Distorting history is dangerous phenomenon: Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has said here that distorting history was dangerous, and added that ‘people must not fall to some imaginary stories floated by some persons as history’.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the 81st annual session of the Indian History Congress here on Tuesday.
He said that some people were floating imaginary stories as history and that people should not get fooled by believing these stories.
Stalin said that one should study history to know self and added that only those who have studied the past can create history in the present and can predict the future.
The Chief Minister said that history should be supported by scientific facts and added that the danger that has engulfed the country in the present day was “distortion of history”. He also said that history should reflect the people from all walks of life and not only of Kings and their valour and lifestyles.
Stalin said, “The dignity of the Constitution should be safeguarded in education, language, culture, authority, economy, and administration.” He said that the Indian landscape was totally secular once upon a time and that the differences were created by some persons at a later stage.