The 78th Session of the Indian History Congress was held successfully during 28-30 December, 2017 at Jadavpur University Campus (Kolkata) with list of papers in various topics presented by delegates and participants and they include thee following: -
Section I: - Ancient India (106 papers)
Section II: - Medieval India (122 papers)
Section III: - Modern India (374 papers)
Section IV: - Countries Other than India (34 papers)
Section V: - Archaeology (41 papers)
Section VI: - Contemporary (103 papers)
Though more papers were submitted (after the stipulated date), whose names couldn't be published but those papers would find published in the final volume to be distributed in the 79th session, 2018.
I got the opportunity to present my paper, "THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF PATNA BARRACKS AND THE FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DINAPORE CANTONMENT," in the 'Modern India' Section on the inaugural day, i.e. on 28th December, 2017.
The inauguration of the Indian History Congress was initiated with the exchange of the chair by the outgoing General President Professor(Retd.) Shireen Moosvi and the present General President Professor (Retd.) Krishan M. Shrimali.
The inaugural speech by the General President, Professor Shrimali was 'Reason and Rationality: Some Leaves from India's Intellectual History'. The speech was exhaustive and exemplary.
The Sectional President on 'Modern India' Section, Professor (Retd.) Bhojnandan Prasad Singh gave the deliberation on the topic, "Ideological Foundations of the Gandhian Movement: Reflections on the Champaran Satyagraha."
[Sectional President, Modern India Section , Professor (Retd.) Bhojnandan Prasad Singh]
I was also present in the Gandhi Bhavan to hear the Professor S.C. Mishra Memorial Lecture given by Indu Banga, Emeritus Professor, Punjab University, Chandigarh was formerly Professor of History, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (1982-90).
[Gandhi Bhawan Auditorium]
