Indian History Congress
{{Short description|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.Anand, Arun (December 28, 2007). [http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/165468.html "Right wing historians to challenge Leftists in history congress".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182050/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/165468.html |date=2016-03-03 }} The name of any new applicant for membership needs to be proposed and seconded by existing Ordinary or Life Members.ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS FOR INITIAL https://web.archive.org/web/20041213084134/http://members.tripod.com/historycongress3/membershiprules.htm
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.{{cite book|last= Chakrabarty|first= Dipesh|title= The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of Truth|publisher= University of Chicago Press|page= 82|isbn= 9780226100456|date= 2015-07-15}}
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 SainiProceedings - Punjab History Conference, Issues 22-24 - pp 520 have had a long association with the Indian History Congress.Champakalakshmi elected new IHC President http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2008-12-30/494946news.html
Awards
H.K. Barpujari Award
- 1985: Sumit Sarkar{{Cite journal|last=Indian History Congress|date=1993|title=Appendix 10: Awardees of Professor HK Barpujari Biennial Award|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=54|pages=995–1002|jstor=44143117}}
- 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)
References
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.indianhistorycongress.com/}}
Category:Historiography of India
Category:1935 establishments in India
Category:Organizations established in 1935