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Amit Shah Says Decolonisation Means Presenting India’s Complete History
Amit Shah spoke about how India should present its history.
He said decolonisation does not mean deleting or forgetting the past.
Instead, he wants history to be shown completely and truthfully from an Indian point of view.
He also said India’s knowledge, languages, traditions and old documents should be protected.
Some of these documents are kept at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Shah mentioned rare books about the Mahabharata, Jainism and Buddhism.
He wants scholars and libraries across India to work together.
He also wants students and researchers around the world to learn from these old sources.
Amit Shah said decolonisation means presenting complete, authentic history from an Indian perspective, not erasing the past.
He urged the preservation and global sharing of Indian knowledge, traditions, languages, manuscripts and archives.
Shah said British rule intertwined knowledge with political power and called for separating knowledge from that framework.
He highlighted rare manuscripts at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, including illustrated Mahabharata, Jain Kalpasutra and Buddhist texts.
Shah proposed linking libraries and ancestral documents nationwide through the Asiatic Society and the Gyan Bharatam manuscript mission.
- Who
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
- What
- Shah said decolonisation means presenting complete historical truth authentically from an Indian perspective, while preserving and sharing Indian knowledge.
- Where
- The Asiatic Society of Mumbai in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- When
- Sunday, September 13, 2026.
- Why
- To preserve Indian knowledge traditions and make manuscripts, archives and related research available across India and the world.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
- Event
- Inauguration of the Ganesh Gyanarthi manuscript exhibition
- Venue
- Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Definition of decolonisation
- Presenting complete and authentic history from an Indian perspective, rather than erasing history
- Manuscripts cited
- An illustrated Mahabharata, Jain Kalpasutra texts and Buddhist texts
- Proposed collaboration
- Connect libraries and institutions across India through the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Mission referenced
- Gyan Bharatam manuscript survey and National Manuscript Campaign
Quotes
Amit Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister of India
“And across the country, in every village, in every city, in every state, all institutions of this kind should be connected with the Asiatic Society of Mumbai to create a shared pool of knowledge. It should be made available for students across the country, for researchers across the country, and for scholars across the country.”
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“Many times, there is talk in the country that history is being erased. I do not agree with those scholars. The process of decolonisation is not about erasing history. It means presenting history completely, authentically, and from an Indian perspective before the people once again. That is decolonisation, and it must happen.”
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