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Removing Mughals from textbooks is nonsense, history must be continuous: Historian Romila Thapar

Removing Mughals from textbooks is nonsense, history must be continuous: Historian Romila Thapar
india news
Published on Jan 25, 2026 03:02 pm IST

NCERT tweaks appear politically motivated

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Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India December 15: Students reading books in government school at Moolkoti village in Shimla district with story, Shimla on Thursday, December 15 2016. HT File Photo
opinion
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 07:21 pm IST

250 academics, historians demand deletions in NCERT textbooks be withdrawn

Last year, the NCERT also removed chapters on Mughal Courts, the 2002 Gujarat Riots, the cold war, references to Mughal emperors, and Emergency (Representative Photo)
india news
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 07:03 pm IST

Romila Thapar explores history of dissent in new book

Dissent has a long history in the subcontinent, even if its forms have evolved or changed through the centuries.
books
Updated on Sept 22, 2020 01:53 am IST

Principle behind disagreement, dissent is a must: Former SC judge

Historian Romila Thapar and former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur during the 12th VM Tarkunde Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on Friday.
india news
Updated on Dec 07, 2019 01:03 am IST

JNU History students: Pained by admin’s move to ask Romila Thapar’s CV

Romila Thapar.
education
Published on Sept 11, 2019 12:40 pm IST

Seeking resumes is similar to withdrawing Nobel of a recipient: Former JNU VC

The University had in July asked these professors, all above the age of 75 years, including historian Romila Thapar, to submit details of their last two years work so that the Executive Council (EC) can evaluate it.
delhi news
Updated on Sept 06, 2019 11:23 pm IST

Thapar among 12 emeritus professors asked to submit CVs: JNU administration

The JNU administration’s decision to ask Thapar to submit her CV for assessment for her continuation as professor emerita had drawn sharp criticism from various quarters.
education
Published on Sept 02, 2019 06:13 pm IST

‘Can JNU sink any lower?’ Tharoor after Romila Thapar told to present her CV

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor joined the outrage over Jawaharlal Nehru University seeking historian Romila Thapar’s CV for assessment for her continuation as professor emerita at the Delhi institution.
india news
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 06:55 am IST

‘A lifelong honour’: Romila Thapar’s response after JNU asks for her CV

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association on Sunday called “politically motivated” the JNU administration’s decision to ask historian Romila Thapar to submit her CV for assessment for her continuation as professor emerita.
india news
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 06:08 am IST

Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, one of the country’s leading historians, passes away in Kolkata

Even while battling cancer, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya completed his assignment of editing a three-volume Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal to be published by the Asiatic Society.
kolkata news
Published on Jan 08, 2019 01:28 pm IST

Supreme Court allows Pune police to continue activists’ probe

The Supreme Court held that the accused persons do not have a say “to choose as to which Investigating Agency must investigate the offence committed by them”.
india news
Updated on Sept 29, 2018 12:10 am IST

Bhima-Koregaon case: Supreme Court likely to deliver verdict on arrest of 5 activists today

Revolutionary writer P Varavara Rao, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, being produced at a court in Pune on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2018.
india news
Updated on Sept 28, 2018 01:37 am IST

SC extends house arrest of 5 activists held in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence till Sept 19

Rights activists (from left) P Varavara Rao, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira , Gautam Navlakha, and Vernon Gonsalves arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case.
india news
Updated on Sept 17, 2018 02:06 pm IST

Wife of lawyer arrested in Bhima-Koregaon violence case moves Supreme Court

Pune police had arrested Surendra Gadling (pictured), Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson for allegedly having close links with Maoists.
india news
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 09:55 pm IST

Arrest of rights activists an act to silence dissent: Plea by Romila Thapar, others in Supreme Court

Delhi Police personnel stand on duty as activists from various organisations stage a protest pertaining to the arrest of five activists, in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon protests, in New Delhi on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2018.
india news
Updated on Aug 30, 2018 12:11 pm IST
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