''The official records of the British administration help historians to write about the last 250 years of Indian history''. Support the statement.
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a. Literary sources like official records, provides lot of detailed information to the historians to reconstruct history.
b. They provide first hand account of the developments and events and prove to be a valuable source.
c. These official records have helped historians to deliberate and discuss various aspects of Modern History.
d. It also gives them insight about the administration that existed during the colonial regime.
e.However, historians have to be a little cautious while dealing with literary sources as Excessive information available from these sources becomes difficult for historians to use.
f. Thus, historians must streamline the sources available and make use of the best literary pieces available
g. Further, most of the literary sources are biassed and subjective in nature, thus historians must handle them in an objective manner, without being judgemental and must try to look for alternate perspectives
h. Also literary sources must be supplemented with other sources to get a complete viewpoint.
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a. Literary sources like official records, provides lot of detailed information to the historians to reconstruct history.
b. They provide first hand account of the developments and events and prove to be a valuable source.
c. These official records have helped historians to deliberate and discuss various aspects of Modern History.
d. It also gives them insight about the administration that existed during the colonial regime.
e.However, historians have to be a little cautious while dealing with literary sources as Excessive information available from these sources becomes difficult for historians to use.
f. Thus, historians must streamline the sources available and make use of the best literary pieces available
g. Further, most of the literary sources are biassed and subjective in nature, thus historians must handle them in an objective manner, without being judgemental and must try to look for alternate perspectives
h. Also literary sources must be supplemented with other sources to get a complete viewpoint.
Regards