Majumdar is a premier nationalist historian. He is surely quite high up and valued.
James Mil,father of John Stuart Mill, a premier historian in Raj era India. His books were a compulsory read for all ICS aspirants. His notorious works influenced Hegel's and Carl Marx's vision of India and the famous (or infamous) Hegelian evolution of civilizations:
[url="http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=840&Itemid=99999999"]book 1[/url]
[url="http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=841&Itemid=99999999"]Book 2[/url]
[url="http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=842&Itemid=99999999"]Book 3[/url]
[url="http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=843&Itemid=99999999"]Book 4[/url]
[url="http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=844&Itemid=99999999"]Book 5[/url]
[url="http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=845&Itemid=99999999"]Book 6[/url]
Folks, this can be said to be the spawn of all anti Indian narrative found in all Raj era history books that is continuing to this day.