Write short note : Nationalistic Historiography

Answer:

• Nationalistic historiography developed in India in the second half of the 19th century as a reaction against the British (imperialistic) way of writing Indian history.
• Indian historians tried to show the glorious past of India and to create national pride and self-respect among Indians.
• Historians such as Mahadev Govind Ranade, V.K. Rajwade, R.G. Bhandarkar, Rajendralal Mitra and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (who described the 1857 uprising as India’s first war of independence) wrote in this tradition; Rajwade collected and published original Marathi sources.
• They gave importance to ancient Indian traditions and resistance to foreign rule, though some writing tended to glorify the past.