Archives of Contemporary India
Supported by HDFC LTD.
Purchase a licence
| Name of the Collection | Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | Subject Files-1846-1984 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Indian Historiography, Undated |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 57 |
| Abstract | Devahuti’s essays on historiography, such as on self-image and change in Indian history, ‘Writing History – An Indian View’, ‘The importance of the ideal’, ‘The necessity of using various models’, ‘Comparing and Contrasting the Marxian and the Traditional Indian approaches to change’, ‘Hero Worship as a force in history’, ‘Can the modern period of Indian history be called modern’, ‘The Problem of identification: Universal and Unique’, Approaches to writing Indian history – shortcomings of Marxist approach’, ‘What was Itihasa? Why it was so?’ and ‘Jeevan Drishti aur Itihas Darshan’ (1988). Also contains Devahuti’s introductory remarks for the Indian History and Culture Society’s conference on ‘Indian History Writing – an exercise in self-examination (4-6 March 1978), Devahuti’s research material on historical literature of India dedicated to Damodar P. Singhal and her papers ‘Conflict and Consensus in Indian Civilization’ and ‘Notes on Approaches to Indian History’ presented at the Indian Culture and History Society’s seminar on Problems of Indian Historiography by (1979), Devahuti’s paper, ‘A Study of the Socio-Economic History of India: Recent trends and non-trends’ presented at the UGC Seminar at Rani Durgavati Vishwa Vidyalaya, University of Jabalpur (1986), a handwritten list of her essays, a list of purchased books, as well as Devahuti’s list of principal publications. |
| Author | |
| Recipient | |
| Keywords | Historiography; Self image; Writing History; Marxian; Marxist; Hero Worship; Itihas; Universal; Indian History and Culture Society; literature; Conflict; Consensus; Indian Civilization; Rani Durgavi Vishwa Vidyalaya; University of Jabalpur |
| Start Date “Period From” | Undated |
| End Date “Period To” | Undated |
| Extent | 147 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Typed & Handwritten |
| Language | English & Hindi |
| Remarks | |
| Source/Link | |
| Donor | Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust) |
| Donation Date | March 2018 |
| Custodian | Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India) |
| Right/Copyright | Donor |
