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Historian C.I. Issac
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Approaching historical past from an Indo-centric angle has been a lifestyle for C.I. Issac. He has stored alive his ardour for historical past even after retiring as an instructional historian. And the years of onerous work has now introduced this 71-year-old from Kottayam the Padma Shri award.
“I regard the award as a terrific honour and recognition of my work as a social activist and a historian for about four-and-a-half many years,” Mr. Issac instructed The Hindu over cellphone on Wednesday.
Born at Karukachal in 1962, he’s an alumnus of the Historical past division at NSS Hindu Faculty, Changanassery, and labored as a Historical past Professor on the CMS Faculty, Kottayam. Having superannuated from service in 2008, he has been appointed because the lone Christian member of the Indian Council of Historic Analysis (ICHR) beneath the Human Assets Improvement Ministry since 2015.
Mr. Issac has been intently related to the Sangh Parivar organisations for the previous a number of many years and in addition served as vice-president of the right-wing think-tank Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram. He has authored over 10 books.
His works have questioned the mainstream historic narratives on the nationalist actions in Kerala, particularly the Malabar revolution led by Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji. He had additionally been a part of an ICHR sub-committee that beneficial the elimination of 382 moplah martyrs of the 1921 riot from the checklist of freedom fighters from the fifth quantity of the Dictionary of Martyrs of India’s Freedom Battle (1857-1947).
The award, in accordance with Mr. Issac, will do a world of excellent to his social and tutorial actions. “I’m at present engaged on a brand new e-book on historical past which is slated to be launched later this yr,” he added.
