Bal Ram Nanda Explained
| Bal Ram Nanda |
| Birth Date: | 1917 |
| Death Date: | 30 May 2010 (aged 93) |
| 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
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.
Awards
Death
Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence.[4]
Works
- Mahatma Gandhi: A biography (translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages).[4]
- 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
- Book: Gandhi: a Pictorial Biography . 1972 . New Delhi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . 9788123001982 . 540771 .
- Gandhi and his critics, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1985
- Road to Pakistan 2010
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-26583 Bal Ram Nanda
- Web site: The Gandhian Writer, Bal Ram Nanda, Sughosh India . Complete Life of Bapu, Sughosh India
- Web site: Padma Awards Directory (1954-2007) . . 2007-05-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410024701/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf . 2009-04-10 .
- http://www.rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/MessageDetl.aspx?MsgID=21 BALRAM NANDA (1917–2010)
- Book: Nanda, Bal Ram . Gandhi and His Critics . 1985 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-561722-1 . en.
- Book: Nanda, Bal Ram . Gokhale, Gandhi and the Nehrus: Studies in Indian Nationalism . 1974 . Allen & Unwin . 978-0-04-954018-7 . en.
- Book: Nanda, Bal Ram . In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections . 2002 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-565649-7 . en.
