Papers by Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Apr 25, 2020
This research paper traces down the nature of peasant movements in colonial Bihar led by the Biha... more This research paper traces down the nature of peasant movements in colonial Bihar led by the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha under the leadership of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. It highlights the strife that evolved the Kisan Sabha in Bihar, and pursues its journey as to what extent it stood for peasants and agricultural labourers. Apart from it, this paper covers how the Kisan Sabha involved itself with different political entities of the time to struggle for the prosperity of the people living in the countryside.
The problems of Narratives of History have been highlighted by Louis Mink and Hayden White in the... more The problems of Narratives of History have been highlighted by Louis Mink and Hayden White in their subsequent work.
The mutinies that took place on 10th of May, 1857 in Meerut and their marched to Delhi on 11th Ma... more The mutinies that took place on 10th of May, 1857 in Meerut and their marched to Delhi on 11th May and very soon the spread of the mutinies in Kanpur, Locnow, Jhansi etc. have been called as “Sepoy Mutiny” by the colonial official and British colonial historians. But after a few decades of the revolt, perception of the historian like John. W. Kaye was different in nature. An remarkable turning point came out on the notion of the revolt in 1909 when V.D. Savarkar published his work and defined it as the Indian War of Independence. While the celebration of 100th anniversary of revolt has brought a large number of researches and books on the topic by Joshi, Chaudhary and Sen ect. where they saw the revolt of 1857 into a new perspectives. Then the new kinds of historiographies ermerged by Mukherjee and Stokes in the late 20th century and works of Dalrymple, Yadav and Rajendran in early decades of 21st century presented the historyof the revolt in the very new perspectives that had been never written by the early historians. In his article, i will highlight the issues and concept of historiography that had been done both in the colonial India and independent India.
In order to understand Methods and Philosophy of History, there becomes a need to highlight the t... more In order to understand Methods and Philosophy of History, there becomes a need to highlight the topic related its field that is the the question of identity and ethnicity and their relation with writings of history has highlighted a various kinds of issues especially in the vernacular history.
It had been said by the colonial scholars and historians that India possessed no history by point... more It had been said by the colonial scholars and historians that India possessed no history by pointing out that the ancient India has a rich heritage of religious texts and literature, but it lacks historical works as comparison to the scholars of Greece and Rome of those times had systematically documented their period. It is only from the beginning of the medieval period that Muslim scholars started writing histories to document the triumph of Islam. But if we study the great literary works of Sanskrit literature in ancient India i.e. ‘itihas-puran tradition’, itivrtta, akhyayika, vansabali, carita, and chronicle of kings, then we find that they forms some types of historical sense. In this paper I will point out
the ideas of historical sense in the Sanskrit literature in India with special reference to Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’. I will mostly focus on the translation which had been carried out by a various historians through 16th, 17th, 18th 19th
and 20th century, historical debates on the nature of Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ and its values, his themes and contents etc. There has been a lot of ongoing argument related to ‘Rajatarangini’ to define it as literary work or the historical work. My work will try to show it that it should be seen as the historical or the great literary texts written by a great man of Kashmir in 12th century AD.
Fascism not only defines the dictatorship under Mussolini in Italy (1922-43) and Hitler in German... more Fascism not only defines the dictatorship under Mussolini in Italy (1922-43) and Hitler in Germany (1933-45), but also talks about the right-wing governments in Poland, Spain, and
Hungary etc. The Fascists had a faith in the radical nationalism and were against the liberal, democratic and Marxist thoughts. Often, the right-wing governments were the one party government and powers existed in one powerful leader. The biggest themes and nature of fascist
leaders is that when they come to power, refused to use or play with the old law and rule, and tried to control all the systems under one hand. They believed in the powerful government whichall power should be under the one ruler or dictator.
The history as a discipline teaches us a large amount of events which had gone away. It n... more The history as a discipline teaches us a large amount of events which had gone away. It not only tell us the events as they happened, but also highlight the various issues and consequences as to; why a particular events occurred, and what was its causes and impact so on so? When we were children, then we were heard a various types of events related to our ancestors and great achievements of our
villagers. And now as student of history at school and especially at the university, we are offered to read and talk about the academic history; which is humanistic, scientific and rational. The question emerged here, was the writings of the public domain about their past not a form of history, or they produced the historical sense or did not? It is true
that the historical writings in the academic field have the methods of writings based on the certain sources, scientific and rational in nature. But the writings produced in the literature and chronicles i.e. karanam, bakhar and buranji etc. marked a great sense of historical writings which is now called as the ‘Vernacular History’. In this paper I will mostly focus on the writings of poets, biographer, or accountants
of the different parts in Indian subcontinent in the pre-colonial India. My work will basically try to show the historical writings in pre-colonial India which highlight the history of kings, accounts and customs, law and order etc.
Talks by Dr. Jitendra Kumar
This short essay is an account of my academic life in the month of June and July at JNU. This acc... more This short essay is an account of my academic life in the month of June and July at JNU. This account will illustrate the day to day problems faced by me (every Indian faces if they have any works in the government office). It also presents the lack of knowledge among the Administrative Officers of JNU regarding their own ordinance and laziness to work. It also accounts the quality of the VC of JNU who is unable to clarify or take any stand on the JNU Academic Rules and Regulations in 25 days. Through this essay, I am also trying to get your advice for my future action for my rights to know about JNU Rules and Ordinance.
Teaching Documents by Dr. Jitendra Kumar
The Mughal Empire was one of the great dynastic powers of the medieval Islamic world. Its decline... more The Mughal Empire was one of the great dynastic powers of the medieval Islamic world. Its decline in the eighteenth century has always been of captivating interest to historians and Muslim thinkers alike.
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Papers by Dr. Jitendra Kumar
the ideas of historical sense in the Sanskrit literature in India with special reference to Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’. I will mostly focus on the translation which had been carried out by a various historians through 16th, 17th, 18th 19th
and 20th century, historical debates on the nature of Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ and its values, his themes and contents etc. There has been a lot of ongoing argument related to ‘Rajatarangini’ to define it as literary work or the historical work. My work will try to show it that it should be seen as the historical or the great literary texts written by a great man of Kashmir in 12th century AD.
Hungary etc. The Fascists had a faith in the radical nationalism and were against the liberal, democratic and Marxist thoughts. Often, the right-wing governments were the one party government and powers existed in one powerful leader. The biggest themes and nature of fascist
leaders is that when they come to power, refused to use or play with the old law and rule, and tried to control all the systems under one hand. They believed in the powerful government whichall power should be under the one ruler or dictator.
villagers. And now as student of history at school and especially at the university, we are offered to read and talk about the academic history; which is humanistic, scientific and rational. The question emerged here, was the writings of the public domain about their past not a form of history, or they produced the historical sense or did not? It is true
that the historical writings in the academic field have the methods of writings based on the certain sources, scientific and rational in nature. But the writings produced in the literature and chronicles i.e. karanam, bakhar and buranji etc. marked a great sense of historical writings which is now called as the ‘Vernacular History’. In this paper I will mostly focus on the writings of poets, biographer, or accountants
of the different parts in Indian subcontinent in the pre-colonial India. My work will basically try to show the historical writings in pre-colonial India which highlight the history of kings, accounts and customs, law and order etc.
Talks by Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Teaching Documents by Dr. Jitendra Kumar
the ideas of historical sense in the Sanskrit literature in India with special reference to Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’. I will mostly focus on the translation which had been carried out by a various historians through 16th, 17th, 18th 19th
and 20th century, historical debates on the nature of Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’ and its values, his themes and contents etc. There has been a lot of ongoing argument related to ‘Rajatarangini’ to define it as literary work or the historical work. My work will try to show it that it should be seen as the historical or the great literary texts written by a great man of Kashmir in 12th century AD.
Hungary etc. The Fascists had a faith in the radical nationalism and were against the liberal, democratic and Marxist thoughts. Often, the right-wing governments were the one party government and powers existed in one powerful leader. The biggest themes and nature of fascist
leaders is that when they come to power, refused to use or play with the old law and rule, and tried to control all the systems under one hand. They believed in the powerful government whichall power should be under the one ruler or dictator.
villagers. And now as student of history at school and especially at the university, we are offered to read and talk about the academic history; which is humanistic, scientific and rational. The question emerged here, was the writings of the public domain about their past not a form of history, or they produced the historical sense or did not? It is true
that the historical writings in the academic field have the methods of writings based on the certain sources, scientific and rational in nature. But the writings produced in the literature and chronicles i.e. karanam, bakhar and buranji etc. marked a great sense of historical writings which is now called as the ‘Vernacular History’. In this paper I will mostly focus on the writings of poets, biographer, or accountants
of the different parts in Indian subcontinent in the pre-colonial India. My work will basically try to show the historical writings in pre-colonial India which highlight the history of kings, accounts and customs, law and order etc.