Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Answer the following in 25-30 words.
What is the contribution of Svatantryaveer Savarkar to nationalistic historiography?
Short Note
Solution
- The writings of Swatantryaveer Savarkar were infused with nationalistic ideas. He looked at the revolt of 1857 as the First War of Independence and wrote the book ‘The Indian War of Independence, 1857’.
- His book gave inspiration to Nationalistic historiography which helped in triggering independence movement of the Indian people against the British. Even the writing of regional history got momentum.
- The attention of historians was drawn towards the history and geographic conditions and variations in the South Indian region.
shaalaa.com
Is there an error in this question or solution?
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Bakhar is an important type of historical documents.
Common people’s life was thoroughly depicted through the Subaltern history. Give your opinions.
Explain the following concept.
Nationalistic historiography.
Explain the following concept.
Subaltern history.
Mahatma Phule unfolded the history of the ‘shudratishudra’ commuunities in his book ______.
Identify the wrong pair in the following and rewrite.
Complete the following table chart.
| James Mill | The History of British India |
| Grant Duff | ______ |
| ______ | The History of India |
| S.A.Dange | ______ |
| ______ | Who Were the Shudras |
Complete the following table chart.
| Feminist Historians | Their Writings |
| Tarabai Shinde | ______ |
| ______ | The High Caste Hindu Woman |
| Meera Kosambi | ______ |
| ______ | Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Reading Dalit Women’s Testimonies |
Explain the following statement with its reason.
Rajtarangini is quite close to the concept of modern historiography.
What is Marxist History?
