History as a Discipline

Definition In very simple words, bias is a partiality in favour of or against anything, any person, any group, any phenomenon, or any hypothesis when compared with another. Root Cause of Bias in History Bias can be present at any stage of historical scientific research, whether it is data creation, data collection, data storage, data […]

For a political group History is the common memory of a political group. The members of a political group understand how their group started, why their group exists, and what their core values are. For politicians The only way to know which past decisions are responsible for present circumstances is to read about them. The

While reading pages after pages of a history book, a question comes to mind.  How does a historian know that those events actually happened?  A historian uses certain materials to knit the story called ‘history’. They are ‘historical sources’ or simply ‘sources’.   The author might know of a source which was contemporary to the event

History can be written in three basic styles: Fantasy: By far, the most popular among consumers of history is the fantasy style.  The writer knits a drama around historical events, which can even be presented in the form of a novel or feature film.  Generally, the writer doesn’t attempt to mention any reference in this

History is the art and science of studying the past.  Historians reveal the past by assembling various evidence available to them about bygone events.  These pieces of evidence are called sources.  Archaeologists help historians in the formidable task of discovering sources.  Their job is to dig out historical material and analyse it objectively.  Generating history