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ravichaudhary
May 10th, 2004, 07:45 PM
History of the Sikhs- Hari Ram Gupta

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His 5 volume set is excellent, and very reasonably priced.

A must for someone seeking to read up on Sikh History, which is essence is Jat history

For an sample of his scholarship see his research on Guru Tegh bahadur

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Ravi

Biography of Prof Gupta:


Professor Hari Ram Gupta published his History of the Sikhs in 7
volumes in 1973.

Born in February 5, 1902, he had his education in Lahore. He was the
first person to receive the degrees of Ph.D. and D.Litt. in History
from the University of Panjab, Lahore and his examiners were Sir
Jadunath Sarkar, Sir Edward Maclagan and Prof. JH.H. Dodwell.

He was a lecturer at Forman Christian College Lahore, founder
principal of Vaish College, Bhiwani (1944) and head of the department
of History of Aitchison College Lahore. He served as Professor and
head of the department of History and Dean University Instruction,
Punjab University Chandigarh. Later he worked as Honorary Professor
in the Department of History, University of Delhi. Among his
publications are Punjab on the Eve of the first Sikh war; Marhatas
and Panipat, Sir Jadunath Sarkar commemoration volumes, life and
works of Mohan Lal Kashmiri with a foreword by Pandit Jawahar Lal
Nehru, and three volumes on India -Pakistan war 1965.


The Asiatic society of Bengal conferred upon him the Sir Jadunath
Sarkar Gold medal for his " Outstanding contribution to the history
of the Panjab."