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Jata Shankar Jha: A Historian Who Was Simplicity Personified He was a professional historian looking for, and into, primary evidence, making the sharpest possible analysis. Jata Shankar Jha (August 22, 1926-February 4, 2021). History08/Feb/2021 February 4, 2021 claimed two great historians. Both were from different villages of Madhubani district in Bihar, both educated from Patna, both with the surname Jha. They were Jata Shankar Jha and Dwijendra Narayan Jha (1940-2021). Jata Shankar Jha did not teach at a university. He was with the KP Jaiswal Research Institute (KPJRI) Patna, from where he retired in 1984, having also served as its director. He did not write a textbook, nor did he intervene in certain contentious issues which needed a historianâs intervention. He did not belong, to the best of my knowledge, to any ideologically motivated groups or factions. ....
A Tribute to D.N. Jha, a Historian Who Will Be Remembered for Treasuring Plurality Abuses and threats to his life were hurled at him, but he did not flinch from putting forth the evidentiary and the analytical positions that emerged from his in-depth studies. D.N. Jha. Photo: Twitter/@manojkumarjnu History05/Feb/2021 The passing away of Professor Dwijendra Narayan Jha on February 4, 2021, at the age of 81, caught many of us, including this writer, unawares. True, this former Professor of History of Delhi University and one of the stalwarts in the study of early Indian history was not getting any younger these days and had been ailing for the last few years. Yet, there was absolutely no hint that his end was around when he came for his last public appearance for his online lecture, organised by the Kolkata-based academic body, Society for Understanding Culture and History in India (SUCHI) on January 10, 2021. ....
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. ....
Watch | A Historian s Message: Remembering D.N. Jha Jha s 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. D.N. Jha. Photo: Payasam (Mukul Dube)/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons Video05/Feb/2021 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. The Wire ahead of the 2019 Supreme Court judgement that handed over the disputed land in Ayodhya to Hindu parties, even as he had suffered a paralytic attack a few years ago, and had lost much of his hearing. ....