Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri | |
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Died | 15 June 1975 | (aged 82)
Alma mater | Madras Christian College |
Occupation(s) | Historian, Academic, professor, author |
Spouse | Lakshmi Narasammal |
Awards | Padma Bhushan (1957) |
Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri (12 August 1892 – 15 June 1975) was an Indian historian who wrote on South Indian history. Many of his books form the standard reference works on the subject. Sastri was acclaimed for his scholarship and mastery of sources and was a recipient of the third highest Indian civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan.[1]
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