Previous Year Question

Dr. Tara Chand is regarded as the official historian of India's freedom struggle. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of independent India, entrusted him with the responsibility of writing a comprehensive history of the Indian freedom movement.

Tara Chand authored History of the Freedom Movement in India, published by the Publications Division of the Government of India. The work examined the expansion of British rule, the emergence of Indian nationalism, political movements, and historical developments leading to independence in 1947.

In a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru dated 1 August 1960, Tara Chand stated that Maulana Azad had asked him to write the history of the freedom movement. He explained that the first volume covered the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century, while the subsequent volumes were planned to cover 1857–1907 and 1907–1947.

S. N. Sen specifically wrote a history of the Revolt of 1857. His book Eighteen Fifty-Seven (1957) was published by the Government of India's Publications Division. R. C. Majumdar produced historical studies of the Indian freedom movement and the Revolt of 1857, while V. D. Savarkar authored The Indian War of Independence of 1857 (1909). Tara Chand's comprehensive historical work undertaken under government patronage distinguishes him from the other options.