Members will go to establishments to gather particulars on tribals’ freedom battle, historical past and tradition of indigenous communities throughout 1792-1945
Members will go to establishments to gather particulars on tribals’ freedom battle, historical past and tradition of indigenous communities throughout 1792-1945
GUWAHATI
A six-member crew from Arunachal Pradesh has reached London to analysis, acquire archival materials and paperwork on the State’s “unsung heroes”, from varied institutes within the United Kingdom.
The crew contains professors and a analysis scholar from the State’s Rajiv Gandhi University and a authorities official.
“The visit is a part of the ongoing research and documentation works on unsung heroes of Arunachal Pradesh, under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein,” crew member and authorities official Ajay Saring stated on Saturday.
“We are here because most of the records on the history of Arunachal Pradesh from the (erstwhile North Eastern Frontier Tracts) period ranging from 1792 to 1945 are available in the form of proceedings, tour diaries, reports, survey notes, personal diaries, official correspondences, images, toponym and ethnographical data, at different establishments and institutions in the United Kingdom,” he stated.
The challenge has been dovetailed with the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (to commemorate 75 years of Independence) and efforts of the State authorities to reconstruct the historical past of Arunachal Pradesh.
According to the analysis crew, the vital archival paperwork, together with on the resistance and freedom battle by the tribal folks towards the colonial guidelines, have been recorded solely by the colonial directors and officers. These can be important for reconstructing the State’s historical past and tradition, and for getting credible ethnographical info on its completely different indigenous communities, it stated.
During their 18-day tour of the United Kingdom, the crew members will go to establishments equivalent to London’s British Library: Asian and African Studies, The National Archives, Royal Geographical Society, National Army Museum Templer Study Centre, the School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of Oxford for his or her analysis and documentation work.
Apart from Mr. Saring, the crew members are professors Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri, Shyam Narayan Singh, Tana Showren and Ashan Riddi and analysis scholar Nepha Wangsa – all from Rajiv Gandhi University.
Source: www.thehindu.com
