Let us Discuss What is History

Fateh said:
Dear friend your impression/assessment/noting is not correct but you are free to note as per your ability/liking.
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Dear Friend,
I admit lack of abilities and limited knowledge of the subject at my command and am curious to learn from all corners; that is why I had initiated discussion on the topic to solicit opinion of the experts. Kindly specify what is 'incorrect' in my statement and what according to you is correct position!

Therefore, would it not be in the fitness of things if, instead of discussing individual likings or abilities, you come out to add to our knowledge on the topic of the thread by posting your valued views.
Thanks and regards.
 
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DrRajpalSingh said:
Dear Friend,
I admit lack of abilities and limited knowledge of the subject at my command and am curious to learn from all corners; that is why I had initiated discussion on the topic to solicit opinion of the experts. Kindly specify what is 'incorrect' in my statement and what according to you is correct position!

Therefore, would it not be in the fitness of things if, instead of discussing individual likings or abilities, you come out to add to our knowledge on the topic of the thread by posting your valued views.
Thanks and regards.
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Please pardon me friend, dear word in address is used for younger/junior, for young people you are always using respectful words where as for elders you are using different words which is not correct 2- opening lines of your post in question where you noted my liking/disliking is in correct, My dear being elder and had been very high in status, still I have lot of regards, effection and respect for you, but one cannot clap with one hand, regards
 
Fateh said:
Please pardon me friend, dear word in address is used for younger/junior, for young people you are always using respectful words where as for elders you are using different words which is not correct 2- opening lines of your post in question where you noted my liking/disliking is in correct, My dear being elder and had been very high in status, still I have lot of regards, effection and respect for you, but one cannot clap with one hand, regards
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Respected Friend,

Thanks for your love and affection towards me which is a greater treasure for me than anything else!

Regards and thanks.
 
Sir,

For me history is a reality.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time,
it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.

It contains examples of mistakes to avoid, preserves the memory of alternatives ways of doing things, and is the basis for self-understanding.

Dhanyawad

with regards
 
narvir said:
Sir,

For me history is a reality.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time,
it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.

It contains examples of mistakes to avoid, preserves the memory of alternatives ways of doing things, and is the basis for self-understanding.

Dhanyawad with regards
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Congratulations Friend,

You have very beautifully summed up some of the finer characteristics and vital features of history. Further it may be added that history paves a sound footing for the present and proper perspective for future also.

Regards,
 
Today's politics is the history of tomorrow, remembering this the Jat community should at present indulge in such activities as may find pages in the future books of history. What do you think, share!!!
 
According to Lala Hardayal [a great revolutionary freedom fighter] ''History ...... is the record of all that Man has thought and done, dared and suffered felt and cherished. Man is not only a subject or a voter, he is also a parent, a bread-winner, am art-lover and a thinker. The whole of his work must be known and appreciated [in History]." ============= source Hints for Self Culture, Jaico Published ed., p.48.
 
Who prepares the material to fit in the pages of history i.e. Maker of History, replies H W Longfellow, an American Poet Laureate as quoted below:

"All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Times,
For the structure that we raise,
Time is with materials filled;
Our todays and yesterdays,
Are the blocks with which we build,
Build today, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base,
And ascending and secure,
Shall tomorrow find its place."
 
* Merriam-Webster Dictionary (>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/history <<) : a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes / a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena / an established record


* In the pamphlet by Marx and Friedrich Engels, Marx says : "The history of hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."


* Joseph Goebbels said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” . . . . and . . . . “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.”
 
Friend,

The last two quotes are lop sided views and have been demolished due to limited scope prescribed of history. Though Marxist theory of class struggle and materialistic interpretation caught the fancy of historians for fairly a long time but has never been an acceptable view in historical circles.

History encompasses in scope much more than prescribed by these narrow minded political propagandasits of the yore to serve their purpose of popularizing their socialistic [Marxism] or autocratic/Nazism ideology.

Thanks.
 
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DrRajpalSingh said:
narrow minded political propagandasits
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Karl Marx doesn't deserve to be referred as a "narrow minded political propagandasit" by people living in a society that is dominated by — "semi-compradors" and "semi-feudalists" !! — सद्भावनाओं सहित |
 
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Moar said:
Karl Marx doesn't deserve to be referred as a "narrow minded political propagandasit" by people living in a society that is dominated by — "semi-compradors" and "semi-feudalists" !! — सद्भावनाओं सहित |
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Please re-read the post under reference; it is not related with Karl Marx but relates to his so called followers.
 
History is considered as a store house of knowledge

due to its coverage of multifaceted activities of humanity from time immemorial,

enhancing learning experiences of each generation.
 
History is :



1
an account of important events in the order in which they happened <a history of the American civil rights movement during the 1960s>Synonyms annals, chronicle, record
Related Words blog, commentary, diary, journal, memoir,reminiscence(s); autobiography, biography, life; epic, legend,narrative, saga, story, tale; archives, documentation, log,register, report; chronology, genealogy


2
a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened <we heard the whole history of her illness in excruciating detail>Synonyms chronicle, chronology, commentary (usuallycommentaries), history, narration, narrative, record, report,story
Related Words version; deposition, documentation,testament, testimonial, testimony, witness; annals, blog,diary, journal, log, logbook, memoir; minutes, procès-verbal;anecdote, tale, yarn; epic, saga; gest (or geste), romance;recital, recitation; case history, case study


3
the events or experience of former times <history has many lessons to teach us, if only we would listen>Synonyms auld lang syne, history, yesterday, yesteryear,yore
Related Words bygone; flashback; annals, chronicle, record;memoir; antiquity, long ago
Near Antonyms by-and-by, future, futurity, hereafter,offing, tomorrow; moment, now, present, today

Source acknowledged: http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/history?show=0&t=1362002839

 
Let us understand more about what for actually word 'History' stands for:

[h=2]his·to·ry[/h] noun \ˈhis-t(ə-)rē\
plural his·to·ries




[h=2]Definition of HISTORY[/h]1
: tale, story

2
a : a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes
b : a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena
c : an account of a patient's medical background
d : an established record <a prisoner with a history of violence>

3
: a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events <medieval history>

4
a : events that form the subject matter of a history
b : events of the past
c : one that is finished or done for <the winning streak washistory> <you're history>
d : previous treatment, handling, or experience (as of a metal)

See history defined for English-language learners »

See history defined for kids »

[h=2]Examples of HISTORY[/h]
  • I studied history in college.
  • a professor of medieval history
  • They were one of the greatest teams in history.
  • It was one of the most destructive storms in modernhistory.
  • It was a period in American history when most people lived and worked on farms.
  • The history of space exploration is a fascinating topic.
  • He wrote a well-known history of the British empire.
  • The book begins with a brief history of the Internet.


[h=2]Origin of HISTORY[/h]Middle English histoire, historie, from Anglo-French estoire, histoire, from Latin historia, from Greek, inquiry, history, from histōr, istōr knowing, learned; akin to Greek eidenai to know — more at witFirst Known Use: 14th century''

Source acknowledged :http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/history


 
To refresh the memory of the participants it is suggested to remember that there are generally five approaches to study the problem of settling any chronological order of an event which happened in the remote past. They are:

Literary method

Archaeological Method

Radio Carbon Technique

Astronomical Method

and

Cross Contacts Method.
 
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