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Historians/History

January 3, 2015

How Public Historians Have Tried to Set the Record Straight in India About Muslims Destroying Hindu Temples (Video)

by Partha Chatterjee

Partha Chatterjee is a political scientist, anthropologist and novelist. He teaches at Columbia University. He made these remarks as a member of the panel "Historians as Public Intellectuals" at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association on January 3, 2015.