UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

cancelled Why was the 79th session of IHC just 15 days before the event?

on Twitter, “the venue As historian S Irfan Habib noted a week or a month ago. was decided 10 months ago, not was the

If lack of funds and lack of accommodation

SPPU not inform the IHC reason for cancellation, why did at least a few months in advance?

paucity of Why was IHC not informed about funds in advance?

SPPU , “the History According to Prafulla Pawar, registrar, of History and Congress to be hosted by Department to lack of funds. “The SPPU jointly was “postponed” due three days was to the entire session which would be for funds were raised tune of ₹1.5 crore and most of the which fell through.” through philanthropy funding of history, SPPU Radhika Seshan, head of department

₹15 lakhs form said that the department had collected a press conference, she delegate registration. Addressing to shortage of funds said the “postponement” was due for the delegates. and also lack of accommodation had promised funds According to her, corporates who the funds only in pulled out and promised to release but to postpone the January. Thus, there was no choice session to a further date.

Why was IHC not informed about accommodation issues in advance?

were to be hosted at According to Seshan the delegates which became the Balewadi stadium guest houses, major sports event “suddenly unavailable” due to the verbally” to ‘Khelo India.’ She said this was “intimated crisis with the the department, causing a sudden

SPPU organises major accommodation. Is this how the national and international conferences?

cancellation political? Is the reason for

Congress held at The 78th session of the Indian History December, 2017, was Jadhavpur University, Kolkata in of prominent marred by controversy after a number minister Mamta Banerjee, speakers like West Bengal chief and president for the Marxist historian Irfan Habib attempts made 78th session KM Shirmali, had criticised

Indian history. by the central government to distort