History of Indian History Writing
Channel: Anekdhara
Date: 2022-03-27

The webinar discussed on how writing of Indian History evolved over different periods of time. Prof. Salil Misra, Professor, School of Liberal Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi dwelt on "The Idea of Civilization in History Writing" and described what is a civilisation and drawing its implications for Indian history writing. Prof. S B Upadhyay, Professor of History, IGNOU, New Delhi dwelt on 'Colonialism and the Writing of Indian History' and he described how writing of Indian history was influenced by various writers and thought processes of the colonial period.

This was followed by a lively question and answer session. 

Timeline for the webinar

0:00-1:34 Introduction of Anek Dhara, 
1:34-6:35 webinar topic, and the speakers 
6:35-37:35 Introduction of Prof. Salil Misra and his talk 
37:35-1:28:35 Introduction of Prof S B Upadhyay and his talk 
1:28:35: 2:09:25 Question and Answer session 
2:09:25 -2:10:56 Vote of thanks and announcement of the next webinar on 24th April, 2022

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