Vikram Sampath Has a New History Foundation. Gates Must Be Opened, He Says
Antara Baruah | 03 February 2025 | The Print
The Sir Jadunath Sarkar Fellowship for Indian History is Chandrachur Ghose’s first. His research proposal was earlier rejected by the Nehru Memorial Library. He’s a prolific writer, though not a trained historian—charged with uncovering “deliberately suppressed” truths about Subhas Chandra Bose, who, decades after his death, is more alive than ever.
And now, under the newly set up Foundation of Indian Historical and Cultural Research and armed with a Rs 15 lakh grant, he’s working on a history of Bengal—from Ram Mohan Roy to Mamata Banerjee. The foundation is the brainchild of the Bengaluru-based historian and Savarkar biographer Vikram Sampath…