Abhimanyu Singh Arha

Dr. Abhimanyu Singh Arha is an environmental historian, writer and academic from India. Abhimanyu Singh serves as the deputy director of the University of Rajasthan's Centre for Museology and Conservation. He also serves as an advisor to the Government of Rajasthan on Tourism and Heritage Protection. Arha also writes in Rajasthani, his mother tongue, in both verse and prose.[1][2][3]

Dr.

Abhimanyu Singh Arha
Born
Rajasthan
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materSt. Stephan's College, Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Occupation(s)Environmental Historian; Deputy Director of Museology and Conservation Centre
Notable workHoofprint of Empire: An Environmental History of Fodder in Mughal India (1650–1850)

Early life and education

Abhimanyu Singh Arha was born in Rajasthan, India. In 2005, Arha graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[4] He completed his doctorate (PhD) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi where his field of study was Medieval Indian history and ecological history. He received his PhD in 2011.[4][1] His research interests include the relationship between environment, trade, and state-building, as well as the history of diplomacy and autobiographies.[1]

Career

Arha has taught at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner and University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. His research papers have been published widely.[1][5] In January 2011, Arha started as a Lecturer at St. Stephan's College, Delhi.[4] Thereafter, for the duration of June 2011 to December 2013, Arha worked as assistant professor at Maharaja Ganga Singh University as a specialist in medieval Indian history.[4]

Arha serves as assistant professor of history in the Department of History & Indian Culture, University of Rajasthan. He specializes in medieval history. He was appointed to the position in December 2013.[4][6][7]

Deputy director of Centre for Museology and Conservation(UOR)

Arha has been named the new deputy director of the University of Rajasthan's Centre for Museology and Conservation.[2] Arha has been holding this position since November 2020.[8][9]

Arha also serves as an advisor to the Government of Rajasthan on tourism and heritage protection.[3]

Events

When Hakim Khan Sur's tomb in Rajsamand was vandalized in 2016, Professor Arha clarified Suri's role in the Battle of Haldighati, emphasizing his military prowess. Historical accounts confirm Suri fought alongside Pratap's army. He debunked the notion that the war was solely between Hindus and Muslims.[10]

Dr. Abhimanyu Singh conducted a career counseling session at Maharana Mewar Public School, highlighting opportunities in the Humanities.[11] He also participated in the 3rd World Living Heritage Festival at Udaipur in 2016, discussing oral traditions and folklore.[12] Dr. Arha took part in the national conference on 'Maharana Pratap and his Era' organized by the Ministry of Culture in 2017[13] and was invited as a featured Rajasthani writer at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2018.[14] Arha emphasized on the history of the Rajasthani language, which was one of the richest in 16th century India, traced from a metered form to the addition of current and contemporary literary styles, reflecting the rich living tradition of Rajasthani literature in its many moods and manifestations.[15]

He spoke at the Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh and went into detail on the contribution of Vir Ras to the Indian Medieval Period. He made special mention of well-known poets like Chand Bardai, author of Prithvi Raj Raso and, as well as reciting several couplets by mediaeval authors composed in Vir Ras.[16][7]

He participated in the International conference on Indian business and economic history organized by IIM-Ahemdabad in 2019.[17] A tribute program was held for Prof. Madalsa Ujjwal, recognizing her contributions to higher education and women's empowerment.[18]

Yashaswini Chandra recommended Abhimanyu Singh Arha's journal article 'Hoofprint of Empire: An Environmental History of Fodder in Mughal India' for detailing the role of Indian horses in medieval India.[19][20] This work has been cited in multiple books including 'Climate of Conquest War, Environment, and Empire in Mughal North India' by Pratyay Nath.[21]

Arha was a speaker at the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav webinar organized by Jawahar Kala Kendra and discussed Chandra Shekhar Azad's role in the Kakori train robbery. He clarified that these revolutionary leaders received a lot of support, not because they were young, passionate men who used to kill people for their own pleasure, but because they were well-educated, intellectual and well-mannered men who were on a well-planned mission to achieve their stated goal.[22][23] He also spoke at the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav webinar at Panjab University Regional Centre, addressing the role of women in the Gandhian Movement. Abhimanyu Singh highlighted the importance of studying Gandhi's writings and engaged in a Q&A session with students.[3][24]

Published works and research papers

References
  1. "Abhimanyu Singh Arha - Jaipur Literature Festival". jaipurliteraturefestival.org. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2021. He graduated from St. Stephen's College and holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research area includes studying the nexus between ecology, trade and state-building and the history of diplomacy and self-writings. His research papers have been published widely.
  2. "Dr. Abhimanyu Singh Arha appointed as the new Dy. Director of Centre for Museology & Conservation, Univ. of Rajasthan. | Director, History, Conservation". Pinterest. Retrieved 16 December 2021. Dr. Abhimanyu Singh Arha appointed as the new Dy. Director of Centre for Museology & Conservation, Univ. of Rajasthan.
  3. "PU Regional Centre, Ludhiana holds webinar on role of women in Gandhian movement". Hindustan Times. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021. She moderated the question answer session wherein students interacted with Abhimanyu Singh Arha, advisor to government of Rajasthan on tourism and heritage protection.
  4. Arha, Abhimanyu Singh. "Abhimanyu Singh Arha - LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. https://www.pressreader.com/india/marwar/20140712/282166469349172. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via PressReader. Arha is a historian who serves as an assistant professor at the Department of History and Indian Culture, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He began his career as a guest factulty at his alma mater, St. Stephen's College, and went on to service as an assistant professor in the Department of History, Majaraja Ganga Sing University, Bikaner. He also holds a doctoral degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Department of History & Indian Culture :: List of Faculties". unirajhistory.ac.in. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. "War Veterans Caution Against Politicization of Army, Term Surgical Strikes as..." Rozana Spokesman. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  8. Chandra, Suresh (3 November 2020). "Circular University of Rajasthan" (PDF). University of Rajasthan. Retrieved 17 December 2021. कुलपति महोदय के आदेश दिनांक 02.11.2020 की अनुपालना में के डॉ. अनिल अनिकेत, सहायक आचार्य, इतिहास विभाग को उप-निदेशक, म्यूजियोलॉजी एण्ड कन्जर्वेशन सेन्टर, राजस्थान विश्वविद्यालय, जयपुर के पद पर तीन वर्ष या अग्रिम आदेश, जो भी पहले हो, तक के लिए डॉ. अभिमन्यु सिंह आढ़ा के स्थान पर नियुक्त किया जाता है।
  9. "राजस्थान विश्वविद्यालय में न्यू ट्रेण्डस इन म्यूजियोलाॅजी एण्ड हिस्टाॅरिकल रिसर्च विषय पर अन्तरराष्ट्रीय का उद्घाटन". India Now24. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021. संगोष्ठी के समन्वयक डाॅ. अभिमन्यु सिंह आढ़ा (डिप्टी डायरेक्टर, सेन्टर फाॅर म्यूजियोलाॅजी एण्ड कन्जर्वेंशन, राजस्थान विश्वविद्यालय, जयपुर) ने कहा कि संगोष्ठी में देश-विदेश के अनेक संग्रहालय विशेषज्ञ, पुराविद्, इतिहासकार एवं अनुसंधानकर्ता भाग ले रहे हैं।
  10. "'Protect tomb of Maharana's chief commander Hakim'". The Times of India. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2021. Assistant professor, department of History and Culture Studies, Abhimanyu Singh Arha, who has published papers on Rajasthan History, said, "Suri had joined Pratap's little before the battle of Haldighati but his great sense to read the Mughals had made him one the military commander." He argued that Pratap entrusted Suri in a battle against a Muslim ruler Akbar whose army was commanded by a Rajput king Man Singh demolishes the popular historical interpretation which misleads that war was between Hindus and Muslim.
  11. Maharana Mewar Public School Darpan 2015 Volume 2 (PDF). Udaipur: Maharana Mewar Public School. 2016. p. 33. Dr. Abhimanyu Singh Arha (center) gave insights about avenues and scope in Humanities viz. competitive exams, geo-politics, cinema, foreign policy research etc. and various research universities in India and abroad.
  12. World Living Heritage Festival-REPORT-2016 (PDF). India: Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation. 2016. p. 66. I can share some examples of dohas or couplets which are recited by the bards. These tell us the political mood of the times; there are nuggets of information regarding arms, horses and other details for which no written record exists. Through one such couplet, I was able to figure out the introduction of new breed of horses in the 17th and 18th centuries in Rajasthan. Similarly, one of my forefathers who was an illustrious Minister of Mewar, wrote a ballad on Rana Pratap. At one level, it is a poetic work. At another, it becomes a window to understanding the political climate of the 17th century in Mewar and in the Mughal Court. One can safely say his poetry summed up the politics of the day! Such oral traditions cannot be overlooked or categorised as unimportant or insignificant.
  13. "राजस्थान यूनिवर्सिटी में नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस आज". Dainik Bhaskar. 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2021. जयपुर | आरयूके इतिहास भारतीय संस्कृति विभाग की ओर से संस्कृति मंत्रालय भारत सरकार नेहरू मेमोरियल म्यूजियम और लाइब्रेरी नई दिल्ली के सहयोग से आरयू में नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस का आयोजन किया जाएगा। शुक्रवार को होने वाली कॉन्फ्रेंस का विषय महाराणा प्रताप एवं उनका युग होगा, जिसमें सात इतिहासकार प्रोफेसर जीएसएल देवड़ा, प्रोफेसर के.एस. गुप्ता, प्रोफेसर बी.एल. भादानी, प्रोफेसर वी.के. वशिष्ठ, डाॅ. एम.एस. राणावत, डाॅ. हुकुम सिंह भाटी और डाॅ. अभिमन्यु सिंह आढ़ा हिस्सा लेंगे।
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  21. Nath, Pratyay (28 June 2019). Climate of Conquest: War, Environment, and Empire in Mughal North India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-909823-1. Other important works—not only about the Mughal Empire but on early modern South Asia in general—include Abhimanyu Singh Arha, 'Hoofprint of Empire: An Environmental History of Fodder in Mughal India (1650–1850),' Studies in History 32, no. 2 (2016), 186–208
  22. "चंद्रशेखर आजाद को किया याद | Remembering Chandrashekhar Azad". Patrika News (in Hindi). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021. डॉ. अभिमन्यु सिंह आढ़ा ने कहा कि 1925 में शाहजहांपुर से लखनऊ जाने वाली काकोरी ट्रेन को उस समय के कुछ चुने हुए क्रांतिकारी नेताओं ने लूट लिया था, जिसमें चंद्रशेखर आजाद भी शामिल थे। उस ट्रेन में ब्रिटिश खजाने से धन ले जाया जा रहा था,जिसे क्रांति के लिए हथियार खरीदने के पैसे एकत्रित करने के लिए लूट लिया गया था। आजाद पुलिस से बचने में कामयाब रहे। उन्होंने कहा कि इन क्रांतिकारी नेताओं को दूसरों से बहुत समर्थन मिला, इसलिए नहीं कि वे युवा, गम.र्जोश वाले पुरुष थे, जो अपने मजे के लिए लोगों की हत्या करते थे, बल्कि इसलिए कि वे अच्छी तरह से शिक्षित, बौद्धिक और शिष्ट पुरुष थे जो कि अपने निर्धारित लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने के लिए एक सुनियोजित मिशन पर थे।
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  25. Arha, Priyadarshan Singh (2019). "literary and cultural interrelationships between india" (PDF). International Comparative Literature Association. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  26. Arha, Abhimanyu Singh (2014). "Rival Parties in Eighteenth Century Marwar Court: Competing Claims to Ecology and Resources". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 75: 371–376. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44158405.
  27. "Review of Literature in Village Tourism" (PDF). ENVIS CENTRE ON ECO - TOURISM. Retrieved 17 December 2021. Abhimanyu Singh Arha (2007) in his article 'Foreign Travelogue in the Seventeenth Century A.D: Traces of Eco-Tourism' observes that study of ecology is the study of nature and its components. The study of ecology cannot be limited to the domain of scientific or mathematical analysis. It is very much of the nature of social science as well.
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