Bipan Chandra

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Bipan Chandra
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Kangra, Punjab, British India, now Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
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Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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WorksIndia's Struggle for Independence
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AwardsPadma Bhushan (2010),[1] Royal Asiatic Society of Bihar plaque

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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. He authored several books, including The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.[3]

Early life and education

Chandra was born in Kangra in Punjab, British India (now in Himachal Pradesh). He graduated from Forman Christian College, Lahore in 1946 after which the Partition forced him to leave. Thereafter, he went to the United States where he studied at the Stanford University, California. He established relationships with Communists in the United States; later, he was forced to leave the country as the anti-Communist crusade of Joseph McCarthy hit a fever pitch.[4] Back in Delhi in the early 1950s, Bipan Chandra was appointed lecturer in history at Hindu College, Delhi. He would go on to complete his PhD from Delhi University in 1959.[5]

Career

Chandra taught for many years as lecturer and then as reader at Hindu College.[6] He moved to Jawaharlal Nehru University when it was established in 1969, and established the Centre for Historical Studies, alongside colleagues including Romila Thapar, Sarvepalli Gopal, and Satish Chandra.

He founded the journal Enquiry with his colleague Randhir Singh at Delhi University.[4]

Chandra was a sectional president and then the general president of the Indian History Congress at Amritsar in 1985.[7] He became a member of the University Grants Commission in 1993.[6] He was the chairman of the National Book Trust, New Delhi from 2004 to 2012.[8] As Chairman of National Book Trust, India, he started many new series such as Popular Social Science, Autobiography, Afro-Asian Countries series, Indian Diaspora Studies etc.[9]

The Government of India conferred the Padma Bhushan on Chandra in 2010 for his distinct contribution in the fields of literature and education.[5]

Research

Chandra was at the forefront of the communist movement in India since Independence.[10] His co-authored book, Freedom Struggle, was censored by the new central government that came to power in India in 1977.[11] He collaborated with many historians, including Nurul Hasan, Ram Sharan Sharma, Sarvapalli Gopal, Satish Chandra, Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, Barun De and Arjun Dev and his students, such as Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan and Vishalakshi Menon, some of whose textbooks have previously been prescribed in the history syllabi of schools in India.[12][13]

Death

After a prolonged illness, Chandra died on 30 August 2014 at the age of 86 at his home in Gurgaon.[14][15] Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi organised a commemorative event on his birth anniversary.[16][17]

Publications

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. 14 August 2013. p. 153. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ravi Bhushan (1992). Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow. Rifacimento International. p. 139.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chandra, Bipan (2010). The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India: Economic Policies of Indian National Leadership, 1880-1905. Har-Anand Publications. ISBN 978-81-241-1417-9.
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Patnaik, Prabhat (2014). "Bipan Chandra (1928–2014)". Social Scientist. 42 (9/10): 99–103. ISSN 0970-0293. JSTOR 24372979.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bipan Chandra, a humanist historian". The Tribune. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Anjum, Zafar (30 August 2014). "Renowned Indian historian Dr Bipan Chandra passes away". KITAAB. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Historian Bipan Chandra dies at the age of 86". The Times of India. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Hindu : National : Bipan Chandra appointed NBT chairman". 30 August 2004. Archived from the original on 30 August 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."India's National Fortnightly Magazine". Frontline. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Targeting history". Frontline. 27 April 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Censorship of Historical Thought: A World Guide" - Antoon de Baets Books.google.com Retrieved 2015-03-25.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.D.R. Chaudhry (28 April 2002). "Critiques galore!". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'Call me Bipan, not prof'". 6 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Historian Bipan Chandra Dies At The Age of 86". NDTV. 30 August 2014.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Historian Bipan Chandra is dead". 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."JNU to organize Jashn-e-Azadi on historian Bipan Chandras birth anniversary". indiatoday.intoday.in. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Idea of Bharat Mata is European import: Irfan Habib". The Hindu. 29 March 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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