'Politicisation' of ICHR decision 'shocks' historians

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, APRIL. 10. Historians from several universities who met the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Chairman, Prof. B.R. Grover, here today expressed shock and anguish over the politicisation and communalisation of the ICHR's decision to `temporarily' withhold publication of the volumes edited by Prof. K. N. Pannikar and Prof. Sumit Sarkar for their proper scrutiny.

They also appealed to the volume editors and publishers concerned (Oxford University Press) to cooperate with the ICHR in discharge of its ``academic and legal obligation'' in fulfillment of the original objective of the Towards Freedom project.

According to a release by the ICHR, the historians also requested the ICHR Chairman to immediately bring out supplementary volumes to the Freedom Movement volumes edited by Prof. Basudev Chatterji and Mr. P.S. Gupta.

The meeting was attended by, among others, Prof. S.R. Mehrotra from Shimla, Prof. S.K.Gupta, Vice-Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University, Prof. Hari Om from Jammu, Mr.J.K. Sharma from Chandigarh, Mr. Mukhan Lal, Director, Delhi Heritage Institute, Ms. Meenakshi Jain, Ms. Sushma Yadav and Mr. Atul Rawat.

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