Vishwa Nath Datta
Vishwa Nath Datta | |
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| Born | 25 May 1926 Amritsar, India |
| Died | 30 November 2020 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Alma mater | Government College, Lahore, Cambridge University, U.K.[1] |
Vishwa Nath Datta (25 May 1926 – 30 November 2020) was an Indian historian.
Career[]
He was Professor Emeritus in Kurukshetra University and General President of the Indian History Congress, Resident Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, a Visiting Professor to a number of universities including Moscow, Leningrad, Berlin. Datta was born in Amritsar, India,[2] to the leading businessman [owning Shankar Das Vishwa Nath Company] [3] and renowned Urdu-Persian poet Padma Shri Brahm Nath Datta 'Qasir'.[4]
They lived in Katra Sher Singh near Jallianwala Bagh.[5] Datta was educated at Government College, Lahore, Lucknow University, and Cambridge University, UK.[1]
Datta is the author of several works on Indian history. In 1967, he published Amritsar: Past and Present, a history of the city of Amritsar. Two years later, on the 50th anniversary of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre [6] , he wrote the pioneering work, Jallianwala Bagh, and later he authored a comprehensive book relating to the 130-year history of The Tribune [7] , a publication founded in 1881 by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia. His other much acclaimed publications are Maulana Azad, Maulana Azad and Sarmad, Gandhi and Bhagat Singh, Sati: A Historical, Social, and Philosophical Enquiry into the Hindu Rite of Widow- Burning.
Selected publications[]
- Jallianwala Bagh. Kurukshetra [Kurukshetra University Books and Stationery Shop for] Lyall Book Depot, 1969. OCLC 133038
- New light on the Punjab disturbances in 1919 : volumes VI and VII of Disorders Inquiry Committee evidence. Simla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1975. With William Hunter Hunter, Lord; India. Committee on Disturbances in Bombay, Delhi, and the Punjab. OCLC 2644032
- Madan Lal Dhingra and the revolutionary movement. New Delhi: Vikas, 1978. ISBN 9780706906578. OCLC 5414058.
- History of Kurukshetra. Kurukshetra: Vishal, 1985. OCLC 13330154
- Sati: a historical, social and philosophical enquiry into the Hindu rite of widow burning. Riverdale, Md.: Riverdale Co., 1988. OCLC 18737264
- Maulana Azad. New Delhi: Manohar, 1990. ISBN 9788185054988. OCLC 21593610
Articles[]
- "Understanding Bhagat Singh". The Tribune. 11 March 2007
- "1857: The First Challenge". The Tribune. 10 May 2007
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Vishwa Nath Datta: Letters to him - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ Guha, Ramachandra (13 April 2019). "Jallianwala Bagh: Revisiting the 'tipping point' under British rule". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Brahm Nath Datt".
- ^ "Vishwa Nath Datta: Letters to him - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved Dec 1, 2020.
- ^ Datta, Nonica (14 April 2019). "A conspiracy that stirred a nation's consciousness". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Why the Context of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Is So Important".
- ^ "Noorani, A.G., A Historian's Tribute, Frontline. April 20, 2012".
External links[]
- Amritsar 1919; Remembering a British Massacre. Interview with V. N. Dutta. Zareer Masani.
- Economic and Political Weekly
- Letters to VN Datta The National Archives, Cambridge University Archives.
- the-forgotten-history-of-hussaini-brahmins-and-muharram-in-amritsar.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p074qh0z/p074qg7m
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