Q151
History of IndiaBritish Rule: Administration, Economy & Society
Whom among the following historians does not belong to the Aligarh School?
- a.Anil Seal
- b.Irfan Habib
- c.Nurul Hasan
- d.Athar Ali
Answer: (A) Anil Seal
Anil Seal (The Emergence of Indian Nationalism, 1968) belongs to the Cambridge School, along with John Gallagher, Gordon Johnson and C. A. Bayly, which explained nationalism through local factions and competition for patronage. The Aligarh School of Marxist-leaning historians of medieval India, based at Aligarh Muslim University, includes Mohammad Habib, Irfan Habib (The Agrarian System of Mughal India), S. Nurul Hasan, M. Athar Ali (The Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb), Satish Chandra and Iqtidar Alam Khan.