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Bipan Chandra (24 May 1928 – 30 August 2014) [2] was an Indian historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he specialized on the Indian independence movement and is considered a leading scholar on Mahatma Gandhi.
Feb 12, 2018 · One of the best History book on Modern period of Indian History.
Sep 4, 2014 · In the passing away of professor Bipan Chandra on 30 August 2014 the nation has lost one of its finest historians. He was an activist scholar who was not satisfied with contributing only to rarefied academic circles but wrote popular books, which sold in the millions in English and several Indian languages.
Sep 17, 2014 · BIPAN CHANDRA, Emeritus Professor of the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, who passed away on August 30, was an outstanding historian, a major figure in...
Professor Bipan Chandra (1928-2014) SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA Few historians of modern India have had as much widespread influence as did Bipan Chandra. A popular and engaged teacher, history research and writing was never a dispassionate exercise for him. His contributions to Marxist and nationalist interpretations of modern India remain important
India Since Independence. Bipan Chandra, Aditya Mukherjee, Mridula Mukherjee. Penguin Books India, 2008 - History - 771 pages. A Thorough And Incisive Introduction To Contemporary India. The...
Nov 1, 2000 · This volume, a sequel to the best-selling India's Struggle for Independence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes it has achieved over the last five decades, in...
Feb 11, 2008 · India Since Independence. Bipan Chandra. Penguin UK, Feb 11, 2008 - History - 788 pages. A thorough and incisive introduction to contemporary India The story of the forging of India, the world's...
Aug 30, 2014 · It is a measure of Bipan Chandra’s achievement as a historian that he defined the mainstream establishment’s self understanding of Modern India for a very long time. Other historians have been more scholarly or more conceptually innovative.
Bipan Chandra, recipient of the Padma Bhushan, was born in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. He was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore and at Stanford University, California. He was Professor of Modern History at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, where he is currently Professor Emeritus.
