Amit Shah
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked historians to rewrite history in the Indian context and assured them that the Centre will support their efforts.
"I am student of history and I hear a lot of times that our history has not been presented properly and is distorted. Maybe that is correct, but now we need to correct this," Shah said at a function of the Assam government in Delhi.
"I ask you -- who is stopping us from presenting history properly and in a glorious manner," Shah said on Day 2 of the three-day celebration of the 400th birth anniversary of Ahom general Lachit Barphukan.
The minister also assured historians and students present in Vigyan Bhavan that the Centre will support their research.
"Come forward, do research and rewrite history. This is how we can inspire future generations too," he added.
He also said the time has come to revisit the course of history for the larger benefit of people.
Recognizing the role played by Lachit in halting the Mughal expansion, Shah said he defeated them despite his ill health in the battle of Sariaghat.
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