The revisionist history denies the secular basis of our national identity and distorts the historical process which led to our independence. The revisionists revive the atavistic communal nationalism whose utility had ended with the departure of the British colonial rule. They re-write the war of independence as military engagement primarily and deny or denigrate the role of the people. The revisionist history does enormous disservice to the nation: it stunts the articulation of democracy based on the sovereignty of the people and encourages resurgence of communal politics. Militant fundamentalism and authoritarianism are the worst consequences of revisionist history and resurgence of communal politics.