COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON V.K. RAJWADE
The Department of
Posts (DoP) will be bringing out a commemorative postage stamp
on V.K. Rajwade on 23rd June, 2003. The stamp is in
the denomination of Rs.5/-
Vishwanath
Kashinath Rajwade (1863-1926), one among the pioneering historians
of India. He was a multifaceted personality who left his imprint
in many other disciplines like Linguistics, Literature, Geography,
Oleography and Sociology also. Meticulous in his research and
prodigious in output, he is remembered most for his path breaking
work in historiography. His writings inspired many research scholars
in Maharashtra and other parts of India to pursue the subject
at a time when works of European historians dominated the academic
discourses in Indian history. It is no exaggeration to say that
his work revolutionised the way the subject of history was perceived
in India and helped to advance an Indian view of history.
By founding
the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal at Pune in 1910, he institutionalised
his research procedures. He had stressed five aspects in his research
methodology, viz., collection of original historical records,
preservation of records, examination and classification of records,
editing and publication of records and interpretation of sources
and writing of histories.
The First
Day Cover alongwith the information sheet will be available on
sale at all Philatelic Bureaux/Counters and at selected Post Offices.
