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Context:  The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has not launched any project to rewrite Indian history and it is only “filling gaps”, the government informed the Lok Sabha.

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About:

• The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Government of India
• It was established by the Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Govt. of India on 27th March 1972 on the recommendation of a Working Group set up by the Government of India in  December 1971.
• ICHR was registered under Societies Registration Act (Act xxi of 1860) being an Act for registration of Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies in India.

Objectives:

• The primary aim and objective of the Indian Council of Historical Research is to promote and give directions to historical research and to encourage and foster objective and scientific writing of history.
• Enhancing the academic standard of the output of ICHR activities has been foremost objective in it's agenda.

The frame-work within which the body works is as follows:

• The Indian Council of Historical Research consists mainly of eminent historians of the Country.
• The Council covers history in its broader aspect including the history of art, literature and philosophy and allied subjects such as archaeology, numismatics, epigraphy and the historical study of manuscripts. It also promotes the study of any subject with a strong historical bias and content.
• The Council assists to promote scientific research in history and also associates with universities and research institutes not only in India but abroad also.

Functions:

• To provide fellowships and financial assistance to the young teachers in colleges, universities and registered research organizations, as well as to senior scholars who might need financial support;
• To bring historians together by providing financial assistance for holding symposia, seminars, workshops, etc for exchanging views related to history;
• To provide publication subsidy to the seminars, congress proceedings and journals so that these publications may reach to researchers and scholars;
• To publish a biannual Journal - the Indian Historical Review, and another journal Itihas in Hindi;
• To maintain a large and expanding Library-cum-Documentation Centre with facility of DELNET and J-STOR at the Headquarters at New Delhi, exclusively for researchers and scholars;
• To maintain two regional centres namely ICHR North-East Regional Centre (Guwahati) and ICHR Southern Regional Centre (Bangalore) which also maintains Library-cum-Documentation Units enriched with research materials for the benefit of scholars and students of their respective regions., and takes such other measures as the Council considers appropriate in order to implement the stated objectives of the Indian Council of Historical Research.
• As envisaged in para 2(q) of Memorandum of Association (MOA) 1972, the Council advises the Government of India on all such matters pertaining to historical research and training in history methodology as may be referred to it from time to time, including co-operational arrangements in historical research and training facilities with foreign academic bodies.

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