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Colonial historiography not in tune with indigenous identity, says NU Vice chancellor Jagadish Kumar Patnaik

Our CorrespondentMokokchung, Oct. 18 (EMN): The Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University, Professor Jagadish Kumar Patnaik, on Tuesday asserted that there is a defect in the historiography, deliberately done by colonial historians, which is not in consonance with the spirit of nationalism and identity of the indigenous community. The vice chancellor was speaking as the chief guest during the one-day programme on “Contribution of Tribal Heroes in Freedom struggle” under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav organised in collaboration with the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) at I Ihoshe Kinimi Hall, Nagaland University, Lumami campus. The professor challenged the notion of nationalism, stating that it was a “very narrow concept”. He argued that nationalism is a European concept which is defined in the line of ethnic communities whereas India’s concept of social and political engineering is different from the concept of western political order. “Nationalism is not a concept th

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