Decolonisation means presenting full authentic history with Indian perspective: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated that decolonizing Indian history involves presenting historical truths from an authentic Indian perspective rather than erasing the past. He emphasized the importance of preserving Indian knowledge, languages, and archives to prevent national enslavement.
Why it matters
This reflects the current Indian government's ideological push to reshape national identity and historical narratives away from colonial-era interpretations.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (September 13, 2026) said decolonisation of the country's history and knowledge does not mean erasing the past, but presenting the "historical truth to the world in an authentic manner from an Indian perspective".
Indian knowledge, history, traditions, languages, manuscripts and archives must be preserved and taken to people across the country and the world, Mr. Shah said after inaugurating a manuscript exhibition at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Indian knowledge had, for a long time, been interpreted through a colonial perspective that contributed to creating an inferiority complex, he said and expressed confidence that institutions like the Asiatic Society would help preserve and use it for the welfare of the nation and the world.
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