Pratul Chandra Gupta
| Pratul Chandra Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| Occupation |
Historian Writer Academic |
| Known for | Maratha history |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Pratul Chandra Gupta is an Indian historian, writer and the author of Nana Sahib and the rising at Cawnpore,[1] a historical account of the Siege of Cawnpore.[2] Considered by many as an authority on Maratha history, he translated The Maharashta Purana, an 18th-century Bengali text written by Gangaram[3] into English, Edward C. Dimock, a known Indologist, being his co-translator.[4] One of his books, INA in Military Operation, was commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru[5] but the book could not be published, reportedly due to political objections.[6] The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners, 1818-1851[7] and Shah Alam II and His Court are some of his other notable works.[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to Literature.[9]
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References
- ↑ Pratul Chandra Gupta (1964). Nana Sahib and the rising at Cawnpore. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 227.
- ↑ "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies". School of Oriental and African Studies. 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ↑ Kaushik Roy (15 October 2012). Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia: From Antiquity to the Present. Cambridge University Press. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-1-139-57684-0.
- ↑ Edward C. Dimock Jr., Pratul Chandra Gupta (1965). The Maharashta Purana. The Association for Asian Studies. p. 86.
- ↑ "INA history rots in defence archive". Times of India. 24 January 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Declassify Netaji Files, Demands Legal Aid Forum". Indian Express. 24 May 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ↑ Pratul Chandra Gupta (1944). The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners, 1818-1851. S.C. Sarkar and Sons Limited.
- ↑ Polier (colonel de, Antoine-Louis-Henri) (1947). Shah Alam II and His Court: A Narrative of the Transactions at the Court of Delhy from the Year 1771 to the Present Time. S.C. Sarkar and sons.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
External links
- Rachel Fell McDermott (28 June 2001). Mother of My Heart, Daughter of My Dreams: Kali and Uma in the Devotional Poetry of Bengal. Oxford University Press. pp. 323–. ISBN 978-0-19-803071-3.