Bal Ram Nanda
Bal Ram Nanda (1917 – 30 May 2010) was an Indian historian and biographer from New Delhi. He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi.
Also recorded as B. R. Nanda
Bal Ram Nanda
- Name
- Bal Ram Nanda
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 30 May 2010 (aged 93)
- Education
- * Lahore University
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Occupation
- writer · historian · biographer · civil servant
- Fields
- history
- Honours
- Padma Bhushan · Padma Vibhushan in literature & education
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Bal Ram Nanda • Born — 1917 • Died — 30 May 2010 (aged 93) • Fields — History • Education — * Lahore University
Career
Career
After studying history at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Services, and served as a senior railway officer. He was the first Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.
Death
Death
Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence.
Works
Works
• Mahatma Gandhi: A biography (translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages). • Gandhi and his critics • Gokhale, Gandhi, and the Nehrus • In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections • 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 and his critics, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1985 • Road to Pakistan 2010
Awards
• Padma Bhushan, 1988, • Padma Vibhushan, 2003.
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- 1.Bal Ram Nanda World catalogue.
- 2.The Gandhian Writer, Bal Ram Nanda, Sughosh India. October 2016.
- 3.Ministry of Home Affairs. Padma Awards Directory (1954-2007). 2007-05-30.
- 4.BALRAM NANDA (1917–2010) Raj Bhavan (Sikkim), 1 June 2010
- 5.Nanda, Bal Ram. Gandhi and His Critics. Oxford University Press. 1985. 978-0-19-561722-1.
- 6.Nanda, Bal Ram. Gokhale, Gandhi and the Nehrus: Studies in Indian Nationalism. Allen & Unwin. 1974. 978-0-04-954018-7.
- 7.Nanda, Bal Ram. In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections. Oxford University Press. 2002. 978-0-19-565649-7.
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