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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.
Syed Irfan Habib (born 1953) is an Indian historian of science and public intellectual. He was the former Abul Kalam Azad Chair at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration.
Sep 18, 2021 · Irfan Habib pointed out how the Nazi idea of Aryan supremacy was imported into India and referred to the role played by V.D. Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar in making it a central feature...
Thapar said that a false narrative is being spread, including through the education system, by India’s present authorities, while Habib held that a false history was akin to a disease for the ...
May 10, 2023 · Prominent historian Irfan Habib tells Al Jazeera that lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.
Dec 8, 2017 · Renowned marxist historian, Professor Irfan Habib of Aligarh Muslim University, on Mahatma Gandhi, modern India, nationalism, RSS, contemporary culture debates and history as a discipline in this long-form, in-depth interview.
Aug 14, 2015 · Renowned historian Professor Irfan Habib, 84, recalls the nightmare of Partition and the assassination of Gandhi, his encounter with Nehru, the rise of communalism, the decline of the Left, and...
Oct 13, 2000 · WHY not say it, Irfan Habib is an extraordinary phenomenon. As a historian, he has few peers. His research on The Agrarian System of Mughal India, published in the 1960s, immediately became a...
IRFAN HABIB* The Formation of India- Notes on the History of an Idea * * Marc Bloch, the great French historian and Resistance martyr, began his last book The Historian's Craft by referring to his son's question to him, "Of what use is History?" The boy could well have asked, "How much can His- tory be abused?"
This volume brings together, for the first time, several of Professor Habib's essays, representing three decades of scholarship and providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents...
