I/III. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/historian-bipan-chandra-dies-at-the-age-of-86-584031?curl=1409375914 Historian Bipan Chandra Dies At The Age of 86 All India <http://www.ndtv.com/article/list/india/> | Edited by Tasim Zahid <http://www.ndtv.com/topic/edited-by-tasim-zahid> | Updated: August 30, 2014 10:29 IST
*New Delhi <http://www.ndtv.com/article/list/cities/1/delhi>: * Prominent Indian historian Bipan Chandra died today in his sleep at the age of 86, family members said. Mr Chandra was considered to be one of foremost scholars on India independence movement and was an authority on Mahatma Gandhi. Family sources said he died around 6 AM on Saturday morning at his home in Gurgaon. He had not been keeping well over the last few months. The cremation will take place later in the day in New Delhi. Mr Chandra, who was a life-long communist, had many of his books prescribed as a standard history text in Indian schools. The former professor of History, was born in 1928 in the Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh. He studied at the Forman Christian College, Lahore and then at Stanford University, United States. He did his PhD thesis from University of Delhi. Mr Chandra was a member of the University Grants Commission in 1993. *Story First Published:* August 30, 2014 10:04 IST II/III. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/noted-historian-bipan-chandra-dies-at-the-age-of-86/495212-40-100.html *New Delhi:* Well known Indian author and historian Bipan Chandra died on Saturday morning at the age of 86. He was considered to be an expert in political history and economics. He has authored a number of books including The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism, Communalism: A Primer, The Epic Struggle, Freedom Struggle and many more. He specialised on the national movement and is considered to be one India's foremost scholars on Mahatma Gandhi. Chandra taught at the University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University and was also associated with the University Grants Commission of New Delhi. He was the Chairperson of the Centre for Historical Studies in JNU. Twitter has been abuzz with reactions fowllowing the news of his death. III. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bipan-chandra-historian-dead-india-politics-mahatma-gandhi/1/379924.html Prominent historian Bipan Chandra passes away IndiaToday.in <http://indiatoday.intoday.in/author/IndiaToday.in/1.html> New Delhi, August 30, 2014 | UPDATED 10:44 IST Prominent historian Bipan Chandra, considered to be India's foremost scholars on Mahatma Gandhi, passed away early Saturday at the age of 86. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Chandra wrote several books on Indian history and politics during his lifetime. He also served as the member of University Grants Commission in 1993. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
