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
Poona
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...
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.
Historians
Mohammad Habib and
Susobhan Sarkar and later
Nurul Hasan,
Ram Sharan Sharma,
Radha Krishna Chaudhary,
Satish Chandra,
Bipan Chandra,
Romila Thapar
Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Quotr: "The pre-eminent interpreter of ancient Indian history today. ... " Thapar is a Professor ...
,
Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib (born 10 August 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He is known for his strong stance against Hindutva. He has au ...
,
Athar Ali,
Barun De, Iqtidar Alam Khan,
B. N. Mukherjee,
K. N. Panikkar, Brajadulal Chattopadhayay,
Dwijendra Narayan Jha,
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