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Question
Explain the following concept.
Nationalistic historiography.
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Solution
Nationalist historiography is one of the schools of historiography which includes all those historical writings which are related to India’s war of independence, and the related events. These are the writings of the Indian historians who wrote about the nationalistic movement held in different parts of India. They wanted to reveal the ancient history and the golden era of India. They opposed those British scholars who wrote about the history of ancient India in a biased manner and for avoiding the objective truth of the historical events. Some of the notable scholars under Nationalistic historiography are Mahadev Govind Ranade, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Radha Kumud Mukherjee, Ramesh Chandra Majumda and many more.
