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Jun 30, 2024 · Irfan Habib [“Caste in Indian History” is a brilliant essay on the evolution of caste in India, written by renowned Marxist historian Prof. Irfan Habib. It is the text of the Inaugural D.D. Kosambi Memorial Lecture delivered in Bombay in March 1985, and was published in Prof. Habib’s book ‘Caste and Money in Indian History’ ( 1987).
Jun 13, 2024 · The Mughal court historian Khafi Khan (1664-1732) wrote that the Satnamis were “some four or five thousand householders in the pargana of Narnaul and Mewat… their livelihood and profession is usually agriculture and trade in the manner of Banyas [or tradesmen] with small capital” (Irfan Habib: The Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707).
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Jun 15, 2024 · Irfan Habib- a controversial figure in subcontinental historiography. In early 2001, Habib captained the publication of Sikh History From Persian Sources. Though the text was praised by Sikh personalities at the time, its content reflected Habib's long term tendency of misinterpreting historical fa…
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Jun 26, 2024 · Do Like Subscribe And Support Our Channel Wisely And Loudly General This Podcast held on book Book Indian History Towards a Marxist Perception By Irfan Habib. This collection brings together,...
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4 days ago · In the early 1920s, when India witnessed the eruption of communal riots all over the country, the then young Communist Party of India and its global leader, the Communist International, analyzed the problems of communal disruption, relating it to the developing militant class movement.
Jun 12, 2024 · 36. Bahdr-i ‘Ajam (s.v.), defines ‘Multani’ as the general name for a Hindu in Central Asia and Persia, explaining that this was the case because the Hindus settled there originally came from Multan. Irfan Habib, ‘Usury in Medieval India’, Comparative Studies in Society and History 6, no. 4 (July 1964): 393–419; 406.
3 days ago · The decline of the Mughal Empire was a period in Indian history roughly between the early 18th century and mid 19th Century where the Mughal Empire, which once dominated the subcontinent, experienced a large scale decline. There are various factors responsible for this decline such as internal conflicts, Rajput, Sikh and Maratha rebellions ...
