J. S. Grewal Explained

J. S. Grewal
Birth Date:1927
Birth Place:Chak JB 46, Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
Death Place:Chandigarh, India
Awards:Padma Shri (2005)
Discipline:Sikh history

Jagtar Singh Grewal (1927 – 11 August 2022)[1] was an Indian writer, historian, scholar, and a vice-chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU).[2]

Career

After securing his Ph.D. and DLitt from London, he joined the GNDU, where he founded the Department of History.[3] He was the first Dean of the Academic Affairs of the University and was a former member of faculty at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. After his superannuation from GNDU in 1984, he joined the Indian Institute of Advanced Study as its director.

Grewal was a member of the Religious Advisory Council of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the head of the Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh.[4] He had published several articles and books on Sikh history[5] and is considered by many as a scholar on the subject. Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition,[6] The Sikhs of the Punjab,[7] Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order,[8] Social and Cultural History of the Punjab,[9] Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society,[10] Kinship and State Formation,[11] The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity,[12] Guru Nanak in History[13] and Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784–2011)[14] are some of his notable works and his researches have been subjected to studies on academic level.[15] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historian Grewal passes away. The Tribune . 11 August 2022 . 12 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Religious Advisory Council . Tony Blair Faith Foundation . 2015 . 1 December 2015 . 8 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045601/http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/foundation/leadership/religious-advisory-council . dead .
  3. Web site: Vice Chancellors of Guru Nanak Dev University . Guru Nanak Dev University . 2015 . 1 December 2015 . 8 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208050943/http://www.gnduaa.org/University/OurViceChancellors/tabid/71/Default.aspx . dead .
  4. Book: Geography in India: Selected Themes . Pearson Education India . L. S. Bhat . 1999 . 99 of 307 . 9788131726648.
  5. Web site: Amazon profile . Amazon . 2015 . 2 December 2015.
  6. Book: Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition . Manohar Publishers . J. S. Grewal . 1998 . 315 . 9788173042553.
  7. Book: The Sikhs of the Punjab . Cambridge University Press . J. S. Grewal . 1998 . 308 . 9780521637640 .
  8. Book: Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order . Manohar Publishers . J. S. Grewal . 2007 . 303 . 9788173047374.
  9. Book: Social and Cultural History of the Punjab . Manohar Publishers . J. S. Grewal . 2004 . 185 . 9788173045653.
  10. Book: Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society . Guru Nanak Dev University . J. S. Grewal . 2001 . 112 . 9788177700268.
  11. Book: Kinship and State Formation . Manohar Publishers . J. S. Grewal, Veena Sachdeva . 2007 . 112 . 9788173047183.
  12. Book: The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity . Oxford University Press India . J. S. Grewal . 2009 . 400 . 9780195694949.
  13. Book: Guru Nanak in History . Punjab University Press . J. S. Grewal . 1969 . 348.
  14. Book: Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784–2011) . SAB . J. S. Grewal . 2012 . B00A3K71R2.
  15. J.S. Grewal on Sikh History, Historiography and Recent Debates . Indu Banga . Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh . 301–326 . 2 December 2015 . 8 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141510/http://www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/journal/v20_1_2/13-Indu%20Banga%2020.pdf . dead .
  16. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .

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