Question

short notes Subaltern of history
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Answer 1

The term subaltern means 'bottommost ranks. ' It was Antonio Gramsci who considered important that history should also include the bottommost rank of the society. ... Subaltern history became an important academic school of historiography after Ranjit Guha included this concept in his writings.

Answer 2

The term subaltern means 'bottommost ranks. ' It was Antonio Gramsci who considered important that history should also include the bottommost rank of the society. ... Subaltern history became an important academic school of historiography after Ranjit Guha included this concept in his writings. Before this, this idea of including the bottommost ranks in the history was taken into consideration by the scholars like Mahatma Phule. The terms of 'shudras' or the 'atishudras' is used for bottommost ranks. The writings of DR Ambedkar is also consider the subaltern school of historiography in his book entitled 'who were called shudras' and 'The Untouchables'.