Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR):
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ICHR is an autonomous body of the Union Ministry of Education.
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It was established by an Administrative Order of the then Union Ministry of Education and Social Welfare.
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It is based in New Delhi with regional centers in Bengaluru (Karnataka) and Gowahati (Assam).
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ICHR disburses funds for carrying out research to Indian as well as foreign scholars on their applications for fellowships, grants, and symposia made to ICHR or through HRD Ministry.
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It has provided financial assistance to the historians and direction to the research scholars in their multifarious topics of historical research.