PRESIDENCY, 1793-1833Indian National Congress and the Struggle for Freedom, 1885-1947Freedom StruggleSvatantrata Sangram R. S. Sharma was an eminent historian who specialized in the history of Ancient and Early MEDIEVAL India.He taught at Patna University and Delhi University (1973–85).He was visiting faculty at University of Toronto (1965–1966).He was a senior fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He also SERVED as the president of Indian History Congress in 1975.It was during his tenure as the dean of Delhi University's History Department that MAJOR expansion of the department TOOK place in the 1970s.He was the founding Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).