Bipan Chandra

Bipan Chandra (1928-30 August 2014^[1]) was an Indian historian. He wrote about economic and political history of modern India. He specialized on the national movement and is considered to be one India's greatest scholars on Mahatma Gandhi. He wrote several books, including The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.

Bipan Chandra
Born	1928 Kangra district, Punjab, British India
Died	30 August 2014 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Citizenship	Indian
Awards	Padma Bhushan
Academic background
Alma mater	Forman Christian College, Lahore Stanford University Delhi University
Doctoral advisor	Bishweshwar Prasad
Academic work
Discipline	History
Notable students	Majid Siddiqui, Mridula Mukherjee

Chandra died on the morning of 30 August 2014, at his home in Gurgaon, after a long-illness, aged 86.^[2]