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Upinder Singh

Indian historian · India · Writers · Born 1959 · age 67

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Upinder Singh is an Indian historian who is a professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University. She is the former head of the History Department at the University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences (History).

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  1. If Sharma and Thapar are not overtly anti-Hindu, writers like Upinder Singh certainly are.

    2021, Chakrabarti, D. K. (2021). Nationalism in the study of ancient Indian history. National Security, 4(1), 29-50., Own words

  2. Delhi’s history is etched over its landscape in stone.

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  3. Very early dates for the Rig Veda that fall within the 7th or 6th millennium BCE are clearly not acceptable.

    A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century', Pearson, p.185, Own words

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Upinder Singh is an Indian historian who is a professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University. She is the former head of the History Department at the University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences (History). She is the daughter of Former Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh.

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Born 1959 · age 67

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