Bipan Chandra

Bipan Chandra (born 1928) is an Indian historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India. He has specialized on the national movement and is considered to be one India's foremost scholars on Mahatma Gandhi. Amongst his most well known books is his earliest one, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.^{[citation needed]}

Early Life and Education

Chandra was born in Kangra Valley, which is in present-day Himachal Pradesh. He was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore, Stanford University, USA and the University of Delhi, where he completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Bishweshwar Prasad.^{[citation needed]}

Academic

He taught for many years as Lecturer and then as Reader at Hindu College, Delhi. He became Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, soon after the university was founded. He founded the journal Enquiry and was a member of its editorial board for a long time.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative

He was a Sectional President and then the General President of the Indian History Congress in 1985. He was Chairperson of the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He became a Member of the University Grants Commission in 1993. He was the Chairman of the National Book Trust, New Delhi from 2004-2012.^{[citation needed]}

Ideology

He was at the forefront of the communist struggle in India since independence.^[1] He collaborated with historians like R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra and Arjun Dev, whose text books were prescribed in Indian schools for a long time ^[2]

Publications

• Communalism: A Primer, (New Delhi, 2004)
• In the Name of Democracy: The JP Movement and the Emergency, (New Delhi, 2003)
• Essays on Colonialism, (New Delhi, 1999)
• India After Independence, (jointly with Mridula Mukherjee and Aditya Mukherjee), (New Delhi, 1999)
• Ideology and Politics in Modern India, (New Delhi, 1994)
• Essays on Indian Nationalism, (New Delhi, 1993)
• Essays on Contemporary India, (New Delhi, 1993)
• The Epic Struggle, (New Delhi, 1992)
• India's Struggle for Independence, 1857-1947, (New Delhi, 1989)
• Indian National Movement: The Long Term Dynamics, (New Delhi, 1988)
• Communalism in Modern India, (New Delhi, 1984)
• The Indian Left: Critical Appraisal, (New Delhi, 1983)
• Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, (New Delhi, 1979)
• Freedom Struggle, (jointly with Amalesh Tripathi and Barun De), (New Delhi, 1972))
• The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India: Economic Policies of Indian National Leadership, 1880-1905, (New Delhi, 1966)
• "The Making of Modern India: From Marx to Gandhi: Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd.,Rs 695, 2012

"History of Modern India, Orient Blackswan, 2009"

See also

• Marxist historiography

References

1. ↑ T.K.Rajalakshmi, Targeting History, in Frontline, Vol. 18, Issue 09, April 28-May 11, 2001
2. ↑ D.R. Chaudhry (2002-04-28). "Critiques galore!". The Tribune. Retrieved 2009-03-06.