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As part of the Golden Jubilee Celebration
Motilal Nehru College (Day) cordially invites you to two-day
National Seminar
Organized By: Gandhi Study Circle
Sponsored By: Indian Council For Historical Research
Nehru’s Idea of Past and History Writing in
Independent India
9.30 am - 4.30 pm
11 – 12 November, 2014
Seminar Hall, Motilal Nehru College (Day)
University of Delhi
Surajbhan Bhardwaj
Convenor
Email: [email protected]
B. K. Jain
Principal
Contact No: +91 9968019358
PROGRAMME
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11 (Tuesday) November
Registration: 9:00
Keynote: Harbans Mukhia
Tea: 11:15
Inaugural: 9:30
Session I: 11:30-1:30
Interpreting Early Indian History: Nehruvian Perspective
Chair: Upinder Singh
Speakers: P. K. Basant, Ajay Dandekar
Lunch: 1:30
Session II: 2:15-4:30
Nehruvian Nationalism and the Idea of Composite Culture
Chair: Pius Malekandathil
Speakers: R. P. Bahuguna, Raziuddin Aquil
12th (Wednesday) November 2014
Session I: 9:30-11:15
Critique of Colonialism and Reconstruction of National Economy
Chair: Aditya Mukherjee
Speakers: S. B. Upadhyay, R. Gopinath
Tea: 11:15
Session II: 11:30-1:30
Nehruvian Secularism and the Idea of India
Chair: Salil Misra
Speakers: Rizwan Qaiser, Mukul Kesavan, Vivek Kumar
Lunch: 1:30
Cultural Session: 2:15-3:30
Traditions of Protest and Syncretism in the Hindustani Music
Subhendu Ghosh & P. K. Basant
Valedictory: Ravindran Gopinath