Question

6. Explain the following concepts.
1.Orientalist historiography.
2.Nationalistic historiography.
3.Subaltern history.​

Answer 1

I'll tell you about Nationalist historiography
Indian Scholars who are trained in British education system realise that the history of Ancient India written by the British officers was prejudice this British written history of India was criticized by the historians so the Indian historians were trained in British education system decided to write their own historiography. various historians and like R.G Bhandarkar R.L Mishra V.D Savarkar can be considered as nationalist historians.
***** I'll tell you about Subaltern historiography *****
subaltern history mains history of deprived classes the idea of writing historiography starting from the bottom most ranks of the society was given by the Famous Italian historiographer Antonio Gramsci. the historians in India who practice subaltern history are half Mahatma Phule and doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar. the book written by Mahatma Phule can be considered as example of subaltern history

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Subaltern is a word used by the British army to denote a subordinate officer, and “subaltern studies” was coined by Indian scholars to describe a variety of approaches to the situation of South Asia, in particular in the colonial and postcolonial era.