why should historians interpret the official documents of colonial india carefully ?
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Certain historical events need to be seen in the context of dates. A major part of history is about kings and rulers. Ascension of a ruler to the throne, important battles fought by him and succession of power are some of the events which can be expressed with reference to time. Dates are important for correlating such events.
Some events do not happen on a particular date but take a very long period to materialize. For example; the freedom of India took many years of mass struggle to turn into a reality. Such events are studied in the context of various other events.
James Mill: James Mill was a Scottish economist and political philosopher. In 1817, he wrote ‘A History of British India’. Mills divided the Indian history into three periods and called them Hindu, Muslim and British periods.
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The British Administration's official records serve as a major source of history during this period. In his view, the British explicitly wrote down all orders, plans, strategies, decisions, negotiations, inquiries.. This was essential for proper study and debate about issues. All official records were carefully preserved and several archives were developed for that purpose. Throughout these records we need to be careful when interpreting them. Let us remember that from the perspective of the British officials, those records were written. They may have overlooked certain issues or may have modified certain aspects to suit their needs.
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The historians of the Indian history re-interpreted the document of the colonial India since they all were written under the influence and in favour of the colonial government with too much bias and it was made sure that nothing would be go against the pride and respect of the government.
False statements were also written I these official documents giving the people a beautiful image of the colonial government and making the British colonial’s profile clean.
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