In recent times, there has been a tendency to neglect the study of history, especially in India. It is said that history is a mere record of past events, and hence it is useless to waste time over it. As a result of this prejudice, the number of students offering history in colleges and universities has sharply dwindled. But the study of history is very important. Its importance was realized by the well knows essayist Bacon when he said; “History makes man wise”. Gandhiji considered history even more important than freedom and said, “Let a country lose its freedom, but not lose its history.” This is so because the lessons of history are very valuable.