- LATEST
- WEBSTORY
- TRENDING
INDIA
Some 'inventors' trying to 'rewrite' history, but they won't succeed: Hamid Ansari
Some "inventors" are trying to "rewrite" history, but they are not going to succeed as history cannot be changed, former vice-president Hamid Ansari said today.
Updated : May 27, 2018, 08:17 PM IST
 "Hamid ansari")
TRENDING NOW
)
Jio New Year offer: Mukesh Ambani introduces new recharge plan with exclusive deals, savings at just Rs...
)
Selena Gomez to Sobhita Dhulipala to Aishwarya Rai: 10 unique celebrity engagement rings
)
'Had one night stand with...': Maheep Kapoor REVEALS she was 'dead drunk' when she met Sanjay Kapoor, Anil Kapoor
)
Deepinder Goyal's Zomato gets another notice worth Rs 8030000000 from...
)
Anil Ambani's SUPERHIT move as he makes this announcement ahead of new year, company's share price surges...
)
Meet Pulkit Kejriwal, son of Arvind Kejriwal, who cracked IIT-JEE, went to IIT-Delhi, is now pursuing...
)
Meet world's richest monarch, who owns 38 airplanes, 300 cars, Rs 92 crore diamond, still not richer than Mukesh Ambani
)
This was world's richest man ever, owned half of world's gold, much richer than Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani, he was...
)
Amid divorce rumours of Aishwarya, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh reveals he gets 'nervous, anxious' when Jaya calls him
)
Pushpa 2 box office collection day 8: Allu Arjun film beats Kalki 2898 AD to become highest-grossing Indian film of 2024
)
Meet man whose food was praised by Mukesh Ambani and Isha Ambani, has won this big award, has net worth of Rs...
)
Abhishek Bachchan reacts to having second baby with Aishwarya Rai amid divorce rumours: 'Umar ka lihaaz...
)
BIG win for Anil Ambani, his company bags India's single largest...
)
'Good to be back': After breaking up with Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor reunites with his 'partner-in-crime after ages'
)
'I have waited for long to be loved': Arjun Kapoor speaks his heart out, says 'last five years have been...'
Some "inventors" are trying to "rewrite" history, but they are not going to succeed as history cannot be changed, former vice-president Hamid Ansari said today.
He was speaking at the launch of a book on the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
The book, edited by senior Congress leader A Gopanna, was lanched by former president Pranab Mukherjee and former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
Ansari said a long time back, a book titled 'Time machine' was written and the idea was that there would be a form of technology by which one could go back to visit what might have happened in the past.
"Well, it was a great success. But today, I notice another set of inventors not writers. Inventors trying to create a time machine by which you can go back in history and rewrite history. Now, such an effort is not going to succeed," he said.
"History is history. It has to be read. You can draw lessons from it, you can draw encouragement from it or you can just read it as a college student preparing for term examination. History cannot be changed," the former vice president said.
His comments assume significance as the NDA-led Centre is often accused of "rewriting history" by the opposition.
Talking about the book on Nehru, Ansari said it was a "valuable contribution to our legacy, freedom struggle and the great leader who guided it, and the different phases of modern India that we have been through".
Pranab Mukherjee said comments and observation on Nehru could never come to an end.
"History of modern India is closely associated and rather integrated with a few personalities. Jawaharlal Nehru is one of them. It is not because he was the first prime minister or because till today, he is the longest serving prime minister of 17 years from August 15, 1947 to May 27, 1964, " he said.
"54 years ago on this day, we lost him. It is because he is truly the architect, not euphemism, of modern, democratic set up in India," the former president said.
He added that Nehru built up all the necessary institutions to support the democratic structure.
