2007-2008

The Indian Historical Review (IHR) / Itihas

Details with respect to progress made in the publication of the IHR during the period 2007-2008 are given below:

Articles

Rajan Gurukkal, Shift of Trust from Words to Deeds: Implications of the Proliferation of Epigraphs in the Tamil South.

Shankar Goyal, The Myth of the Vakataka Coins

Indrani Sen, Gendering the Rebellion of 1857: The ‘Loyal Indian Woman’ in ‘Mutiny Fiction’
Lata Singh, Courtesans and the 1857 Revolt: Role of Azeezun in Kanpur

S. Irfan Habib, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his Revolutionary Inheritance

Arpita Sen, The Proscription of an Irish Text and the Chittagong Rising of 1930

K. Venugopal Reddy, Congress Ministry and the Labour Policy, 1937-1939: Madras Presidency

Vandana Joshi, ‘Neighbourhood Trivia’ and ‘Coffee Parties’: Hatred and Malice in the Totalitarian Nazi Regime

Review Articles

Krishna Mohan Shrimali, Writing India’s Ancient Past

Deepak Kumar, An Imperial Apology

2. The Indian Historical Review, Vol. XXXV, No. 1 (January 2008) was released on 27 March 2008, the ICHR Foundation Day. Edited by Dr Anup Taneja, this volume contains the following articles and review articles:

Articles

N. Karashima, Y. Subbarayalu and P. Shanmugam, Nagaram during the Chola and Pandyan Period: Commerce and Towns in the Tamil Country A.D. 850-1350

Parimala V. Rao, Women as Indirect Beneficiaries in Elite Conflict in Princely Mysore, 1860-1920
Aravind Ganachari, Keshub Chandra Sen’s Bombay Visit (1864) and the Response of ‘Young Bombay’: Contours of Reform Movement in Western India

I. Thirumali, The Imminent Fall: Cultural Politics and the Downfall of Nizam’s Dominions
Jayati Bhattacharya, Colonial Capital and National Retrieve: Profile of an Entrepreneur
Aparna Basu, Women’s Struggle for the Vote: 1917-1937

Kaushik Roy, Axis Satellite Armies of World War II: A Case Study of the Azad Hind Fauj 1942-45

M.P. Singh and Ravi P. Bhatia, Foundation and Historical Evolution of Indian Constitutionalism

Review Articles

Rila Mukherjee, From the Mountains to the Seas: Central Asia in the Maritime World of the Indian Ocean
Sabyasachi Dasgupta, The Marathas in 1803: Effete Power or Unlucky Losers?


Publication of Itihas was revived. Itihas Vol. I (new series) was published under the editorship of Dr. P. K. Shukla.

The forhtcoming issue of the Indian Historical Review, Volume XXXII No. 1 edited by Bindeshwar Ram, focusing on the Indian and Graeco - Roman World in ancient times will be out shortly. The secong volume of Itihas is also expected to be out shortly.