Trying to cover the past
For example, Israel is fully influenced by the historical experience of the Jews. For example, the European Union spent considerable energy to introduce a rule-based system, which would be beyond nationalism. However, as the recent ‘populist’ emergence in the entire continent is indicated, national cultures and national history are not easily separated from the minds of the people.
Brussels have created a poisonous response from the Eurocrates to deny the national spirit, especially on non-European immigration, can reject all the fictional ideas of a ‘imperialist’ European Union. Also, the political map of Europe can give a new shape. It is now clear that the creation of a new Europe, which involves curtaining the past like Germany, is unlikely to move elsewhere.
History from national glasses
Examples of countries such as Hungary, Italy, Austria, Russia and even France suggest that history will still be seen with national glasses. Even in Britain, the battle of self-devotion after colonialism is reaching close to the end of its natural life. In an ideal world, the return of sovereignty after centuries of slavery and subjugation should have exploded nationalist spirit, which aims to avenge history.
Whether it is accepted or not, the creation of a Pakistan that considered itself to be the right successor of the Islamic past of India, would have made this process less disorganized. In fact, in the first phase of independence, the reconstruction of the Somnath temple, which was very vandalized and the acquisition of the disputed temple in Ayodhya was observed.
Controversy over historical monuments in the country
In Kolkata, the Holwell Memorial was removed from the road outside the Writers Building in memory of the victims of the Black Hole tragedy and installed in a nearby church ground. A similar exercise was done in Kanpur with the Bibghar memorial. It paid tribute to British women and children killed by rebels in 1857. Today, the original place of the well is unhappy and there is a statue of Tatya Tope on both sides.
Last -called controversy over monuments in Kanpur, Lucknow and Delhi took place in 2007, when the rebellion was the 150th anniversary. Some British tour companies held tours for British citizens whose families were either killed or participated in the campaign against rebels. Unfortunately for tourists, the local people of UP considered these visits insulting and glorified to the royal regime.
he/she organized hostile demonstrations and the tours were canceled. It is interesting that most of Raj’s memorable items were left untouched until the 1970s. The names of the roads remained long later and a way to celebrate the legacy of Sir Edwin Lutyens, during the upgrade of Central Vista, also became to attack PM Modi.
History and culture different from nationalism
There were two potential reasons for remaining relatively untouched until the 1990s from the history wars of India. First, Britain’s frequent decline, as a great power, meant that there was no immediate need to continue the anti -imperial criminal. There were battles to reduce the importance of the English language, but by the 1970s, it was more recognized with the British Americans.
Second, it was a conscious effort of the Congress’s ecosystem to separate nationalism from history and culture as much as possible. The deity of secularism and coordination means that a firm lid was imposed on Hindu concerns about the domination of about seven centuries by the Muslim rulers. Historians led to suggestion that India had not experienced any self-loss, except colonial rule.
Aurangzeb’s grave … silly vandalism
However, this political project partially failed because history was often written in artificial, over-principle and vague prose. As a result, there was an intense mismatched between the official narrative and the recalled past. If Aurangzeb’s tomb was denseed by those who avenge its anti -retardation destruction of Hindu temples, it would be silly barbaric.
At the same time, the purpose of enlightened modernity by portraying him/her as a skilled businessman of real politics is hardly fulfilled, which carried forward the process of final collapse of his/her empire. Aurangzeb’s self-image was of a righteous ruler, which also meant that he/she did not care about the feelings of the Kafirs. If this approach matches Bollywood’s approach about him/her, it does not mean that it is untrue.