Known for Maratha Empire | Award Padma Bhushan | |
Occupation HistorianWriterAcademic Books Alekhya Darshan, Itihaser Galpa, Dinguli Mor | ||
Pratul Chandra Gupta is an Indian historian, writer and the author of Nana Sahib and the rising at Cawnpore, a historical account of the Siege of Cawnpore. Considered by many as an authority on Maratha history, he translated The Maharashta Purana, an 18th-century Bengali text written by Gangaram into English, Edward C. Dimock, a known Indologist, being his co-translator. One of his books, INA in Military Operation, was commissioned by Jawaharlal Nehru but the book could not be published, reportedly due to political objections. The Last Peshwa and the English Commissioners, 1818-1851 and Shah Alam II and His Court are some of his other notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to Literature.