Bal Ram Nanda
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Bal Ram Nanda | |
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| Born | 1917 |
| Died | 30 May 2010 (aged 93) |
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| Fields | History |
Bal Ram Nanda (1917 – 30 May 2010) was an Indian historian and biographer from New Delhi.[1] He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi.
Career
[edit]After studying student of History at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Services, of which he was a senior railway officer.[2]
He was the first Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.[3]
Awards
[edit]- Padma Bhushan, 1988,
- Padma Vibhushan, 2003.[4]
Death
[edit]Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence.[3]
Works
[edit]- Mahatma Gandhi: A biography (translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages).[3]
- Gandhi and his critics[5]
- Gokhale, Gandhi, and the Nehrus[6]
- In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections[7]
- Gandhi: pan-Islamism, imperialism, and nationalism in India
- Motilal Nehru (Builders of modern India), Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1964
- Socialism in India, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Vikas Publications, 1972
- Gandhi: a Pictorial Biography. New Delhi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1972. ISBN 9788123001982. OCLC 540771.
- Gandhi and his critics, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1985
- Road to Pakistan 2010
References
[edit]- ^ Bal Ram Nanda World catalogue.
- ^ "The Gandhian Writer, Bal Ram Nanda, Sughosh India".[permanent dead link]Complete Life of Bapu, Sughosh India
- ^ a b c BALRAM NANDA (1917–2010) Archived 19 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Raj Bhavan (Sikkim), 1 June 2010
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2007)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2009.
- ^ Nanda, Bal Ram (1985). Gandhi and His Critics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-561722-1.
- ^ Nanda, Bal Ram (1974). Gokhale, Gandhi and the Nehrus: Studies in Indian Nationalism. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-954018-7.
- ^ Nanda, Bal Ram (2002). In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-565649-7.
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