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 HISTORY OF LAST 250 YEARS
• BRITISHERS HAVE PRACTICE OF WRITING RECORDS
• THEY BELIEVE - KNOWING THE HISTORY OF A COUNTRY
IS IMPORTANT TO EFFICIENTLY GOVERN IT.
• THEY USED CALLIGRAPHISTS TO COPY THE WRITTEN
RECORDS
• THE WRITTEN RECORDS ARE STORED IN RECORD ROOMS
• NOW THEY ARE KEPT IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN NEW
DELHI, THIS WAS OPENED IN 1920.
• BEFORE IT WAS KEPT IN CALCUTTA WHICH WAS OPENED
IN 1891.
 PERIODISATION OF INDIAN
HISTORY
• JAMES MILL – HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA
• HINDU MUSLIM BRITISH
• INDIAN HISTORIANS:
• ANCIENT MEDIEVAL MODERN
• INDIAN HISTORIANS:
• ANCIENT MEDIEVAL COLONIAL
 TAKING SURVEYS
• BRITISHERS TOOK SURVEYS TO KNOW ABOUT THE
RURAL AREAS AND VILLAGERS
• KNOWING A COUNTRY BETTER HELPS IN EFFICIENTLY
GOVERNING IT
• SURVEYS WERE LIKE:
• ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEYS
• REVENUE SURVEYS
• AGRICULTURE SURVEYS
• ZOOLOGICAL SURVEYS
 WHAT OFFICIAL RECORDS MISS ?
• BRITISH RECORDS DIDN’T WRITE THE HISTORY OF
COMMON MAN.
• HISTORIANS DIDN’T GET ANY INFO ABOUT COMMON
MAN IN OFFICIAL RECORDS.
• SEARCH IN UN OFFICIAL RECORDS LIKE AUTO
BIOGRAPHIES, NEWSPAPERS AND LETTER.
• RECORDS DO NOT HELP TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLES
FEELINGS
• UNOFFICIAL RECORDS ALSO DO NOT GIVE INFORMATION
ON ILLITERATES, PEASANTS, TRIBALS ETC...
SAMPLE RECORDS