Margaret Elizabeth Noble‘s Interpretations of Indian History: An Analysis

Margaret Elizabeth Noble popularly known as Sister Nivedita felt a keen interest for a thorough rewriting and reconstruction of India‘s history on a truthful and authentic manner. In her writings we find abundant proofs of her knowledge of Indian past through the ages – particularly on the Indian traditions of spirituality. She felt the need of the time in re-discovering India as a nation. At her time knowledge of Indian history was very limited and inadequate. Available contemporary historical works were mostly written by the British scholars. In those works preconceived and distorted notions of historical facts were furnished. That prompted her to take up a serious research and representation of Indian heritage and culture. The present work is an attempt to revisit the writings of Margaret Elizabeth Noble and present a critique of her interpretations of Indian History.