Bipan Chandra

Bipan Chandra
Born	(1928-05-24)24 May 1928 Kangra, Punjab, British India, now Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Died	30 August 2014(2014-08-30) (aged 86) Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Citizenship	Indian
Alma mater	Forman Christian College, Lahore Stanford University Delhi University
Works	India's Struggle for Independence
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2010),[1] Royal Asiatic Society of Bihar plaque

Bipan Chandra (24 May 1928 – 30 August 2014)^[2] was an Indian historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he specialized on the Indian independence movement and is considered a leading scholar on Mahatma Gandhi. He authored several books, including The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.^[3]