Dropping the name of former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed from a medical college in Assam raises larger questions about memory, recognition, and how public history is shaped.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the state government would rewrite history textbooks for high schools. The statement, made at the closing event of the 10th Mising Youth ...

The CM did not elaborate on why the history books need to be rewritten. However, he questioned the existence of Ahom warrior Bagh Hazarika, who features in school textbooks. Sarma claimed that Bagh ...