"History is not to serve as the handmaid of a particular school of thought. History must be impartial and objective. To rewrite the history, according to the views which are popular or which are necessary for bolstering up nationalistic egoism or jingoism is perversion of history."
— History

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
SociologyHistoryTime
Original Language: English

Sources

, August 2, 1965, from its judgment in the case of Anant Janardhan Karandikar vs. State. Quoted in "Gandhi predicted communal discord would poison education, distort history", The Leaflet , September 5, 2021.