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

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historians during the period of

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. The first session took place in

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, Poona, in 1935. Historians such as

Datto Vaman Potdar Dattatray Vaman Potdar (5 August 1890 – 6 October 1979), better known as Datto Vaman Potdar, was an Indian historian, writer, and orator. He was the Vice-Chancellor of University of Pune during 1961 - 1964. The British colonial Government of ...

, Surendra Nath Sen (who later became the first director of

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), and Sir Shafaat Ahmad Khan attended the first session. Historians Mohammad Habib and

Susobhan Sarkar Susobhan Chandra Sarkar (1900–1982) was an Indian historian. Background and education Sarkar, son of Suresh Chandra Sarkar, was born into a Brahmo family of Dhaka. He attended Dhaka Collegiate School, studied history at Presidency College, ...

and later

Nurul Hasan Saiyid Nurul Hasan (26 December 1921 – 12 July 1993) was an Indian historian and an elder statesman in the Government of India. A member of the Rajya Sabha, he was the Union Minister of State (with Independent Charges) of Education, So ...

Ram Sharan Sharma Ram Sharan Sharma (26 November 1919 – 20 August 2011) was an Indian historian and Indologist who specialised in the history of Ancient and early Medieval India. He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85) and was visiting ...

, Radha Krishna Chaudhary,

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Bipan Chandra Bipan Chandra (24 May 1928 – 30 August 2014) was an Indian historian, specialising in Economic history of India#Republic of India, economic and Politics of India, political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history ...

, Romila Thapar,

Irfan Habib Irfan Habib (born August 10, 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He identifies as a Marxist and is well known for his strong ...

, Athar Ali,

Barun De Barun De (30 October 1932 – 16 July 2013) was an Indian historian. He served as the first professor of social and economic history of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, founder-director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sci ...

, Iqtidar Alam Khan,

B. N. Mukherjee Bratindra Nath Mukherjee (1 January 1932 – 4 April 2013) was an Indian historian, numismatist, epigraphist and iconographist, known for his scholarship in central Asian languages such as Sogdian. He was a Carmichael Professor of Ancient Ind ...

K. N. Panikkar K. N. Panikkar (born April 26, 1936 in Guruvayoor, Kerala) is an Indian historian, associated with the Marxist school of historiography. K. N. Panikkar has written and edited a number of books, including ''A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Com ...

, Brajadulal Chattopadhayay,

Dwijendra Narayan Jha Dwijendra Narayan Jha (19404 February 2021) was an Indian historian who studied and wrote on ancient and medieval India He was a professor of history at Delhi University and a member of the Indian Council of Historical Research. Some of his bo ...

, Sumit Sarkar, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Pritam Saini 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 *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

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.indianhistorycongress.com/ Historiography of India 1935 establishments in India Organizations established in 1935 Professional associations based in India History organisations based in India