Jagtar Singh Grewal (1927 – 11 August 2022)[1] was an Indian writer, historian, scholar, and a vice-chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU).[2]
Career
After securing his Ph.D. and DLitt from London, he joined the GNDU, where he founded the Department of History.[3] He was the first Dean of the Academic Affairs of the University and was a former member of faculty at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. After his superannuation from GNDU in 1984, he joined the Indian Institute of Advanced Study as its director.[3]
Grewal was a member of the Religious Advisory Council of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation[2] and the head of the Institute of Punjab Studies, Chandigarh.[4] He had published several articles[4] and books on Sikh history[5] and is considered by many as a scholar on the subject.[3]Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition,[6]The Sikhs of the Punjab,[7]Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order,[8]Social and Cultural History of the Punjab,[9]Maharja Ranjit Singh: Polity, Economy and Society,[10]Kinship and State Formation,[11]The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions, and Identity,[12]Guru Nanak in History[13] and Historical Writings on the Sikhs (1784–2011)[14] are some of his notable works and his researches have been subjected to studies on academic level.[15] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian literature.[16]
Bibliography
J. S. Grewal (1969). Guru Nanak in History. Punjab University Press. p. 348.
J. S. Grewal (1998). Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition. Manohar Publishers. p. 315. ISBN9788173042553.