero of Bharatavarsha

Parama Bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Sri Jayapaladeva: An Introduction to the Forgotten Last Frontier Hero of Bharatavarsha

A forgotten episode from ancient Indian history about Maharaja Jayapala Deva, the last Hindu King who ruled North-Western India

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A Cry From the Soul of India at the Painful Colonisation of Her People

A Cry From the Soul of India at the Painful Colonisation of Her People

An excerpt from Will Durant's classic book, "The Case for India," one of the finest critiques of the destructive British colonialism of India

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Tarikh-i-Habibi: The Dénouement of Irfan Habib

Tarikh-i-Habibi: The Dénouement of Irfan Habib

Concluding part of the series tracing the career, scholarship and the destructive role played by Irfan Habib in the Indian cultural and historical discourse

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Tarikh-i-Habibi: Institutional Ruffianism of the Clique of Seven at the ICHR

Tarikh-i-Habibi: Institutional Ruffianism of the Clique of Seven at the ICHR

An essay recounting the manner in which the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) was transformed into a club of nepotism

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Tarikh-i-Habibi: I was Sure he Would Stab me at the First Opportunity: K.K. Muhammed

Tarikh-i-Habibi: I was Sure he Would Stab me at the First Opportunity: K.K. Muhammed

An exposition on the career of Marxist historian Irfan Habib from the early days

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Tarikh-i-Habibi—Being the Partial Chronicle of Irfan Habib: The Progenitor

Tarikh-i-Habibi—Being the Partial Chronicle of Irfan Habib: The Progenitor

An account of the origins of history distortions in the Indian academia

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How the Marxist Eminent Historians Created a Gated Community of Traitors: The Conclusion

How the Marxist Eminent Historians Created a Gated Community of Traitors: The Conclusion

Marxist historians have inflicted a multi-layered deception on the national psyche which has disfigured the minds of at least three generations of Indians.

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How the Murky World of The Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) Massacred Indian History and Triumphed

How the Murky World of The Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) Massacred Indian History and Triumphed

The establishment of the The Indian Council for Historical Research laid the foundations for the destruction of Indian history.

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