D.N. Jha, a Doyen Among Indian Historians, Passes Away at 81 Jha, in an interview to The Wire, had said there was no substantial evidence to prove that the Babri Masjid was built after demolishing a temple, and that the theory was constructed by the Sangh parivar. D.N. Jha. Photo: Payasam (Mukul Dube)/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons History04/Feb/2021 New Delhi: Historian Dwijendra Narayan Jhaâs entire life was spent in dispelling the influence of irrationality and unreason in Indian society. So much so that his books, innumerable research papers and scholarly interventions in political controversies earned him as much praise from the academic community as virulent wrath from the right-wing forces.