Question

why do historians need to work at other sources like autographical accounts of traveller,etc, apart from government?​

Answer 1

Answer:

They became important because we focus on a particular set of events as important. The histories written by British historians in India, the rule of each Governor-General was important. These histories began with the rule of the first Governor-General Warren Hastings and ended with the last Viceroy Lord Mountbatten.