NEW DELHI: A heated controversy in Lok Sabha beyond the authority of Indian Historical Research Council (ICHR) and whether the leading institute is “rewriting” Indian history political slang The match between the union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Member of Parliament Manish Tewari in Monday.
In a reference to Question Time, Tewari pointed to ICHR public statements in which they claimed they were rewriting history and the government’s contradictory remarks in response to the question. Congressional.
“I want to ask the minister about two concepts, one is updating history, a respectful closed concept that is recognized by the whole world, the other is rewriting history with a very dangerous and presumptuous concept because this is a process of retrieving current narratives by pinning it to certain historical anchors…. If the ICHR isn’t rewriting history, what exactly are they doing? …Why is there a contradiction between what you are saying to this House and what the ICHR is openly saying? ‘ Tewari asked. In response, Pradhan retaliated by saying that the government was just “filling in the gaps” that the previous regime had left open by not recognizing the great men and women of India. Pradhan cited examples of Rajasthan’s Mangarh Dham, the sacrifice of Guru Govind Singh’s sons Zorawar and Fateh Singh, which the government began to celebrate as ‘Veer Bal Diwas’, and the recognition of Alluri Krishna Raju, to point out “gaps in history” that the previous government overlooked.
“The government has no plans to rewrite any history… Between 1,100 and 1,200 years, India has gone through many periods of foreign rule. If we consider the contribution of other regions, different parts of the country during those times, from the North, South, East and West many regions have contributed to the culture and pride of India, these deserve to be recorded in history. So, ICHR does the job of filling the void. We’re not rewriting history, we’re expanding the picture and expanding the scope of history,” Pradhan said.
In a reference to Question Time, Tewari pointed to ICHR public statements in which they claimed they were rewriting history and the government’s contradictory remarks in response to the question. Congressional.
“I want to ask the minister about two concepts, one is updating history, a respectful closed concept that is recognized by the whole world, the other is rewriting history with a very dangerous and presumptuous concept because this is a process of retrieving current narratives by pinning it to certain historical anchors…. If the ICHR isn’t rewriting history, what exactly are they doing? …Why is there a contradiction between what you are saying to this House and what the ICHR is openly saying? ‘ Tewari asked. In response, Pradhan retaliated by saying that the government was just “filling in the gaps” that the previous regime had left open by not recognizing the great men and women of India. Pradhan cited examples of Rajasthan’s Mangarh Dham, the sacrifice of Guru Govind Singh’s sons Zorawar and Fateh Singh, which the government began to celebrate as ‘Veer Bal Diwas’, and the recognition of Alluri Krishna Raju, to point out “gaps in history” that the previous government overlooked.
“The government has no plans to rewrite any history… Between 1,100 and 1,200 years, India has gone through many periods of foreign rule. If we consider the contribution of other regions, different parts of the country during those times, from the North, South, East and West many regions have contributed to the culture and pride of India, these deserve to be recorded in history. So, ICHR does the job of filling the void. We’re not rewriting history, we’re expanding the picture and expanding the scope of history,” Pradhan said.
