R.C. MAJUMDAR AND THE POLITICS OF WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN INDIA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

Authors

  • Dr. Pratik Kumar Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti Bhavan, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi

Abstract

R.C. MAJUMDAR AND THE POLITICS OF WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN INDIA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

References

I. R.C. Majumdar, History of the Freedom Movement in India, Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta, 1962, p. 499.

II. R.C. Majumdar, 1962, p. 500.

III. President’s letter to Prime Minister and Education Minister of India dated 25th March 1952. For a detailed discussion, see Compilation of the History of Freedom Movement in India- Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, pp. 56-61.

IV. The then Education Secretary of the Government of India, Mr. Humayun Kabir wrote a letter to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India regarding the revised scheme. For a detailed description, see Compilation of the History of Freedom Movement in India- Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, p.07.

V. The inertia of the Ministry of Education finally got momentum when Dr. Rajender Prasad took interest in the proposal of Dr. R.C. Majumdar, requesting the Government of India to take appropriate steps for the writing history of India’s struggle for freedom. For a detailed discussion on Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s interest in the subject mentioned, see Indian Historical Record Commission, Proceeding of the Meeting of the Twenty- Seventh Session, Nagpur, December, 1950, Vol. XXVII, Part I, p. 95;

VI. The committee includes Dr. Tara Chand (Chairman); Dr. R.C. Majumdar; Dr. Bisheshwar Prasad; Prof. C.S. Srinivasachari; Dr. S.N. Sen (Convener); Shri R.R. Diwakar and Dr. Gokal Chand Narang (the last two were co-opted members).

VII. Indian Historical Record Commission, Proceeding of the Meeting of the Twenty- Seventh Session, Nagpur, December, 1950, Vol. XXVII, Part I, p.96.

VIII. Compilation of the History of the Freedom Movement in India: Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, p. 84.

IX. Also cited in Majumdar, 1957, p. iii.

X. Compilation of the History of Freedom Movement in India- Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, p.87.

XI. For the details of correspondence, see Compilation of the History of Freedom Movement in India- Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, pp. 81-84.

XII. Compilation of the History of the Freedom Movement in India: Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, p. 85.

XIII. Majumdar, 1962, pp. 506-507.

XIV. Majumdar, 1962, p. 507.

XV. Tara Chand, History of the Freedom Movement in India, Vol. I, The Publications Division, Ministry of Education and Broadcasting, New Delhi, 1961, p. viii.

XVI. Majumdar, 1962, p. 512.

XVII. Chand, Tara, History of the Freedom Movement in India, Vol. I, The Publications Division, Ministry of Education and Broadcasting, New Delhi, 1961.

XVIII. Compilation of the History of Freedom Movement in India: Setting up of a Board of Editors, Ministry of Education, 1952, National Archives of India, New Delhi, File No. 22-2/52-A.2, pp. 81-84.

XIX. Majumdar, R.C., History of the Freedom Movement in India, Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta, 1962.

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Published

15-05-2023

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Dr. Pratik Kumar. (2023). R.C. MAJUMDAR AND THE POLITICS OF WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN INDIA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL . International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 9(5). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/2869