ITANAGAR, July 8: The Rajiv Gandhi University organised a workshop aimed at addressing and updating the community leaders of all the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh about the ongoing project on ‘Unsung Heroes’. The project aims at finding out the freedom fighters from the state of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava’ (75th year of India’s independence). The workshop also aimed at getting inputs from the community leaders to further aid the project. The project was attended by about 200 people from multiple CBOs (Community Based Organisation), clan organisations, village chiefs, gaon burahs, student leaders and eminent personalities from various clans and tribes. 
Dr. Joram Begi, member of advisory committee stated that Arunachal does not have any authentic textbook on history and this project shall prove pivotal for building up a proper history book. The project according to him not only plays important role on discovering lost freedom fighters but also bring up the lesser known facts and eminent persons of our state. He spoke on many anglo-tribal incidents which in the British records are written with great biasness and wrong chronology, so this project should aim at correcting those facts.
Dr. NT Rikam, Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi University spoke next, he emphasized on Deputy Chief Minister and Government of Arunachal Pradesh’s next endeavour  on establishing a centre for Arunachal History and a centre for buddhist studies in Rajiv Gandhi University very soon for which amount of rupees 5 crore has already been allocated. He further stated that research methodology shall be thoroughly followed while doing any research and this project according to him shall be the stepping stone of history writing in Arunachal Pradesh.
Dani Sulu, Member secretary of core committee for the project highlighted the importance of oral tradition in a society where written history is absent. Also, he said that every person has a different approach and perspective on history, even the Britishers had their own perspective, therefore all the different perspective shall be explored to come up with a comprehensive history of the region. Further, he stated that with this project, the freedom fighters of Arunachal Pradesh should get due recognition in the pages of Indian mainstream history.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
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