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Writing of regional history received the momentum

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The well-wishers of Prof SN Sinha, former head of the department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi, celebrated his 75th birthday at the newly inaugurated Centre for Historical and Cultural Studies and research (CHCSR), Lallapura, on Tuesday. On the occasion he said that said that the regional history is not a geographical expression but an important source of national history.

He said that the regional history could not be viewed in the limit of any geographical boundary. To understand the regional history it is important to know the socio-cultural and economic inter-dependence of the regions, he said adding that the historical remains are disappearing in the race of rapid urbanisation. Highlighting the importance of the preservation of historical remains, he said that the study of history is incomplete without the study of regional history.


He further said that many sufi saints visited Varanasi in mediaeval period and influenced the people. The historical remains of sultanate and Mughal periods still exist in the city, but they are at the verge of extinction due to the lack of knowledge of regional history, he said and added that it may cause difficulty in knowing the cultural history of the region. There is a need to preserve the scattered knowledge of history through authentic writings, he said adding that universities and voluntary organisations should come forward to preserve the knowledge.


Speaking on the occasion, modern historian Prof JP Mishra said that the book Suba of Allahabad under the Great Mughals authored by Sinha is the heritage of regional history and first authentic publication of such writing. The function was also addressed by Prof Parmanand Singh and Dr Rajeev Dwivedi of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeet (MGKV), Dr Rajeev Srivastava of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), and others.