NEW DELHI: A heated argument in Lok Sabha over the required of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and whether the premier institute is rewriting Indian history came down into a political slanging match between Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday.In a Question Hour referral, Tewari pointed to ICHRs public declarations in which it had actually declared it is rewriting history, and the contradictory remarks by the federal government in its action to a parliamentary question.

I want to ask the minister about two ideas; one is updation of history, which is a respectable closure principle recognised the world over, the other is rewording history by a very pernicious and a pretentious idea because this is a process of rediscovery of the present narrative by pinning it on specific historical moorings ...

If ICHR is not rewriting history, then what precisely are they doing? ...

Why exists a contradiction in between what you are telling this House and what the ICHR is publicly saying? Tewari asked.

In reaction, Pradhan retaliated by saying that the government was merely completing the spaces that the previous regime had actually left open through its failure to acknowledge the terrific men and women of India.

Pradhan pointed out the circumstances of Rajasthans Mangarh Dham, the sacrifice of Guru Govind Singhs kids Zorawar and Fateh Singh, which the government began commemorating as Veer Bal Diwas, and the acknowledgement of Alluri Krishna Raju, to explain spaces in history which the previous federal government had actually neglected.

There is no plan in the government to reword any history ...

For about 1,100 to 1,200 years, India went through various periods of foreign rule.

If we analyze the contribution of various parts of the nation from those periods, then from the North, South, East and West numerous regions have actually added to Indian culture and pride.

These should have to find mention in history.

Therefore, ICHR gets the job done of filling the spaces.

We are not rewriting history, but broadening the canvas and broadening the stretch of history, Pradhan stated.