About the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR):
- ICHR is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
- It was established in 1972 by an Administrative Order.
- ICHR was registered under the Societies Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860) as a literary and charitable society.
- The ICHR is based in Delhi, with regional centers in Pune (Maharashtra), Bengaluru (Karnataka), and Guwahati (Assam).
- The ICHR receives grants-in-aid from the Department of Higher Education, grants-in-aid from various Indian states, private donations, and the proceeds of revenues from the sale of publications of the ICHR.
- ICHR disburses funds for carrying out research to Indian as well as foreign scholars on their applications for fellowships, grants, and symposia, made to the ICHR or through the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
- Objectives:
- Bring historians together and provide a forum for the exchange of views between them;
- Give a national direction to an objective and scientific writing of history and to have rational presentation and interpretation of history;
- To Promote, accelerate and coordinate research in history with special emphasis on areas that have not received adequate attention so far;
- To coordinate a balanced distribution of research efforts over different areas;
- To elicit support and recognition for historical research from all concerned and ensure the necessary dissemination and use of results.
