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Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a public open & distance learning university located in Delhi, India. Named after the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of ₹ 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985). [4]
The publications are mainly in PDF or QuickTime format. [2] Because of copyright laws, the texts are all out of copyright and therefore not sources for current information, but rather useful for history and background. As of 2016, DLI had scanned 550,603 titles. Representative titles include: Ancient India, McCrindle J. W.. 1885.
In addition to books, the Archive offers free and anonymous public access to more than four million court opinions, legal briefs, or exhibits uploaded from the United States Federal Courts' PACER electronic document system via the RECAP web browser plugin. These documents had been kept behind a federal court paywall.
The Indian Library Association (ILA) was established on September 13, 1933 Registered under the societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), on the occasion of the First All India Library Conference held at Calcutta (now Kolkata). The headquarters of ILA situated in Delhi, India.
Library science education in India has existed since the late 19th century. [1] During the post-independence period, library-science education gained momentum with the assistance of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and UNESCO , [ 2 ] and is centered at the university level. [ 3 ]
The historiography of India refers to the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to develop a history of India.. In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography in how historians study India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern.
The National Library of India is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. [3] It is India's largest library by volume and public record. [4] [5] [6] The National Library is under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The library is designated to collect, disseminate and preserve printed material produced within India.
Through this book Kosambi revolutionised Indian historiography with his realistic and scientific approach. He understood history in terms of the dynamics of socio-economic formations rather than just a chronological narration of "episodes" or the feats of a few great men – kings, warriors or saints.