Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 29: Prof Hari Om is former Head of Jammu University's History Department and former Dean of Jammu University's Faculty of Social Sciences. He also headed Maharaja Gulab Singh Chair in the University of Jammu. Besides, he served the Indian Council of Historical Research for six years. He was also Professor of History in the NCERT, when Murli Manohar Joshi was Human Resource Development Minister and new history textbooks were written. He co-authored "Contemporary India", a textbook for the class IX students. He has authored "The 1998 Jammu revolt: How Farooq Abdullah saved his government", "Nation Betrayed: Essays on Contemporary Jammu and Kashmir", "Administration of Justice in Jammu and Kashmir", "Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir", "Debacle in Kashmir", "Beyond the Kashmir Valley" and "Jammu and Kashmir: Conflicting perceptions"; co-edited "Politics of autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir" and "Burning issues in Jammu and Kashmir"; and co-authored "Social justice of Dr BR Ambedkar". Besides, he has contributed thousands of articles to The Indian Express, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Times of India, The Statesman, The Pioneer, The Tribune, National Herald, Indian Defence Review, Amarujala, Dainik Jagran and Rashtriya Sahara. |
