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Name
  
Bal Nanda

Role
  
Writer


Died
  
May 30, 2010, New Delhi

Awards
  
Padma Vibhushan

Books
  
Mahatma Gandhi: A Biography, The Nehrus: With a Ne, Road to Pakistan: The Life a, Gandhi and His Critics, Jawaharlal Nehru: Rebel an

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Bal Ram Nanda (1917 – 30 May 2010) was a writer from New Delhi, India. He was the preeminent Indian biographer of Mahatma Gandhi,

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Career

After studying student of History at Lahore University, B.R. Nanda joined the Indian Railways Services, of which he was a senior railway officer.

He was the first Director of the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi.

Awards

  • Padma Bhushan, 1988,
  • Padma Vibhushan, 2003.
  • Death

    Nanda died on 30 May 2010 at his New Delhi residence.

    Works

  • Mahatma Gandhi: A biography (translated into French, Spanish, Italian and several Indian languages).
  • Gandhi and his critics
  • Gokhale, Gandhi, and the Nehrus
  • In Search of Gandhi: Essays and Reflections
  • Gandhi: pan-Islamism, imperialism, and nationalism in India
  • Motilal Nehru (Builders of modern India), Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1964
  • Socialism in India, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Vikas Publications, 1972
  • Gandhi: a Pictorial Biography. New Delhi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1972. OCLC 540771. 
  • Gandhi and his critics, Oxford Univ. Pr., 1985
  • Road to Pakistan 2010
  • References

    Bal Ram Nanda Wikipedia