Irfan Habib was born on August 10,1931 and is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history.
10 Facts About Irfan Habib
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Irfan Habib identifies as a Marxist and is well known for his strong stance against Hindutva and Islamic fundamentalism.
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Irfan Habib delivered the Radhakrishnan Lecture at Oxford in 1991.
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Irfan Habib is an Elected Corresponding Fellow of the British Royal Historical Society since 1997.
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Irfan Habib has worked on the historical geography of Ancient India, the history of Indian technology, medieval administrative and economic history, colonialism and its impact on Indian historiography.
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Irfan Habib was the general secretary, Sectional President, and then the General President of the Indian History Congress.
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Irfan Habib identifies as a Marxist and uses Marxist historiography in his work.
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Irfan Habib has written books about Vedas and Vedic age, and he considers the Vedas to be a good historical source, which describes transmission in a priestly culture, that valued faithfulness.
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Irfan Habib further lays out the reasons that the texts were orally transmitted for hundreds of years, then they were finally written down.
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Irfan Habib led the historians at the Indian History Congress of 1998 who moved a resolution against the "saffronisation" of history.