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Indian History Congress

Indian historical body

Indian historical body

Indian History Congress is the largest professional and academic body of Indian historians with over 35,000 members. It was established in 1935. The name of any new applicant for membership needs to be proposed and seconded by existing Ordinary or Life Members.

History

The lead to establish an all-India national congress of historians was taken by Poona historians during the period of British colonial rule. The first session took place in Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, Poona, in 1935. Historians such as Datto Vaman Potdar, Surendra Nath Sen (who later became the first director of the National Archives of India), and Sir Shafaat Ahmad Khan attended the first session.

Historians Mohammad Habib and Susobhan Sarkar and later Nurul Hasan, Ram Sharan Sharma, Radha Krishna Chaudhary, Satish Chandra, Bipan Chandra, Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, Athar Ali, Barun De, Iqtidar Alam Khan, B. N. Mukherjee, K. N. Panikkar, Brajadulal Chattopadhayay, Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Sumit Sarkar, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Pritam Saini have had a long association with the Indian History Congress.

Awards

H.K. Barpujari Award

  • 1985: Sumit Sarkar
  • 1987: M. Athar Ali
  • 1989: R.S. Sharma
  • 1991: S. Settar
  • 1993: No Award
  • 2017: Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade Award (for lifelong service and contribution to Indian history)

  • 2002: R.S. Sharma

References

References

  1. Anand, Arun (December 28, 2007). [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/165468.html "Right wing historians to challenge Leftists in history congress".] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-03)
  2. ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS FOR INITIAL https://web.archive.org/web/20041213084134/http://members.tripod.com/historycongress3/membershiprules.htm
  3. Chakrabarty, Dipesh. (2015-07-15). "The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of Truth". University of Chicago Press.
  4. Proceedings - Punjab History Conference, Issues 22-24 - pp 520
  5. Champakalakshmi elected new IHC President http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2008-12-30/494946news.html
  6. Indian History Congress. (1993). "Appendix 10: Awardees of Professor HK Barpujari Biennial Award". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress.
  7. Srivastava, N.M.P.. (2005). "Professor R.S. Sharma: The Man With Mission; Prajna-Bharati Vol XI, In honour of Professor Ram Sharan Sharma". K.P. Jayaswal Research Institute.
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