Kirpal Singh Narang | |
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Born | |
Died | 07-05-2019 Chandigarh |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Kirpal Singh Narang was an Indian historian, educationist and the vice-chancellor of Punjabi University. [1] He was the second in line of the vice-chancellors of the university (1966–75) and the longest serving among them. [2] Born on 12 April 1912 in Amritsar in Punjab of the British India, [3] he published several books on the history of Punjab and Sikhs, [4] [5] [6] [7] which included four volumes of Punjab history and a book on Islam. [8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1975, for his contributions to education and literature. [9]