Vishwa Nath Datta

Vishwa Nath Datta (born 1926), is Professor Emeritus from Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India, a past president of the Indian History Congress, and author of several works on Indian history. In 1967, he published Amritsar: Past and Present, a history of the city of Amritsar. Two years later, on the 50th anniversary of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre, he released, Jallianwala Bagh, and later he authored a book relating to the 130-year history of The Tribune, a publication founded in 1881 by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia.[1][2]

Vishwa Nath Datta
Born1926 (age 93–94)
Amritsar, India
OccupationHistorian
Alma materKurukshetra University, Haryana

Datta was born in the 1920s, in Amritsar, India,[3][4] to the businessman and Urdu-Persian poet Brahm Nath Datta. They lived near Jallianwalla Bagh.[1]

Selected publications
  • Jallianwala Bagh. Kurukshetra [Kurukshetra University Books and Stationery Shop for] Lyall Book Depot, 1969. OCLC 133038
  • New light on the Punjab disturbances in 1919 : volumes VI and VII of Disorders Inquiry Committee evidence. Simla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1975. With William Hunter Hunter, Lord; India. Committee on Disturbances in Bombay, Delhi, and the Punjab. OCLC 2644032
  • Madan Lal Dhingra and the revolutionary movement. New Delhi: Vikas, 1978. ISBN 9780706906578. OCLC 5414058.
  • History of Kurukshetra. Kurukshetra: Vishal, 1985. OCLC 13330154
  • Sati : a historical, social and philosophical enquiry into the Hindu rite of widow burning. Riverdale, Md.: Riverdale Co., 1988. OCLC 18737264
  • Maulana Azad. New Delhi: Manohar, 1990. ISBN 9788185054988. OCLC 21593610

Articles

References
  1. Noorani, A. G., (April 2012). "A historian's tribute". Frontline. Chennai: The Hindu. Vol. 7, Issue 7.
  2. Datta, Nonica, (15 April 2019). "Interview | Why the Context of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Is So Important". The Wire.
  3. Guha, Ramachandra (13 April 2019). "Jallianwala Bagh: Revisiting the 'tipping point' under British rule". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. Datta, Nonica (14 April 2019). "A conspiracy that stirred a nation's consciousness". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 3 January 2020.


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