Kirpal Singh Narang Explained

Kirpal Singh Narang
Birth Date:1912 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Amritsar, Punjab, India
Death Date:07-05-2019
Death Place:Chandigarh
Awards:Padma Bhushan

Kirpal Singh Narang was an Indian historian, educationist and the vice-chancellor of Punjabi University.[1] He was the second in line of the vice-chancellors of the university (1966–75) and the longest serving among them.[2] Born on 12 April 1912 in Amritsar in Punjab of the British India,[3] he published several books on the history of Punjab and Sikhs,[4] [5] [6] [7] which included four volumes of Punjab history and a book on Islam.[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to education and literature.[9]

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  1. Web site: Sikh Historiography and Dr. Kirpal Singh . Angel Fire . Editorial . 2016 . 30 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Pbi varsity VC to get 3-year extension . The Tribune . 9 December 2015 . 30 April 2016.
  3. Web site: 12-April-1912 . Indian Age . 2016 . 30 April 2016.
  4. Book: History of the Punjab: 1500 -1558, by K.S. Narang and M.R. Gupta, Rev & enl ed. publisher not identified.
  5. Book: Kirpal Singh Narang . History of the Punjab, 1526-1857 . Uttar Chand Kapur . 1967 . Hari Ram Gupta.
  6. Book: Kirpal Singh Narang . History of the Punjab, 1500-1858 . U.C. Kapur . 1969 . Hari Ram Gupta.
  7. Book: History of the Punjab, 1526-1849 . Uttar Chand Kapur . Kirpal Singh Narang . 1953 . 496 . B0007K4EVY.
  8. Book: Islam . Punjabi University . Kirpal Singh Narang . 1969 . 115 . 930597970.
  9. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .